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CISRUL PhD candidate Sam McReavy shares his PhD research on the prize-winning novel ‘Bold as Love’ by Gwyneth Jones. ‘Bold as Love’ follows a “Triumvirate” of indie rockstars who find themselves leading a revolutionary movement in a post-neoliberal, climate change-ravaged England, now separated from the former UK. The novel examines questions of political economy, gender identity, sexual relations, and the state of race and ethnicity in England, all through Jones’ unique critical eye, combining discussions of Marxism, feminism, post-colonial, and even post-humanist thought. This groundbreaking first instalment of Jones’ series examining Blair-era Britain turned her from a well-known literary critic, to one of the leading British Science Fiction authors of our day.
‘Talking Community’ with Dr Dilar Dirik, interviewed by CISRUL’s Dr Hanifi Bariş, as part of our ‘Conceptualising Community’ conference (2022), organised by Dr Maxim van Asseldonk and Dr Elise Boyle Espinosa.
Dilar Dirik holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge. She is author of the book ‘The Kurdish Women’s Movement: History, Theory, Practice’ (Pluto Press 2022).
‘Talking Community’ with Dr Gerald Taylor Aiken, interviewed by CISRUL’s Dr Rachel Shanks, as part of our ‘Conceptualising Community’ conference (2022), organised by Dr Maxim van Asseldonk and Dr Elise Boyle Espinosa.
Gerald Taylor Aiken Gerald Taylor Aiken is a Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research. His research focuses on the role of community in the transition to low-carbon futures.