An Uncomfortable Conversation?

HYBRID SESSSION: ONLINE AND IN-PERSON

This session will begin with a presentation about Helen's published work to date, co-written with people with lived experience of the criminal justice system. This will include a transparent reflection on negotiating the challenges of the collaborative process and the sometimes difficult realities of occupying lived experience spaces as a person without lived experience. This will be followed by a short, structured conversation with Andrew Smith (Lecturer in Modern Slavery) and Simon Green (Director, Wilberforce Institute), reflecting dialogue-driven work they have been undertaking for the past 12 months in which they have explored (with external colleagues) taboos, complicity, status and dangers concerning the positioning of lived experience in social research. Audience members will then be invited to contribute to the conversation via Q&A.

About the speaker

Helen Nichols is a Reader in Criminology. Her research broadly focuses on the impact of prisons on people who live and work within them. Helen's research focuses on the experience and impact of contemporary adult male imprisonment.

She has published a book on the subject and continues to actively research in the field of penology, currently exploring the wellbeing of prison governors.

Overview

We are delighted to be partnering once again with Hull Museums to offer attendees at our public lectures the chance to visit Wilberforce House Museum next door before joining us for the event.

Lectures will begin at 4 pm and will take place at our home in Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE. We are very grateful to Hull Museums for their generous support of the Wilberforce Institute’s public lecture programme, and we hope many of you will take the opportunity to explore their fascinating exhibitions beforehand.

Refreshments will be available from 3:45 pm, and we warmly invite you to stay afterwards for a glass of wine and the chance to chat with our speaker.

A limited number of in-person tickets are available. If you are unable to join us in Hull, you can still enjoy the lecture online – please select the appropriate ticket type when booking.

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