LAHP Study Day 1: Welcome Back & Methodology
LAHP Study Day 1: Welcome Back & Methodology
Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026
Time: 9:30am – 5pm
Location: Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
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Our first study day of the year will concentrate on how to do research, with expert contributions on working with archives, developing arguments, interviewing and analysing transcripts, working with participants, as well as both visual and digital research methods. Come along, reconnect with each other, and refresh your approach to research in the first intensive study day of the 2026-2027 academic year!
This event is organised by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP), grant ref AH/R012679/1. This consortium, including this event, is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). By registering for this event, you agree to your information (name, email address, organisation, UKRI-funded status) to be shared with UKRI. The number of UKRI-funded and non-UKRI funded attendees are reported to UKRI annually, as aggregated data.
Programme:
| Time | Activity | Location |
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration (Tea, coffee, pastries) | Grand Lobby |
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome and Introduction Dr Marquard Smith, LAHP Director | Chancellor’s Hall |
| 10:15-11:30 | Participatory Research Methods Dr Sarah Bartley, Co-Programme Leader, MA Applied Theatre; Senior Lecturer, Applied and Community Performance at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | Chancellor’s Hall |
| 11:30-11:45 | Mid-morning break (Tea, coffee, biscuits) | Grand Lobby |
| 11:45-12:30 | Getting Research Done Dr Tom Six, LAHP Deputy Director (Training and Cohort Development) | Chancellor’s Hall |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch (Sandwiches, crisps, tea, coffee) | Grand Lobby & Chancellor’s Hall |
| 13:30-14:45 | Split Sessions: Digital Research Methods Dr John Regan, Associate Professor in English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London Open Research Dr Timothy Monteath,Assistant Professor, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at University of Warwick | (1) Woburn Room (2) Montague Room |
| 14:45-15:15 | Afternoon break (Tea, coffee, cakes) | G21A |
| 15:15-16:30 | Split Sessions: Archives and Decolonisation Dr Priyanka Basu, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at King’s College London How Much Do You Really Know? Researching White Racial Knowledge and Ignorance Dr Daniel Campbell Blight, Senior Lecturer, School of Art and Media at University of Brighton | (1) Woburn Room (2) Montague Room |
| 16:30-17:00 | Q&A on Research Methods Dr Marquard Smith and Dr Tom Six | Woburn Room Montague Room |