Show & Tell #8 - Inspiring Mini Talks at QMUL - Brotton on Elizabethans & Islam / Islam on Mile End Community Project / Ramayya on Poetry / Igoe-Ewer on Community Arts
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This episode features: Professor Jerry Brotton Professor of Renaissance Studies and author of ‘This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World’. Moa Johansson (UK/SWE) is a performance artist whose work occupies the space between performance installation, live art, and dance. Her practice investigates theories concerning the body, space, subjectivity and communication in the context of an intersectional, ecofeminist and queer reading. www.mojocompany.org. Nurull Islam is one of the Co-Founders of Mile End Community Project (MCP) a multi-award winning film and media organization with a commitment to helping young people recognise their potential. MCP engages young people through creative learning opportunities, such as peer-led film making, art, and media projects. Dr Nisha Ramayya A poet and lecturer in Creative Writing at Queen Mary, University of London. Katherine Igoe-Ewer Local Producer at The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick. A life-long East Londoner, Katherine joined The Yard in 2016 to set up the theatre’s Local Programme, now running across two community centres and reaching hundreds of young people a year.
Show and Tell is a series of talks hosted by the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary University of London.
Featuring short and engaging talks from academic researchers, broadcasters, creative writers, and theatre practitioners. Show and Tell is a celebration of arts and humanities education and the creative industries for those interested in studying or working in literature, theatre, art, media, and culture more broadly.
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