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Mike Leigh headlined 2019 Festival
On Tuesday 12th March 2019 we were thrilled to welcome acclaimed film director Mike Leigh to Oxford Brookes University to talk to Film Studies students (image right, with Senior Lecturer Dr. James Cateridge) and answer audience questions about his latest film Peterloo. In the year of the 200th anniversary of the protests and massacre, he describes Peterloo as "One of the most significant acts of protest in British history," and highlights the relevance of the film today, noting that the screening was happening while our elected members of parliament were voting on the most important changes in our politics in recent times. He said "In these ever-increasingly chaotic times, human rights abuses are frighteningly rife world-wide. The Oxford Human Rights Festival at Brookes University will doubtless be confronting many aspects of this catastrophe, and it is a privilege to be asked to headline it." 2019 Programme announced Our 2019 programme ACTIVISM is here! Check out the highlights now on our programme page, including exhibitions looking at LGBTQ+ Activism, and Modern Slavery, a workshop by Peace One Day Founder Jeremy Gilley, lecture on what we can all do to attain a more peaceful world by Nobel nomiee Dr. Scilla Elworthy, screenings of documentaries Barbara Harrell Bond: a life not ordinary and The Silence of Others, an ethical and Fairtrade Fashion Show, and a screening of Mike Leigh's acclaimed Peterloo. You can download the full programme here. |
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New ticketing partner announced
Our 2019 programme ACTIVISM is now finalised! We'll be announcing it soon, so watch this space! Our exhibition LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM opens in the Glass Tank on Monday 4th March and the main festival runs from 11th to 15th March. All events take place here at Oxford Brookes University and are open to everyone. All events are free but ticketed. You can make an optional donation to help us continue to put on great informative for years to come. We're pleased to announce that our 2019 ticketing is with Citizen Ticket. Citizen Ticket are a socially conscious group of individuals who run their business in a way that will help achieve social objectives. They believe event ticketing can be turned into a force for good and donate 50% of their booking fees to charities chosen by the event organisers they work with.
Our 2019 programme ACTIVISM is now finalised! We'll be announcing it soon, so watch this space! Our exhibition LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM opens in the Glass Tank on Monday 4th March and the main festival runs from 11th to 15th March. All events take place here at Oxford Brookes University and are open to everyone. All events are free but ticketed. You can make an optional donation to help us continue to put on great informative for years to come. We're pleased to announce that our 2019 ticketing is with Citizen Ticket. Citizen Ticket are a socially conscious group of individuals who run their business in a way that will help achieve social objectives. They believe event ticketing can be turned into a force for good and donate 50% of their booking fees to charities chosen by the event organisers they work with.
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The 2018 Nabeel Hamdi Lecture
The 2018 Nabeel Hamdi Lecture was given by Syrian architect Dr. Marwa Al-Sabouni. Marwa remained in Homs to run her practice as the as the civil war reduced the city to rubble. Marwa has a PhD in Islamic Architecture and is the co-founder of Arabic Gate for Architectural News, the first online media dedicated to architectural news in Arabic. She won a UN-Habitat competition for her proposal for the rebuilding of Baba Amr, an area destroyed during the conflict, and is the author of The Battle for Home: The Memoir of a Syrian Architect. |
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In December 2017 we were delighted to welcome human rights campaigner and activist Peter Tatchell to the University to give the second Nabeel Hamdi lecture: The international community has failed Syria. In it he discussed the flaws and limits of international human rights law in relation to the conflict in Syria and looked at some of the options that could have been used to defuse the war and save lives, but were not actioned by the UN or any countries. You can watch the lecture in full here.
Other Human Rights events at Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes has a great reputation for hosting and presenting events highlighting the plight of people whose human rights have been violated. In October the University celebrated Black History Month and in February it is LGBT History Month. More information can be found on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion pages of the Brookes website. CENDEP presents a weekly programme of Work in Progress Seminars, which showcase the research done in the school and in related institutions. Everyone is welcome and this semester's programme is available on the blog.
Oxford Brookes has a great reputation for hosting and presenting events highlighting the plight of people whose human rights have been violated. In October the University celebrated Black History Month and in February it is LGBT History Month. More information can be found on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion pages of the Brookes website. CENDEP presents a weekly programme of Work in Progress Seminars, which showcase the research done in the school and in related institutions. Everyone is welcome and this semester's programme is available on the blog.
