The inaugural conference of Arendt in Aberdeen 2022-24 series, Council democracy as an alternative to representative democracy is now open to registration on Eventbrite. The conference will be held at … Continue reading Our conference on Council democracy as an alternative to representative democracy is now open for registration on Eventbrite
CISRUL Updates
Interdisciplinary Arendt: Pluralism, Promise, Problems
2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Arendt’s celebrated Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen and the two semesters she spent here in 1972 and 1973. She was the first … Continue reading Interdisciplinary Arendt: Pluralism, Promise, Problems
CISRUL PhD Studentships to start in October 2023
Application deadline 12 noon (UTC) on 15 May 2023 The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law (CISRUL) studies the life in the world of political concepts. The … Continue reading CISRUL PhD Studentships to start in October 2023
Funding a PhD at CISRUL
CISRUL welcomes PhD projects on any political concepts, and in any of our disciplines: Anthropology, Divinity, Economics, Education, English, Film & Visual Culture, French & Francophone Studies, Geography & Environment, … Continue reading Funding a PhD at CISRUL
Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
The CISRUL volume Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community explores how authority is entailed in different versions of citizenship and political community. Who or what claims authority in the name … Continue reading Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
20 Interdisciplinary Fellowships
Aberdeen University is offering twenty 5-year postdoctoral fellowships aligned to its new Interdisciplinary Challenge areas: Energy Transition; Environment and Biodiversity; Health, Nutrition and Wellbeing; Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity; and … Continue reading 20 Interdisciplinary Fellowships
School Uniform Guidance Consultation in Scotland: What to Consider
By Dr Rachel Shanks In Scotland a consultation on Statutory School Uniform Guidance opened in May 2022 and closes on 14th October 2022. There is currently no national guidance on school … Continue reading School Uniform Guidance Consultation in Scotland: What to Consider
Conference programme and registration: Council democracy as an alternative to representative democracy*
*Inaugural Conference of Arendt in Aberdeen 2022-24 series. Location: Seminar Room 224, Sir Duncan Rice Library, Second Floor, University of Aberdeen, Date and time: June 23 @ 9:00 am – June 24 @ 3:00 pm Registration … Continue reading Conference programme and registration: Council democracy as an alternative to representative democracy*
Registration and practical information
Academic and civil society conference. For more information on this event, please click here. Istanbul and online (blended) 23-24 May, 2022 Hosted by Society and Legal Research Foundation (TOHAV) and Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society … Continue reading Registration and practical information
Conference Programme
The conference will be blended: in-person in Istanbul and virtual on Teams. For more information about this event, please click here. Kindly register your in-person or vitual attendance via Eventbrite, … Continue reading Conference Programme
Conceptualising Community: Keynote Interview Series
Ahead of the Conceptualising Community conference and summer school, we are holding an online interview series with each of our keynote speakers, in conversation with a scholar from the Centre … Continue reading Conceptualising Community: Keynote Interview Series
Council democracy as an alternative to representative democracy
Inaugural Conference of Arendt in Aberdeen 2022-24 series University of Aberdeen 2022 – 2024 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Hannah Arendt’s semesters at the University of Aberdeen and her celebrated … Continue reading Council democracy as an alternative to representative democracy
Conceptualising Community: Practical Information & How to Apply
The conference will be held at the Old Aberdeen campus of the University of Aberdeen. This will be followed by a PhD summer school at The Burn, a country house … Continue reading Conceptualising Community: Practical Information & How to Apply
Conceptualising Community: Keynote Speakers
Please click here for more information about this event. Gerald Taylor Aiken Gerald Taylor Aiken is a Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research. … Continue reading Conceptualising Community: Keynote Speakers
Conceptualising Community: Reading Groups
These reading groups form part of a series to prepare us for the Conceptualising Community conference and summer school. Please click here for more information about this event. Community in a (Post-) … Continue reading Conceptualising Community: Reading Groups
Conceptualising Community
Conference & PhD summer school Keynote speakers: Gerald Taylor Aiken (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research), Dilar Dirik (University of Oxford), and Bonnie Honig (Brown University) Applications now open until 15 February 2022. Please click here for more information about … Continue reading Conceptualising Community
CISRUL Alumna launches Book with Pulitzer Prize Winner
Former CISRUL alumna Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf launches her groundbreaking book 'Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner' (Anthem Series in Citizenship and … Continue reading CISRUL Alumna launches Book with Pulitzer Prize Winner
Talking Legal Identity, Race and Belonging with Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf
CISRUL alumna Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London was interviewed by Women in Identity … Continue reading Talking Legal Identity, Race and Belonging with Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf
CISRUL/POLITICO Reading Seminar – Community 2
Deer hunting, fiestas, and the people without history Led by Denisse Román-Burgos This is the second reading group in a series to prepare us for the Conceptualising Community conference in … Continue reading CISRUL/POLITICO Reading Seminar – Community 2
Whither Mexico?
