This series of online lectures brings together a community of key scholars from across the globe who use life history and auto/biographical methods to explore the ‘unexamined assumptions that govern everyday life’ (Muncey, 2010:xi) and the impact on individuals, communities and society.

All lectures will be free, will take place on Tuesdays at 6.30pm, and will be delivered online via Blackboard Collaborate. You will receive the link to join on your e-ticket.

Please refer to the schedule below when selecting the date you wish to attend. Full details can be found on the Faculty homepages here.

• Tue 17 January: Narrative matters: a dialogue, Dr Alan Bainbridge & Dr Linden West
• Tue 31 January: Writing from experience for a creative literature review, Dr Gaia Del Negro & Silvia Luraschi
• Tue 14 February: Dr Laura Formenti - CANCELLED - In solidarity with university lecturers in England, who are taking industrial action to raise awareness of pay, this lecture has been cancelled. All affected ticket holders will be emailed.
• Tue 14 March: Living out my vocation, Dr John McParland
• Tue 28 March: Diversity leadership: narrative from the margin to centre, Dr Adrienne Chan
• Tue 18 April: "Auto...ethno...what?" Symbiotic Autoethnography as an approach to a qualitative inquiry, Dr Liana Beattie
• Tue 25 April: The politics of voice: Biographical research, critical social science and tackling social inequality, Dr Fergal Finnegan - NEW DATE - This lecture was originally due to take place on Tue 28 February.
• Tue 2 May: Imagining a ‘feminine’ university, Dr Elizabeth Chapman Hoult