Looking back at 2018
The 16th annual Oxford Human Rights Festival took place here at Oxford Brookes University from 12th to 17th March 2018, with the exhibition in the Glass Tank. The theme of the Festival was IDENTITY and we explored this in terms of gender, race, nationality, disability and health, and sexuality. We welcomed artists from around the world and from here in the UK, starting with an explosive set from "advocates for social change disguised as Rock Stars" Delta 7, and also including Tibetan film maker Sonam Anja-Tsang, Syrian Finnish actor Sherwan Haji, a series of talks showcasing research and support here at Brookes around the theme of IDENTITY, and a performance of the powerful play Borderline, a tragi-comedy based in and devised by people who have experience of the Calais Jungle. You can catch up on many of the talks and discussions on our YouTube channel.
The 16th annual Oxford Human Rights Festival took place here at Oxford Brookes University from 12th to 17th March 2018, with the exhibition in the Glass Tank. The theme of the Festival was IDENTITY and we explored this in terms of gender, race, nationality, disability and health, and sexuality. We welcomed artists from around the world and from here in the UK, starting with an explosive set from "advocates for social change disguised as Rock Stars" Delta 7, and also including Tibetan film maker Sonam Anja-Tsang, Syrian Finnish actor Sherwan Haji, a series of talks showcasing research and support here at Brookes around the theme of IDENTITY, and a performance of the powerful play Borderline, a tragi-comedy based in and devised by people who have experience of the Calais Jungle. You can catch up on many of the talks and discussions on our YouTube channel.
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Looking back at 2017
The 15th annual Oxford Human Rights Festival took place here at Oxford Brookes University from 14th to 18th March 2017, with the exhibition in the Glass Tank. As ever, the Festival brought together people of different backgrounds to participate in a culture-packed event. Through a selection of films, art and design, performances, talks and workshops, we aim to raise awareness of a range of human rights issues here in the UK and across the world. The festival is free and open to everyone. The theme of OxHRF2017 was HOME. What does home mean to you? Love? Security? Family? For millions of people across the world home is a fractured concept, somewhere they are fleeing from or fleeing to; somewhere temporary, unwelcoming, unsafe. We will explored this idea of home from the point of view of refugees, indigenous people, homeless people, as well as the students here in Oxford. You can meet the 2017 student committee on our people page and read what they have to say about home, human rights and the Festival on our blog.
Looking back at 2016
This year's Festival was our biggest and most exciting yet. Highlights included the screening of He Named Me Malala with Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai in collaboration with the Brookes Documentary Club, and the screening of Suffragette, presented by the film's Director, Sarah Gavron. We were delighted to introduce the new Director of CENDEP, Cathrine Brun and to welcome back editor of the New Internationalist, Hazel Healy. Student organiser Katie Reilly looks back at the 2016 Festival here in CENDEP News. The centrepiece of the 2016 Festival was Women in Adversity: Contemporary and Traditional Crafts as a Source of Hope and Income, an exhibition of crafts made by women facing daily situations of conflict, poverty and disease. This included embroidered panels from the Palestinian History Tapestry, a project which tells the story of the life and heritage of the indigenous people of Palestine and supports the traditional craft of Palestinian needlewomen.
The 15th annual Oxford Human Rights Festival took place here at Oxford Brookes University from 14th to 18th March 2017, with the exhibition in the Glass Tank. As ever, the Festival brought together people of different backgrounds to participate in a culture-packed event. Through a selection of films, art and design, performances, talks and workshops, we aim to raise awareness of a range of human rights issues here in the UK and across the world. The festival is free and open to everyone. The theme of OxHRF2017 was HOME. What does home mean to you? Love? Security? Family? For millions of people across the world home is a fractured concept, somewhere they are fleeing from or fleeing to; somewhere temporary, unwelcoming, unsafe. We will explored this idea of home from the point of view of refugees, indigenous people, homeless people, as well as the students here in Oxford. You can meet the 2017 student committee on our people page and read what they have to say about home, human rights and the Festival on our blog.
Looking back at 2016
This year's Festival was our biggest and most exciting yet. Highlights included the screening of He Named Me Malala with Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai in collaboration with the Brookes Documentary Club, and the screening of Suffragette, presented by the film's Director, Sarah Gavron. We were delighted to introduce the new Director of CENDEP, Cathrine Brun and to welcome back editor of the New Internationalist, Hazel Healy. Student organiser Katie Reilly looks back at the 2016 Festival here in CENDEP News. The centrepiece of the 2016 Festival was Women in Adversity: Contemporary and Traditional Crafts as a Source of Hope and Income, an exhibition of crafts made by women facing daily situations of conflict, poverty and disease. This included embroidered panels from the Palestinian History Tapestry, a project which tells the story of the life and heritage of the indigenous people of Palestine and supports the traditional craft of Palestinian needlewomen.
Film Studies student Catrin George-Carey meets Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai.
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Development & Emergency Practice student Maria Assaf in the Women in Adversity exhibition.
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Development and Emergency Practice student Alex Miller being interviewed for Oxford TV.
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