CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN THE ARTS,
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

Tactics and Praxis: Creativity, Pleasure and Ethics in Academic Work

9 July 2020 - 10 July 2020

SG1/2, CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT

Further details about this conference will be made available in the near future. 

Please email conferences@crassh.cam.ac.uk if you would like to be kept informed about the event, or have any other questions. 

Philosophy, Poetry, and Utopian Politics: The Relevance of Richard Rorty

12 September 2019

Philosophy, Poetry, and Utopian Politics: The Relevance of Richard Rorty
The Idea of Development

18 September 2019

The Idea of Development
Media of Hate: Representations of Religious Persecution and Repression in Early Modern Europe

3 October 2019

Media of Hate: Representations of Religious Persecution and Repression in Early Modern Europe
Common Currency: The ‘Cambridge Circus’ and the Reinvention of Economics

8 November 2019

Common Currency: The ‘Cambridge Circus’ and the Reinvention of Economics
Re-/Un-working Tragedy: Perspectives from the Global South

6 December 2019

Re-/Un-working Tragedy: Perspectives from the Global South
Lets Talk About Sex (and Reproduction): Counselling for Reproductive Health in Post-war Europe

12 December 2019

Lets Talk About Sex (and Reproduction): Counselling for Reproductive Health in Post-war Europe
Climate Fictions / Indigenous Studies

24 January 2020

Climate Fictions / Indigenous Studies
Power, Promise, Politics: The Pineapple from Columbus to Del Monte

20 February 2020

Power, Promise, Politics: The Pineapple from Columbus to Del Monte
Cambridge: City of Scholars, City of Refuge (1933-1945)

5 March 2020

Cambridge: City of Scholars, City of Refuge (1933-1945)
Queer Migrations: Transnational Sexualities in Theory and Practice

13 March 2020

Queer Migrations: Transnational Sexualities in Theory and Practice
Social Power and Mental Health: Evolving Research Through Lived Experience

25 March 2020

Social Power and Mental Health: Evolving Research Through Lived Experience
Late Antiquity’s Library: Re-assessing the Classical Canon in the Age of Synesius

16 April 2020

Late Antiquity’s Library: Re-assessing the Classical Canon in the Age of Synesius
How Can Primary Care Prevent Health Inequalities? New Connections and Research Priorities

22 May 2020

How Can Primary Care Prevent Health Inequalities? New Connections and Research Priorities
The Commons Are Dead. Long Live the Commons!

12 June 2020

The Commons Are Dead. Long Live the Commons!
Fostering Ethics: Family in Islam and the Contested Meanings of Adoption

25 June 2020

Fostering Ethics: Family in Islam and the Contested Meanings of Adoption
Tactics and Praxis: Creativity, Pleasure and Ethics in Academic Work

9 July 2020

Tactics and Praxis: Creativity, Pleasure and Ethics in Academic Work
    
Casuistry, Contingency, Ambiguity: New Approaches to the Study of Ethics in the Islamic Traditions

4 July 2019

Casuistry, Contingency, Ambiguity: New Approaches to the Study of Ethics in the Islamic Traditions
Protest Art in the New Autocracy

20 June 2019

Protest Art in the New Autocracy
Energy, Culture and Society in the Global South

31 May 2019

Energy, Culture and Society in the Global South
Beyond Marriage: Philosophy, Politics, Law

24 May 2019

Beyond Marriage: Philosophy, Politics, Law
Exuviae: Distributing the Self in Images and Objects

10 May 2019

Exuviae: Distributing the Self in Images and Objects
High-Cost Credit in an Age of Austerity

8 May 2019

High-Cost Credit in an Age of Austerity
The Ontology of Love

26 April 2019

The Ontology of Love
Toleration and Religious Freedom in the Early Modern and Contemporary World

26 March 2019

Toleration and Religious Freedom in the Early Modern and Contemporary World
Beyond Binary: Trans and Queer as a Disruptive Technologies

1 March 2019

Beyond Binary: Trans and Queer as a Disruptive Technologies
Mobilizing Affect: Populism and the Future of Democratic Politics in Spain

22 February 2019

Mobilizing Affect: Populism and the Future of Democratic Politics in Spain
The Politics of Social Protection: Is it really the Citizens vs. the Vulnerables?

18 January 2019

The Politics of Social Protection: Is it really the Citizens vs. the Vulnerables?
A Good Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Dying Well

10 January 2019

A Good Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Dying Well
The French Military in Africa: Postcolonial Trusteeship to Legitimate Multilateral Partnerships?