Forum hosted by CISRUL on Thursday 13 March 5.45 - 7.30 pm Topic In 2013 Mexico signed into law an important though controversial set of structural reforms, one of which … Continue reading Whither Mexico?
What Civil? What Society?
What Civil? What Society? Inter-disciplinary workshop We propose to examine the workings of the concept of ‘civil society’ not just in contemporary Europe and North America but historically and in … Continue reading What Civil? What Society?
Episode 1: Talking Difference with Lewis R. Gordon
10 June - Recording available here
Genealogies of Human Difference
Reading group.
Talking Difference: Episode 3 with Jane Gordon
Talking Difference: Episode 3 with Jane Gordon December 9 - Recording available hereModerated by Nadia KiwanOrganized by Sophie Lauwers & Fredericke Weiner
Luther and the Political: New Perspectives and Questions
Interdisciplinary Dialogue 2nd-3rd May 2017 Craig Suite (Rm 1), 7th Floor, Duncan Rice Library For more information on this event please click here Sponsored by Aberdeen University Centre for Citizenship, Civil … Continue reading Luther and the Political: New Perspectives and Questions
Guilty, Not Guilty, Nullify: Imagining a Three Option Verdict in the United States Criminal Justice System
** Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. Chakravarti has been unable to travel to Scotland to deliver this lecture in person. We've made arrangements to have her deliver the lecture as scheduled via … Continue reading Guilty, Not Guilty, Nullify: Imagining a Three Option Verdict in the United States Criminal Justice System
CISRUL Students invited to Center for Research and Studies on Culture and Society, Argentina
Two of our CISRUL PhD students, Eve Hayes de Kalaf and Chuck Sturtevant, have been invited to the Center for Research and Studies on Culture and Society (CIECS) at the National University of Córdoba … Continue reading CISRUL Students invited to Center for Research and Studies on Culture and Society, Argentina
Civil Sphere Theory: An Interdisciplinary Debate
Debates on Jeffrey Alexander’s magnum opus The Civil Sphere (2006) have been conducted mainly in his discipline of sociology, even though he makes reference to philosophy, legal theory and other disciplines. In … Continue reading Civil Sphere Theory: An Interdisciplinary Debate
The Societalization of Social Problems: Financial Crisis and Media Phone Hacking
Public lecture by Professor Jeffrey Alexander Friday 20th October at 5 in New Kings 10 Early in June, 2012, in a featured op-ed in the New York Times, one of … Continue reading The Societalization of Social Problems: Financial Crisis and Media Phone Hacking
Food, Protest and Collective Action in Córdoba: Eruption, Unrest and Normalization
Dr Martín Eynard, Center for Research and Studies on Culture and Society, National University of Córdoba& National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CIECS-CONICET-UNC), Argentina. Photo credit: Daniel Cáceres (2001), Villa El Libertador, Córdoba, … Continue reading Food, Protest and Collective Action in Córdoba: Eruption, Unrest and Normalization
Regulatory Waves: Outcomes from the Project on Comparative Perspectives on State Regulation and Self-Regulation Policies in the Nonprofit Sector
Speaker: Professor Oonagh B. Breen, Sutherland School of Law, University College DublinSeminar organised by CISRUL PhD Student Domenico Carolei Date: 9 February 2018Time: 12:00Place: EWF61 OverviewWith the advent of the new millennium there has … Continue reading Regulatory Waves: Outcomes from the Project on Comparative Perspectives on State Regulation and Self-Regulation Policies in the Nonprofit Sector
Andrea Teti on the Arab Spring and Democracy
One of our Faculty Members, Andrea Teti, will be delivering a public lecture in the Department of Politics and International Relations Seminar Series on Wednesday 13th September 2017, 2.00–4pm. The event will … Continue reading Andrea Teti on the Arab Spring and Democracy
