{"id":939,"date":"2024-03-21T16:03:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/?page_id=939"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:11:24","slug":"lias-virtual-seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/?page_id=939","title":{"rendered":"LIAS Virtual Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Meet\u202fassociate members and fellows\u202ffrom the Leicester Institute for Advanced\u202fStudies\u202f(LIAS) and discover their unique passion for curiosity-driven research.\u202fLearn why interdisciplinary, open-ended research is more important than ever as the world seeks new solutions and breakthrough ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the seminar series, we spotlight the unique opportunities provided by LIAS and learn more about the research and experience of our members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming Seminars <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Professor John Goodwin (Associate Fellow), University of Leicester: Adventures with Sociological Storytelling 13 May 2026, 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The routes into sociology are many and varied, with the process of \u2018becoming\u2019 a sociologist widely considered in the reflexive journeys that established sociologists recount. Such auto\/biographical stories reveal chance encounters, fateful moments, influential authors, guiding teachers, significant experiences, and more. For the last few years, I have systematically used autoethnographic storytelling to examine social class to consider how I  (a working-class school failure from a mining community) became an academic sociologist. Such autoethnographic stories can be exploratory, used as starting or end points, and revelatory in form and process. In the presentation, I will use guiding questions from C. Wright Mills (What are the specific intersections of history and biography?<\/em>) and Norbert Elias (How did I get here? How did \u2018this\u2019 come to be?<\/em>) to examine three stories of class: Socks on the Settee <\/em>(work), Learning to Read <\/em>(school), Holidays By The Sea<\/em> (holidays). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For tickets: LIAS Virtual Seminar Series: Eventbrite Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Seminars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr Sarah Gunn (Associate Fellow), University of Leicester<\/strong>: Building connections and support for people affected by Huntington\u2019s disease 28 May, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah is a clinical psychologist and a lecturer in clinical psychology. She has been working with families affected by Huntington\u2019s disease (HD), a life-limiting, neurodegenerative condition, for over ten years. HD brings huge physical and emotional impacts for affected individuals and their loved ones, and two of the biggest problems reported by people from \u201cHD families\u201d are poor mental wellbeing and isolation. In this talk, Sarah will discuss the work she is undertaking to build networks and mental health support for people affected by HD and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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