PRISM Exeter's Speakers series returns for LGBT+ History Month 2024 with talks from Riley Smallman and Imogen Gingell.

Buy tickets from £4.80 or register to watch online for free here.

They will talk about their experiences in STEMM as members of the LGBTQIA+ community and provide you with tantalising insights into their fields of research.

Online-only attendance is free. A live feed displaying the speaker and their slides will be broadcast to Zoom. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to contribute to the Q&A with the speakers after their talks.

Provisional event schedule (all times are in GMT):

Doors open from 6:30pm

7pm: Welcome from PRISM Exeter

7:05pm: First talk, followed by Q&A

7:50: short break

8pm: Welcome from event partner, BIPC Devon

8:15pm: Second talk, followed by Q&A

8:40pm onwards reserved for general networking (in-person) and discussion (Zoom)

9:00pm: Venue closes

About our speakers

Riley Smallman (they/he) 
3rd year PhD - 'CROW Project' - HumAnE Bioarchaeology, University of Exeter

Riley Smallman (they/he) is a zooarchaeological PhD researcher at University of Exeter (Centre for Human-Animal-Environment (HumAnE) Bioarchaeology). Their project is funded through South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, and explores human-corvid relationships from prehistoric to modern-day Britain.

"Archaeology, Identity and Crows"

Archaeology is an area of study that challenges the science/humanities binary by combining methods and perspectives from both fields. In this talk, Riley Smallman reflects on their own identity alongside the ‘non-binary’ position of archaeology, considering what it means to be a scientist, and how we can foster more collaboration across disciplines. They will present their own zooarchaeological research into how perceptions and treatments of birds of the crow family have evolved in Britain from prehistory to the modern day as a case study of employing transdisciplinarity.

Dr Imogen Gingell (she/her)

Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton

Space scientist Dr Gingell joined the University of Southampton's Astronomy Group in October 2019, as a Royal Society University Research Fellow.

She specialises in exploring interactions between plasma from the sun and the Earth’s magnetic field. Her research uses machine learning and 3D computer simulations to understand magnetic reconnection and shockwaves within the Earth’s magnetosphere (the upper levels of the atmosphere).

Talk information to follow.

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