Political Community in Historical Perspective Medieval and Early Modern
Workshop 27 May, 9:00-18:00 Speakers: Speakers include Professor Crawford Gribbon, Dr Ian Campbell (both Queen’s University Belfast), Dr Clare Hawes (St Andrews) and Dr Christian Liddy (Durham) An all-day workshop highlighting … Continue reading Political Community in Historical Perspective Medieval and Early Modern
Shelter, Security, and Tenure: Formalising Downtown Kingston, Jamaica
Guest Speaker: David Howard talk for CISRUL on 20th of February, 14:00 to 16:00 in KQG3. The ‘New Urban Agenda’ initiated at the UN-Habitat III meeting in 2016 re-instated the need for ‘good … Continue reading Shelter, Security, and Tenure: Formalising Downtown Kingston, Jamaica
Radical Democratic Citizenship: 3 – 4 Sept 2018
This conference on radical democratic citizenship marks the 50th anniversary of the global wave of protests in 1968, when people occupied workplaces and public spaces, collectively demanding changes in policies … Continue reading Radical Democratic Citizenship: 3 – 4 Sept 2018
Civic Actors and Illicit Margins Public Policy
A Mexican Case A talk co-hosted by CISRUL, Centre for Global Security and Governance and the Modern Languages Research Forum Monday 22nd April at 2-4 pm in Humanities Manse seminar room In … Continue reading Civic Actors and Illicit Margins Public Policy
Workshop: Approaches to Political Concepts II
CISRUL/POLITICO Workshop CISRUL starts the new year with a workshop bringing together scholars from various disciplines to explain how they have dealt in their work with one or more political … Continue reading Workshop: Approaches to Political Concepts II
Methodologies (in) Conversation: Session 5 – Empirical and Theoretical Research
Finally, we would like to close this series with a broader reflection on an underlying theme which cuts across all of the other sessions: the distinction between “empirical” and “theoretical” … Continue reading Methodologies (in) Conversation: Session 5 – Empirical and Theoretical Research
Methodologies (in) Conversation: Session 4 – Ethics & Care in Research
Our fourth session will address the role, necessity, and impact of both ethics and care in all stages of research. What are good ethical practices and non-ethical practices in research? … Continue reading Methodologies (in) Conversation: Session 4 – Ethics & Care in Research
Methodologies (in) Conversations: Session 3 – Case studies in Social Science and Humanities
This session will deal with a method deployed both in empirical and non-empirical research: case studies. Beyond addressing the differences and commonalities between the use of specific cases in both … Continue reading Methodologies (in) Conversations: Session 3 – Case studies in Social Science and Humanities
Methodologies (in) Conversations: Session 2 – Positionality & Reflexivity
This session aims to provide reflections for scholars using both empirical and non-empirical methods about the role and impact of the researcher on and within their research. It may addresses … Continue reading Methodologies (in) Conversations: Session 2 – Positionality & Reflexivity
Methodologies (in) Conversations: Session 1 – Fieldwork & Interviews
Session 1 – Fieldwork & Interviews This session will be focused on two concrete, and often interconnected, methods: fieldwork and interviews. In it, we aim to share reflections and experiences concerning good and … Continue reading Methodologies (in) Conversations: Session 1 – Fieldwork & Interviews
New Seminar Series: Methodologies (in) Conversations
Seminar Series COVID-19 brings a myriad of challenges for scholars around the world. In rising to these challenges, many of us need to think creatively about our research design and … Continue reading New Seminar Series: Methodologies (in) Conversations
Beyond the Populist Hype Workshop & Call for Papers
From 13 till 15 January CISRUL is hosting an online workshop bringing together scholars working on populism and related themes to reflect on their own work and its relation to … Continue reading Beyond the Populist Hype Workshop & Call for Papers
