Welcome!
Welcome to Techne's January Student Congress! We hope that you enjoy the sessions that we have planned over the course of the Congress and get a chance to catch up with each other, meet some new fellow researchers, and enjoy hearing from our exciting line up of speakers.
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Thank you to Kingston University for hosting this Techne Congress. Although we're not physically at their campus, it is mostly Kingston colleagues who have organised and are delivering this programme, and we hope it gives you a flavour of some of their research. They hope to welcome Techne students to their campus on another occasion!
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We are aware that attending an online conference is quite a different experience to an in-person conference, and that tuning in for long hours of back to back online sessions can be quite draining. We want to reassure you that while we have lots of sessions running, we don't expect attendees to sit through all sessions back-to-back unless you want to. We hope that you will be able to pick as many or few of the sessions as you like - please feel free to dip in and out of the programme to suit your interests and schedule. We will also record as many sessions as we can for you to watch back later.
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As well as using Zoom for most sessions, we will be holding a virtual drinks reception on Gather on the Friday afternoon. You can find more information about how to use Gather here. We hope you enjoy this more fun and interactive platform as an addition to our online Congresses.
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Where possible please pre-register for the sessions you are interested in by clicking the links on the programme page.
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This is how the online conference will work:
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Take a look at the programme and speakers to familiarise yourself with the sessions.
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You need to pre-register for individual sessions. On the programme, please click the relevant registration link for any sessions you would like to attend.
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When you register for a session it will send you an email with a joining link and the password. When it is time for the session to start, you should follow this link to enter the Zoom meeting.
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We will also send out an email on each day of the Congress with a reminder of sessions happening that day and how to access them.
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If you have any questions or need any help please email techne@rhul.ac.uk.
Hello from your Congress organising team!
SARA UPSTONE
Kingston University
Sara is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Faculty Director of Postgraduate Research. She coordinates the provision of and has overall management responsibility for PhD and research MA programmes across Kingston School of Art. She teaches across creative writing, English literature, and film studies.
DANIELA PERAZZO-DOMM
Kingston University
Daniela is a dance and performance scholar with a specialist interest in the intersections of the aesthetic and the political in interdisciplinary movement practices and experimental dramaturgical processes. She joined Kingston University London in 2014, having previously taught at the University of Surrey. She is Senior Lecturer in Dance and Postgraduate Research Coordinator for the School of Arts, Culture and Communication.
RACHEL GRAHAM
Kingston University (Techne Administrative Lead)
​Rachel has been Graduate Research School Manager at Kingston for over 10 years, supporting PhD students and their supervisors. She has worked with Techne since its first cohort of students.
EMMA MOLYNEUX
Techne Senior Administration Officer
Emma has been working for Techne since 2018, organising all of the training, events and conferences for Techne students and keeping everyone informed about what Techne has going on. Her favourite part of the job is organising conferences because she enjoys the challenge of spinning lots of plates at the same time! She also enjoys the opportunity to sit in on conference sessions and relive her academic days. Emma has a BA in English and an MA in Victorian Literature, Art and Culture from Royal Holloway.