Being Human Festival returns 9–18 November, with the theme ‘Rhyme or Reason’. The call for applications is now live! About the festivalEach November, Being Human Festival presents hundreds of free events across the UK and beyond. Festival events aim to celebrate and...
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Being Human festival 2022: call for applications now live!
We wanted to let you know that the call for applications to be part of Being Human festival 2022 is now live! This year’s national festival of the humanities will take place 10–19 November, and our theme is ‘Breakthroughs’ — you can read more about it on our blog:...
Being Human festival launch 2021 with Lemn Sissay: 9 November 2021
Showcasing snippets from this year’s nationwide celebration of the humanities themed around 'Renewal' (11–20 November), we will be previewing a festival programme that showcases the best in the latest humanities research, exploring everything from COP26 in Glasgow to...
Being Human Cafés call – Being Human festival 2021
We are currently looking for humanities researchers to hold Being Human Cafés as part of this year’s Being Human festival, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities taking place 11-20 November. Being Human Cafés are based on the idea that you can engage with...
Being Human festival: open call deadline extended to 3 July 2020
The chance to apply for funding may have passed but there is still time to get involved with Being Human festival 2020 (12-22 November)! Being Human is the UK's only national festival of the humanities, led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London in...
Being Human festival 2020: call for applications now open
The Being Human festival, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, will return Thursday 12 - Sunday 22 November 2020 with the theme ‘New Worlds’. Being Human is a national free festival geared towards public engagement with humanities research. The call for...
Being Human Festival – 14-23 November 2019
Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities. The festival is running 14-23 November 2019 and number of events are taking place across Greater Manchester including: Discovering Emigrant Children This event offers the unique chance to learn about...
Being Human Creative Workshop – 15 November 2019
Being Human Creative Workshop, 15 November, Manchester Central Library, 2-4.30 How do you create a story about your family? How do you write your past? This participatory and creative workshop will encourage participants to think carefully about how they might try to...
Being Human Festival Open Call
This is just a quick message to let you know that we are now accepting applications for the Being Human festival ‘Open Call’. This second wave of applications is all about activities that can run without start-up funding from the festival, but which still fulfil the...
Being Human festival is now inviting applications for 2019!
Being Human festival is now inviting applications for 2019! See: https://beinghumanfestival.org/apply/ The sixth annual Being Human festival will run 14-23 November 2019. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London in partnership with the Arts and...
Call for participation – Being Human fest 2018
The call for applications for Being Human 2018 is now live! Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy, Being Human Is the UK’s only national festival of the...