14 December 2018

The French Military in Africa: Postcolonial Trusteeship to Legitimate Multilateral Partnerships?
Dynamic Maghribi Jewish-Muslim Interaction across the Performing Arts (1920-2020)

5 December 2018

Dynamic Maghribi Jewish-Muslim Interaction across the Performing Arts (1920-2020)
The Social Life of Work

12 October 2018

The Social Life of Work
Forgotten Revolution: Visual and Material Culture of the Hungarian Diaspora in the Ottoman Empire

5 October 2018

Forgotten Revolution: Visual and Material Culture of the Hungarian Diaspora in the Ottoman Empire
Building Sustainable Digital Pedagogy

27 September 2018

Building Sustainable Digital Pedagogy
Imaginative Landscapes of Islamist Politics: Aspirations, Dreams, and Critique

15 September 2018

Imaginative Landscapes of Islamist Politics: Aspirations, Dreams, and Critique
Women, Nation-Building and Feminism in India

6 September 2018

Women, Nation-Building and Feminism in India
Measurement and Power: Perspectives on ‘The Limits of the Numerical’

18 July 2018

Measurement and Power: Perspectives on ‘The Limits of the Numerical’
Beyond Words: Multimodal Encounters in Translation

5 July 2018

Beyond Words: Multimodal Encounters in Translation
Mapping Morality in Global Health

26 June 2018

Mapping Morality in Global Health
Reimagining the Cooperative: An Interdisciplinary Conversation​

20 June 2018

Reimagining the Cooperative: An Interdisciplinary Conversation​
Sensing the Sonic: Histories of Hearing Differently (1800-now)

15 June 2018

Sensing the Sonic: Histories of Hearing Differently (1800-now)
Subversive Intent & Beyond: Surrealism, Politics, Sexuality

1 June 2018

Subversive Intent & Beyond: Surrealism, Politics, Sexuality
India’s Political Lexicon in its Vernaculars

25 May 2018

India’s Political Lexicon in its Vernaculars
A New Political Vision for Europe: Practical Approaches to Building a Socially Just Europe

4 May 2018

A New Political Vision for Europe: Practical Approaches to Building a Socially Just Europe
New Spaces of Resistance in Latin America: Beyond the Pink Tide​

19 April 2018

New Spaces of Resistance in Latin America: Beyond the Pink Tide​
Crosscurrents of Commensuration

16 April 2018

Crosscurrents of Commensuration
Towards an Arab Left Reader: Key Documents in Translation and Context

12 April 2018

Towards an Arab Left Reader: Key Documents in Translation and Context
Popularizing Reform in Early Modern Europe

12 April 2018

Popularizing Reform in Early Modern Europe
Celsus in his World

20 March 2018

Celsus in his World
The Post-Truth Phenomenon

15 March 2018

The Post-Truth Phenomenon
Comic Epidemic: Cartoons, Caricatures and Graphic Novels

16 February 2018

Comic Epidemic: Cartoons, Caricatures and Graphic Novels
Predictive Processing: Reconstructing the Mind?

11 January 2018

Predictive Processing: Reconstructing the Mind?
Poetics Before Modernity Conference 2017

14 December 2017

Poetics Before Modernity Conference 2017
Elites and Democracy in Modern Political Thought

7 December 2017

Elites and Democracy in Modern Political Thought
Ukraine and the Challenges of International Law: Annexation, Aggression, Cyber Warfare

4 December 2017

Ukraine and the Challenges of International Law: Annexation, Aggression, Cyber Warfare
The Afterlives of Cybernetics: Tracing the Information Revolution from the 1960s to Big Data

17 November 2017

The Afterlives of Cybernetics: Tracing the Information Revolution from the 1960s to Big Data
Agriculture in the Anthropocene

27 October 2017

Agriculture in the Anthropocene
Transformations in Global Economic Governance

28 September 2017

Transformations in Global Economic Governance
New Accounting for the Management of Ecosystems

6 September 2017

New Accounting for the Management of Ecosystems
Shari’a in Motion: Islam, Law and Mobility

14 July 2017

Shari’a in Motion: Islam, Law and Mobility
Theology and Politics in the German Imagination, 1789–1848

10 July 2017

Theology and Politics in the German Imagination, 1789–1848
Measuring Matters: Histories of Assessing Inequality

5 July 2017

Measuring Matters: Histories of Assessing Inequality
Reproducing the Environment

29 June 2017

Reproducing the Environment
Putting Dirt in Its Place: The Contemporary Politics of Waste

2 June 2017

Putting Dirt in Its Place: The Contemporary Politics of Waste
Labour Politics in an Age of Precarity

21 April 2017

Labour Politics in an Age of Precarity
Legacies of Conquest: Transnational perspectives on the conquest and colonization of Latin America

11 April 2017

Legacies of Conquest: Transnational perspectives on the conquest and colonization of Latin America
Literary Littorals: Slavery, Emancipation, Africa and the Spanish Empire

6 April 2017

Literary Littorals: Slavery, Emancipation, Africa and the Spanish Empire
Researching South-South Development Cooperation

3 April 2017

Researching South-South Development Cooperation
Biocircularities: Lives, Times and Technologies

31 March 2017

Biocircularities: Lives, Times and Technologies
Biodiversity and its Histories

24 March 2017

Biodiversity and its Histories
After Idealism: Sound as Matter and Medium in the 19th Century

17 March 2017

After Idealism: Sound as Matter and Medium in the 19th Century
After the Soviet Collapse

12 January 2017

After the Soviet Collapse
New Directions in the Evolutionary Social Sciences

13 December 2016

New Directions in the Evolutionary Social Sciences
Global Muslim Encounters: Homogenisation and Diversity across Time and Space

9 December 2016

Global Muslim Encounters: Homogenisation and Diversity across Time and Space
Diagrammatic: Beyond Inscription?

