Kenny Monrose

Dr Kenny Monrose

BA PGCE MA MRes PhD FRSA

  • Position Governing Body Fellow
  • School Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Sociology
  • Email km757@cam.ac.uk
  • Department link Sociology

Dr Monrose is an urban ethnographer at Cambridge Sociology. He is also an undergraduate tutor, PhD mentor and the convener for the Race, Ethnicity & Faith working group here at Wolfson College.

Kenny Monrose

Dr Monrose completed a PhD in Sociology in 2013 examining the life course of maturing Black men with a focus on criminal preclusion and non-criminal participation. He acted as the lead researcher for the Black British Voices project and is the Convener of the REACH@Wolfson research hub and a tutor for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is also a member of Film & Screen Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a member of the Centre for the Studies in Global Human Movement.

His expertise lies in the areas of criminal justice, 'race', and urban cultures, and is interested in the impact of Afro-descendent music within and around the Black Atlantic.

Dr Monrose is the principal investigator on the Black British Voices Project, a national study in partnership with the University of Cambridge, The Voice Newspaper and I-Cubed consultancy group. He is an affiliate at The Centre for Screen & Film within the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics, and a member of Centre for the study of Global Human Movement at the University of Cambridge. He is also an advisory board member for Education &  Culture at the South Bank Centre London. 

What's on

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Postgraduate Research Soirée

09/05/2024 at 17.45

Join Wolfson postgraduate students as they talk about their research in an informal evening of interesting presentations and friendly discussion – complete with wine and cheese! 

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Music and Madeira: Conversations with Angels

10/05/2024 at 18.30

The Alexandra Ensemble performs a programme of music by British composers for soprano and violin.

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Art Exhibition: Ceramics in the Bernard Leach Tradition

11/05/2024 at 10.00

A display of works from the Bradshaw-Bubier studio pottery collection.

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WolfWorks - Finishing off a dissertation

11/05/2024 at 10.00

This workshop will cover several aspects of formatting and proofreading a dissertation.

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Lunchtime Lecture & Concert: A Glimpse into Hindustani Music

11/05/2024 at 13.30

A lunchtime lecture and concert focussed on k̲h̲ayāl, a system of vocal music within the broader universe of Hindustani music.

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