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2022
- BOOK: My first monograph NEUROFUTURISM: The A-Z of How to Thrive in 2050 is under contract with Springer Nature/Palgrave Macmillan, and should be ready circa early 2024. My book will introduce ‘Neurofuturism’ as a heuristic praxis for individuals, collectives and institutions to re-imagine a better future, by re-configuring neurodiversity as a mobile, creative leadership strategy.
- PFHEA: I have been awarded the Principal Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) by Advance HE in December 2022. This is for professionals with sustained records of effective strategic leadership in academic practice and academic development as a key contribution to high quality student learning.
- RECENT:
28 Sep: Invited Speaker, discussion on philosophy, psychiatry and public mental health, Royal Institute of Philosophy Festival, Home, ManchesterUPDATE: I have withdrawn due to non-inclusivity of processes - 20 Oct: Invited Speaker,
Material Source, Manchester, in panel to discuss neurodiversity.UPDATE: I did not attend as I was recovering from Covid. My film was played which I did grant permission for. However, my work and references such as the case study of Leonardo Da Vinci which I shared on LinkedIn to publicise the event were applied by others. I had also shared materials and learnings with the organisers. - 27 October: Invited Masterclass on neurodiversity, University of Cambridge
- 11 November: University of Salford decolonisation panel discussion led by Dr Jade Munslow Ong
- 07 December: Invited Convenor and Chair for Round Table in Manchester. Initiated by members of Artist Working Group who led the campaign to defund the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, the Round Tables are a UK and International series of discussions and actions with East and Southeast Asian artists and stakeholders to collectively re-imagine a more equitable art ecology. The Manchester discussion will be significant as the physical location of CFCCA.
2023
- Summer: Keynote Lecture. For #CreativeHE (global community sharing and championing a common interest in creativity and innovation in learning, teaching and research comprising 13 members in 12 different institutions and organisations in 3 countries).
- 21/03: Speed-date. With Professor of Psychology and inventor of the term ‘Neuroqueer’, Nick Walker. To join session, sign up onto Neurodiversity In/& Creative Research Network and introduce yourself.
- 02/03: Discussion, alongside Keisha Thompson (Artistic Director & CEO, Contact Theatre). House of Imagination, Creativity, Arts and Culture in Education: Women in Creative Leadership series. Book tickets here.
- 21/03: Masterclass. University of Sussex CHASE Knowledge Exchange Hub. How to Thrive in 2050? On neurodiversity and creative knowledge exchange. Book tickets here.
- 02: 2 more book contracts: With Taylor Francis and World Scientific.
- 27/02: Workshop by Gudrun Filipska on Walking, Running and Feminist Art Practice, London Drawing Group
- Autumn: Launch of interdisciplinary MA Creative Arts Leadership MA/MFA programme, Manchester School of Art, which I have led in the design, and which I will lead on as Programme Leader.
- POSTPONED: ‘Ill-Disciplined: Creative, Neurodivergent Intervention and Leadership in Higher Education – A Manifesto’. Chapter in Beyond Borders? Articulations, provocations & performativities in Arts & Humanities research, which explores the spaces, places and territories that exist above and below, amidst and with/out borders in Arts & Humanities research. Edited by Jacqueline Taylor et al (Birmingham City University).
- POSTPONED: Invited Scientific Board member, Symposium on theory and praxis of sport. Coimbra, Portugal.
Above: Left Feet Forward (digital image, Kai Syng Tan April 2020). Based on performance photograph taken by Enamul Hoque from Mind-wanderer in Action (MIA) series (Kai Syng Tan 2017).