2 December 2016

Diagrammatic: Beyond Inscription?
Traps: technological mediations of human-animal encounter

27 September 2016

Traps: technological mediations of human-animal encounter
Digital Publics and Counterpublics in Africa

9 September 2016

Digital Publics and Counterpublics in Africa
Reproductive politics in France and Britain

5 September 2016

Reproductive politics in France and Britain
Priestcraft: Early Modern Variations on the Theme of Sacerdotal Imposture

1 September 2016

Priestcraft: Early Modern Variations on the Theme of Sacerdotal Imposture
Women - Violence - 1968

14 July 2016

Women - Violence - 1968
2016’s Race to Change the World

11 July 2016

2016’s Race to Change the World
Biopolitics and Psychosomatics: Participating Bodies

8 July 2016

Biopolitics and Psychosomatics: Participating Bodies
China Goes Global: New Perspectives on Chinese Migration in China and Abroad

27 June 2016

China Goes Global: New Perspectives on Chinese Migration in China and Abroad
Malthus: Food, Land, People

20 June 2016

Malthus: Food, Land, People
Anxiety in and about Africa

15 June 2016

Anxiety in and about Africa
Hierarchy, Egalitarianism & Responsibility

13 May 2016

Hierarchy, Egalitarianism & Responsibility
ART / MONEY / CRISIS

29 April 2016

ART / MONEY / CRISIS
Books in the Making

14 April 2016

Books in the Making
The Criminal Law’s Person

7 April 2016

The Criminal Law’s Person
Matthew Parker: Archbishop, Scholar, and Collector

17 March 2016

Matthew Parker: Archbishop, Scholar, and Collector
The Museum as Method: Collections, Research, Universities

14 March 2016

The Museum as Method: Collections, Research, Universities
Death and the Afterlife

22 January 2016

Death and the Afterlife
Digital Editing Now

7 January 2016

Digital Editing Now
The Matter of Mimesis. Studies on mimesis and materials in nature, art and science

17 December 2015

The Matter of Mimesis. Studies on mimesis and materials in nature, art and science
Why We Disagree about Human Nature

10 December 2015

Why We Disagree about Human Nature
Leadership, Authority and Legitimation in South Asia

20 November 2015

Leadership, Authority and Legitimation in South Asia
Moral Psychology Interdisciplinary Conference

9 October 2015

Moral Psychology Interdisciplinary Conference
Sex, Disease and Fertility in History

28 September 2015

Sex, Disease and Fertility in History
Sovereignty and Imperialism: Non-European Powers in the Age of Empire

10 September 2015

Sovereignty and Imperialism: Non-European Powers in the Age of Empire
The Making of Measurement

23 July 2015

The Making of Measurement
Counting the Cost of Drink in Britain, 1830-1918

17 July 2015

Counting the Cost of Drink in Britain, 1830-1918
Sound Studies: Art, Experience, Politics

8 July 2015

Sound Studies: Art, Experience, Politics
Erotic Literature: Adaptation and Translation in Europe and Asia

29 June 2015

Erotic Literature: Adaptation and Translation in Europe and Asia
Sonorous Sublimes: Music and Sound 1670–1850

23 June 2015

Sonorous Sublimes: Music and Sound 1670–1850
Objects in Motion: Material Culture in Transition

18 June 2015

Objects in Motion: Material Culture in Transition
The Drama of Intellectual Life: Performativity in the Study of Ideas

29 May 2015

The Drama of Intellectual Life: Performativity in the Study of Ideas
African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability

15 May 2015

African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability
Print Media in the Colonial World

16 April 2015

Print Media in the Colonial World
Pursuing Justice in Africa

27 March 2015

Pursuing Justice in Africa
The Places of Early Modern Criticism

23 March 2015

The Places of Early Modern Criticism
The Total Archive: Dreams of Universal Knowledge from the Encyclopaedia to Big Data

19 March 2015

The Total Archive: Dreams of Universal Knowledge from the Encyclopaedia to Big Data
Grasping ‘Everyday Justice’: An Ethnographic Approach

6 February 2015

Grasping ‘Everyday Justice’: An Ethnographic Approach
Does the Museum Just Preserve the Museum?

12 December 2014

Does the Museum Just Preserve the Museum?
The Politics of Framing and Staging: Performance as Paradigm II

8 December 2014

The Politics of Framing and Staging: Performance as Paradigm II
Plague and the City: Disease, Epidemic Control and the Urban Environment

5 December 2014

Plague and the City: Disease, Epidemic Control and the Urban Environment
Partitionism, Minorities and Collective Identities in the Construction of a Europe of ‘Small’ Democracies, 1912-2012

25 September 2014

Partitionism, Minorities and Collective Identities in the Construction of a Europe of ‘Small’ Democracies, 1912-2012
Cold War Summitry: Transcending the Division of Europe, 1970-90

22 September 2014

Cold War Summitry: Transcending the Division of Europe, 1970-90