Professor Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Reformed Theological Seminary J. Nicholas Reid (DPhil Oxon) is the author of Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia: Confinement and Control until the First Fall of Babylon (Oxford University Press). He is Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Hybrid MDiv Program at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. Nicholas is also a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. His research involves publishing cuneiform texts in various collections around the world, as well as writing on topics of social history, such as slavery, prisons, and labor in ancient Mesopotamia. He has authored numerous articles in leading journals, including Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, International Review of Social History, Revue d’Assyrologie, and Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete. Nicholas also coauthored a monograph on Old Babylonian Letters from Ancient Kish, which will be published later this year in the historic series Oxford Edition of Cuneiform Texts (Oxford University Press).
Senior Lecturer, Critical and Theoretical Studies, Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne Dr Janelle Evans is an inter-disciplinary visual artist, curator and writer who exhibits regularly in Australia and internationally. As a film-maker her short films have screened in national cinemas and at festivals in Australia and France. Her works are held in private, national and international collections. Janelle holds Master of Fine Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the University of Sydney where she was also a recipient of the Charles Perkins AO, Memorial Prize and a Graduate Medal finalist. In 2013, Janelle was awarded the HS Carslaw Memorial Scholarship, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge during her Masters studies. Currently, Janelle is a Senior Lecturer at Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne in Critical and Theoretical Studies and is also Acting Head of the Master of Contemporary Art Degree. Her research and teaching focus is within the fields of contemporary Indigenous art practice and culture, in addition to art theory and critical theory. Her specific research interests lie within constructions of racial identity and representations of Aboriginal women during the colonial period, as well as first contact encounters. She is working on two forthcoming books for publication, "The Dingo and Kangaroo" and "Painting Australia".
Associate Professor in Modern History, University of Reading I am broadly interested in late C19th and early C20th political cultures including gender, feminism and that heady mix of working class politics and religion. My existing research 'The Soul of the Labour Movement' is a detailed examination of the Victorian morality and spirituality upon which the life of the labour movement was built and includes the wider contribution of the women's movement, children's associations and radical literary traditions. My new book 'The Labour Church: Religion and Politics in the Early Twentieth Century' will be published by I.B. Tauris in spring 2018. My current research concerns early female pioneers in politics, focusing largely on female MPs between 1919 and 1931 primarily as 'sex-candidates'. I examine the contribution of early female MPs but also reassess the importance of the 1918 Representation of the People Act on British democracy, in relation to women and the emergence of female public politicians. I am particularly interested in Nancy Astor, who was the first female MP to sit in the House of Commons, whose papers are held here at the University of Reading. I am privileged to work on the Vote 100 programme and from January 2019 I will project manage the Astor100 project, a series of events inspired by the election of Astor in 1919.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ethics and Societal Implications of Artificial Intelligence, Georgia Institute of Technology I'm a sociologist of science and technology committed to improving the sciences' ability to support and advance public values. At present, I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology researching the societal implications of artificial intelligence in manufacturing. My research interests include the human processes involved in developing, maintaining, and using knowledge; the governance and societal implications of emerging technologies; and the role of scientific knowledge and expertise in democracy. My research has appeared in academic journals including Research Policy, Minerva, the Journal of Responsible Innovation, and Futures.
PhD Candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australian National University Joe is a program manager, researcher and science communicator. As a program manager he has worked with communities and organisations to codevelop engaging science communication content and build capacity in STEM engagement. His research focusses on cross cultural communication and Sense of Place. Joe is also the creator and co-ordinator of ‘Is This How You Feel?’ A project designed to engage the general public with the human side of climate change.
Lecturer, University of Liverpool Dr. John Tulloch is a lecturer and European Specialist in Veterinary Public Health, at the University of Liverpool. His body of work focuses on how animals impact human health and society, including veterinary work place injuries, zoonotic infections, and injuries caused by animals (such as dog bites and horse kicks).
