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Early Modern English Reading Group (EMERG)

Discussing a wide selection of extracts organisedÌýaroundÌýa central theme, which we circulate in advance via our mailing list. Discussion is lively and informal; previous topicsÌýhaveÌýincluded stones & statues,Ìýdreams, letters & letter-writing, gardens,Ìýinsects,Ìýfake newsÌýand the female mind.ÌýAll staff and students with an interest in the literature and history of the Renaissance in England and beyond are warmly invited to attend. Contact Kate Kinley:Ìýcatherine.kinley.19@ucl.ac.ukÌý

Feminisms Reading Group

The Feminisms Reading Group at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ aims to give students and researchers at all levels access to rich feminist discussions as well as insight into exciting current research being undertaken. Contact Sarah or Ilona:Ìýsarah.edwards.19@ucl.ac.ukÌýorÌýilona.mannan.10@ucl.ac.uk

Latin America in the World Reading Group

The Latin America in the World reading group gathers monthly to discuss recent books which consider modern Latin America from a transnational perspective, and the impact Latin America had on the world and the institutions that govern it. We are open to all who wish to deepen their understanding of how Latin America was instrumental in shaping global history.ÌýContact Francesca Edgerton:Ìýfrancesca.edgerton.22@ucl.ac.uk

Medicine, Sexuality and Reproduction

This reading group provides a space to explore the relationship between medicine, sexuality and reproduction, in both the UK and non-UK contexts. Drawing on texts from across disciplines, as well as on personal, professional and academic experience, group members are invited to critically consider the healthcare experiences and outcomes of gender and sexually diverse individuals. While impossible to ignore the historical (and continuing) criminalisation, pathologisation and othering of sexual minorities in healthcare environments, group members will also be invited to reflect on the emancipatory potential of well-designed healthcare services, and the place for sexually diverse subjectivities within them.

Marxism in Culture

The Marxism in Culture seminar series was conceived in 2002 to provide a forum for those committed to the continuing relevance of Marxism for cultural analysis. Both ‘Marxism’ and ‘culture’ are conceived here in a broad sense. We understand Marxism as an ongoing self-critical tradition, and correspondingly the critique of Marxism's own history and premises is part of the agenda. ‘Culture’ is intended to comprehend not only the traditional fine arts, but also aspects of popular culture such as film, popular music and fashion.Ìý

The Migration Research Unit PhD Network launched in 2019 and has, with the generous support of the IAS, expanded into a thriving research hub for postgraduate students conducting interdisciplinary research into migration at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳. In co-ordination with the IAS Refuge in a Moving World network, the MRU PhD Network hosted a number of reading groups and training sessions on topics as varied as humanitarian assistance, refugee law, vulnerability and the politics of care. Contact: jessica.sullivan.21@ucl.ac.uk

The Practice As Research network aims to bring together the many different strands of practice-led/based research across all disciplines so as to not be limited by disciplinary conventions, but instead to benefit from cross-disciplinary fertilisation.We consider Practice As Research any practice that is underpinned by scholarship and academic rigour.ÌýThe network runs a seminar series, a poetic inquiry group and a social fiction writing group. Contact:ÌýNicole Brown,Ìýnicole.brown@ucl.ac.uk

PREM

PRE-MODERN (PREM) is a new research cluster that explores the wide and varied topics of medieval and early modern studies. ContactÌýVictoria or Sam, victoria.rasbridge.19@ucl.ac.uk, samantha.brown.18@ucl.ac.uk.

Racism and Racialisation PhD group

The Racism and Racialisation PhD group, hosted by the Sarah Parker Remond Centre, is comprised of ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ postgraduate research students working on issues surrounding race and racism. This student-led network welcomes postgraduate researchers from all departments and schools across ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳.

Reading for Wellbeing

This reading group warmly welcomes any ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ staff member who would like to meet and talk about how books – all kinds of books! – can help us with our sense of wellbeing. What do you go to for comfort? Inspiration? Escape? From cookery books to nature writing, crime fiction to romance novels, no matter what your preferences are, come along and join us!

Sociology Network PhD Group

Run by and for its members, and as such will evolve to suit their needs.

Transplanetary Ecologies Reading Group

Continuous human presence in Low Earth Orbit, increasing expansion of techno-scientific infrastructures beyond Earth, and the extractivist ambitions of the commercial 'New Space' sector call for a reconsideration of the conventional analytical frameworks used to describe emergent (extra)terrestrial political, ecological, and social processes. The Transplanetary Ecologies reading group will interrogate this emerging paradigm.