Organised by a team at the University of Lincoln, ‘Representing Homelessness’ is a multi-disciplinary conference exploring how homelessness and the lived experience of being homeless is represented across a range of outlets from newspapers and television through to government policy and the law.
Bringing together academics, activists, journalists, artists and people who have personally experienced homelessness, the conference will examine how these representations have an impact not only on the public perception of homelessness but also how they are used by homeless people to represent their situation to others and themselves.
The two day conference will take place from Thursday 18th – Friday 19th July 2019 on the University’s Brayford Pool campus and will feature a programme of workshops, guest speakers and roundtable discussions. Alongside academics from the Schools of English and Journalism, Health and Social Care and Social and Political Science, speakers will include Lord John Bird MBE, the founder of The Big Issue, Jon Kuhrt, Specialist Rough Sleeping Advisor at HHCLG and Alex Andreou, formerly homeless actor, writer and theatre director.
The conference is open to staff and students as well as the general public. The University’s School of Health and Social Care are offering 20 paid places for registered students of the University of Lincoln. These places will be available on a first come, first served basis. To enquire about one of these places, email Nigel Horner – nhorner@lincoln.ac.uk
There are also a limited number of free tickets available on application for anyone who isn’t in full time, permanent employment. If you would like to apply for one of these places, please contact the organising committee at rhconference@lincoln.ac.uk with a brief description of why you would like to attend the conference. Please note that this is subject to availability.
To find out more or to book your place, visit: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/representing-homelessness