The 2022 Sussex Festival of Ideas is now only a few days away and excitement is building for this two-day celebration of the transformative power of the arts and humanities, co-created by student and staff in Media, Arts and Humanities

The Festival’s 2022 edition includes a two-day programme of talks, events, workshops, conversations, screenings and performances at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 March, exploring a wide-range of topics: from Ukraine’s cultural politics, black identities and the countryside to irreverent responses to inequality and exploitation within the cultural industries, the visual cultures of Instagram to cultural mediations of climate change, media coverage of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities to the new visibility of menopausal life and politics, and the work of film pioneer Jill Craigie. The programme includes a screening of Lizzie Thynne’s new documentary about the work of film pioneer Jill Craigie and a closing keynote presentation by Gary Younge on statues, cultural memory and empire

With the exception of Gary Younge’s talk, all events are free with no booking required.

For more information about the programme please visit the Festival of Ideas website or follow us on Instagram and Twitter 

Tuesday 29 March

11.00-11.15 Welcome by Professor Kate O’Riordan

11.15-12:00 Ukraine: A Media, Arts and Humanities Conversation

12.15-13.00 Images Among Us: Research Inside ‘the Gram’

13.15-15.00 Hope and Fear: Cultures of Climate Change

15.15-16.00 The New Menopause

16.30-18.30 Independent Miss Craigie Film Screening and Q+A

18.30-20.00 Drinks in ACCA Bar (with music)

Wednesday 30 March

12.00-12.45 The White Pube

13.00-13.45 "We need to talk about" Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the media

14.00-15.30 Black at Sussex: Activism, Curating, Archiving

16.00-17.30 Gary Younge –Not Set in Stone: Why we need more honesty and fewer statues (booking required via ACCA website)

17.30-19.00 Complimentary drinks in ACCA Bar (with music)