Past events

17/06/25 SCI Project Showcase: Dr Raawiyah Rifath

04/06/25 We Are War: On Bearing Witness and Sharing Pain

03/06/25 'Trigger Warning': A Workshop on Writing Pain

06/05/25 Book Launch: Artur Dron', We Were Here

15/04/25 SCI Project Showcase: Dr Semih Celik

20/03/25 Interdisciplinary approaches to narrative empathy

25-28 Feb SCI Visiting Researcher: Professor Nivedita Menon

Are Race and Religion on the 2024 Ballot?

Join the Reverend Professor Keith Magee as he discusses his latest book, 'Prophetic Justice: Race, Religion, and Politics', alongside Professor Helen Berry (Archaeology & History). Keith is a public intellectual, theologian, and social justice scholar, and Visiting Professor of Practice in Cultural Justice at University College London (UCL) Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.

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07/11/24 Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity in Congregations

Join Dr Brandon Thomas Crowley (Harvard Divinity School) as he examines and challenges the heteronormativity of black churches. Supported by the SCI Visiting Researcher scheme and the Exeter Centre for Ethics and Practical Theology (EXCEPT).

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07/11/24 Networking Lunch to celebrate the end of Black History Month 2024

SCI and EXCEPT are inviting PGRs, postdocs, ECRs and scholars of colour to a networking lunch with Dr Brandon Thomas Crowley to celebrate the end of Black History Month 2024.

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Invasion: Russia's bloody war and Ukraine's fight for survival

We're thrilled to be hosting award-winning journalist Luke Harding, as he discusses his latest book, 'Invasion'. Luke has been reporting from Ukraine since late 2021 and is the Guardian's former bureau chief in Moscow. He comes to Exeter from the frontline of Europe's biggest conflict since 1945.

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