ILCS Research Training Programme

The ILCS offers a programme in research skills and methods to all researchers, free of charge. The programme has been running since 1999 and is taught by lecturers and professionals from the Institute and across the UK.

Programme for 2024–25

The following ILCS training sessions  will be delivered online on Wednesday afternoons. All sessions are free and open to researchers at any career stage, but advance registration at the booking link supplied for each session is essential (places are limited to facilitate discussion and interaction). 

The link to join the session will be emailed to registered participants 24 hours prior to the event. 

1. Language as Data: Tools and Approaches for Understanding and Visualising Linguistic Trends
   Session leader: Dr Renata Brandao (University of East London)
   Date and time: Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 14:00–15:30 BST
    
2. Gender Studies and Languages, Cultures and Societies Research
   Session leaders: Dr Catherine Smale (King's College London) and Dr Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela (King's College London)
   Date and time: Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 16:00–17:30 BST
    
3. Approaching Critical Animal Studies and Environmental Humanities from a Languages, Cultures and Societies Perspective
   Session leader: Dr Sarah Arens (University of Liverpool)
   Date and time: Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 14:30-16:00 GMT 
    
4. Approaches to Analysing and Working with Indigenous Cultural Production      
   Session leaders: Professor Lucia Sa (University of Manchester) and Dr Jamille Pinheiro Dias (Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies/CLACS)
   Date and time: Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 14:00-15:30 GMT
    
5. Engaging with Publishing Practices and Studies in Languages, Cultures and Societies Research
   Session leader: Dr Katie Brown (University of Exeter)
   Date and time: Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 14:00-15:30 GMT
   Booking link
    
6. British Library and Senate House Library Postgraduate Researcher Day (in person, at the British Library Knowledge Centre)
   Date and time: Wednesday, 14 February 2025, 10:00-17:00
   Booking link
    
7. Approaching Critical Animal Studies and Environmental Humanities from a Languages, Cultures and Societies Perspective
   Session leader: Dr Sarah Arens (University of Liverpool)
   Date and time: Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 15:00-16:30
   Booking link
    
8. Conceptualising Contact Zones in Languages, Cultures and Societies
   Session leader: Dr Joseph Ford (ILCS)
   Date and time: Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 14:00-15:30
   Booking link
    

Please contact sophie.stevens@sas.ac.uk if you have any questions about the programme. 

School of Advanced Study Training Programme

The SAS programme is designed to complement the Institute's discipline-specific courses and also includes sessions for MA and research students. Details of the programme are available on the SAS website.