Speaking Engagements

Professor Les Todres

• Todres, L. (2002). Embodied Inquiry: Openings and touchstones for Psychology. An invited lecture series. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA.,  18-20 October.

• Todres, L (2003). Descriptive Phenomenology. Master class series: New Qualitative Methodology and its application to health and social care research. .Mid and West Wales R & D Support Unit, University of Wales, Swansea. 13 November.

• Todres, L. (2003). Descriptive Phenomenology. Research and Development Support Unit. An invited lecture.  Poole, 19 March.

• Todres, L. (2003). Invited Plenary Chair to Keynote speakers. 15th Annual conference for the Society for Existential Analysis. Conference theme: " The Im/Possibility of Research in Psychotherapy" London, 8 June, 2003.

• Todres, L (2004). Invited keynote speaker.  Wound and welcome: Permission and direction in Daseinsanalytic Psychotherapy. Twenty Second Annual Symposium of the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center of Duquesne University. March 5-6. Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

• Todres, L. (2004). Invited Plenary Chair to Keynote speakers. 16th Annual conference for the Society for Existential Analysis. Conference theme: " The Poetics of Experience" London, 16 May, 2004.

• Todres, L. (2005). Embodied Inquiry. An invited lecture series to the Professional Doctoral Programme. Department of caring Sciences. Vaxjo University, Vaxjo, Sweden, 19-20 May, 2005.

• Todres, L (2006) Embodied Inquiry: Between language and the lived body. A key-note presentation to: The 4th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Qualitative Methods in the Service of Health. 18/20 May, Vaxjo University, Sweden

• Todres, L & Galvin, K. (2006) Embodied Interpretation: Qualitative methodology as craft. A key-note presentation to A Coloquium entitled: Circles within Circles: Qualitative Methodology and the Arts: The Researcher as Artist. The School of Medicine, Swansea University, 19/20 September.

• Todres, L. (2008) Being with that: The relevance of embodied understanding for practice. The 5th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Qualitative Research in Healthcare Practice. May 10-20. University of Stavanger, Norway.

Dr Kip Jones

• Invited presenter Performative Social Science, European Sociological Association "Biographical Perspectives on European Societies" "Performing Biographies, Memory and the Art of Interpretation" Cracow, Poland 12 -14 December, 2008.
  
  
• Invited Presenter Sesame Institute Practice-based Research for Drama Therapists’ Performative Methodologies, London, 4 June, 2008.
  
  
• Invited presenter Taster Masterclass in Performative Social Science University of Wales – Swansea, 10 April, 2008.
  
  
• Invited contributor “Social Science finding its Muse” (short film) by Ben Mallaby & Kip Jones premiered at the Qualitative research and arts practice: The potential for research capacity building ESRC National Centre for Research Methods Seminar University of Wales-Cardiff, 18 Sept, 2007.
  
  
• Invited symposium member “The Potentials of Performance Methodology” (Virtual Performance) American Psychological Assoc. (APA) Convention. San Francisco CA, 17-20 August, 2007.
  
  
• Invited participant (workshop) “How did I get to Princess Margaret?” Second International Arts-based Educational Research Conference Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, 5-7 July, 2007.