University of Wolverhampton researchers have secured funding to host a series of events showcasing research in the humanities.

Our series, RICHES: Resurgence in Commemoration, Humour, Exchange and Storytelling is selected for inclusion in the Being Human Festival of Humanities 2021.

Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, led by the School of Advanced Study, the University of London in partnership with the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the British Academy and bringing the best of humanities research in the UK to the public.

This year a team of University of Wolverhampton researchers from Creative and Professional Writing, English, English Language and Linguistics, and Philosophy led by Professor Meena Dhanda have been awarded the BHF grant, building on and expanding the successful participation of UoW researchers in the festival in previous years.

Dr Daisy Black, Dr Lisa Blower, Dr Helen Davies, Judith Hamilton, Dr Karthick Ram Manoharan and Dr Paula Satne will lead participant workshops offering a range of activities, including first-hand experience of writing stories and telling them, exploring our environment to identify how history has been inscribed in it and to document our coping strategies in culturally diverse ways. They have partnered with Arena Theatre, Arts Connect, King Edward’s School, Light House and TLC College to host the events.