CISRUL alumni
CISRUL has funded PhD Students in a variety of disciplines at the University of Aberdeen. Some of these have already completed their PhD projects successfully. Please view their individual profile … Continue reading CISRUL alumni
Decolonising Political Concepts
With keynotes by Ritu Vij, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, and a workshop led by Julie Cupples Topic Postcolonial and decolonial thinkers and activists have spent the last decades unravelling the intellectual, political … Continue reading Decolonising Political Concepts
Unpacking the Gig Economy: Movie Screening and Discussion
We will be hosting a movie screening of "Sorry we missed you", film by Ken Loach and a discussion on "precarious lives in the gig economy". The screening will start … Continue reading Unpacking the Gig Economy: Movie Screening and Discussion
PhD Presentations – Session III
Session III Tue 5 May
Biden’s Emphasis On Soft Power And What It Means For Vietnam’s Democracy Movement
This article was first published by The Vietnamese on 9 October, 2021. By Dan Nguyen President Joe Biden has repeatedly emphasised “soft power” in his foreign policy speeches. Will this policy work in … Continue reading Biden’s Emphasis On Soft Power And What It Means For Vietnam’s Democracy Movement
Postdoctoral Researchers
Current postdoctoral researchers at CISRUL Visiting postdoctoral researchers at CISRUL Together with Denisse Román, 3 other postdoctoral researchers worked on the 2016-19 ESRC-funded CISRUL project, Activism in Regions of Crime-Related … Continue reading Postdoctoral Researchers
September, School, And The Politics Of Memory
September is when the school year starts in Vietnam. However, this academic cycle is like no other, as the country is struggling with a deadly virus that claimed more than 10,000 lives last month.
Panorama of Flags, Panorama of Lies
Original article by Politico PhD student Dan Nguyen - here The panorama of flags Foreigners visiting Vietnam can hardly miss the abundance of flags, posters, statues, and slogans that remind … Continue reading Panorama of Flags, Panorama of Lies
Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
Citizenship is often glossed as membership of political community, yet there is surprisingly little discussion of what is meant by political community and what membership in it entails. Scholars have often treated citizenship in liberal terms as an expansive set of rights, which citizens as nationals claim from states. Yet citizenship and the political community it entails need not be centred on liberal rights, nor nation, nor democracy.
Hanifi Baris
LLB (School of Law, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey); MA (Inter-Asia NGO Studies, Graduate School, Sungkonghoe University, Seoul, South Korea) PhD Candidate (Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, … Continue reading Hanifi Baris
Political Community in Historical Perspectives
Medieval and Early Modern WORKSHOP FRIDAY 27 MAY, 9:00-18:00 Craig Suite, Floor 7, Sir Duncan Rice Library Speakers: Speakers include Professor Crawford Gribbon, Dr Ian Campbell (both Queen’s University Belfast), Dr Clare … Continue reading Political Community in Historical Perspectives
International political community
Believes that Aristotle’s “self-sufficiency” remains with us in form of “self-determination” something special about communities which can give rise to supreme power there are always other communities that don’t have … Continue reading International political community
Questioning ‘community’
In post-colonial period, binary between community and modern retains as modern only community of nation-state with its homogeneous time others stand outside it in heterogeneous time Although community in heterogeneous … Continue reading Questioning ‘community’
Political Community Workshop 2014
Political Community: Authority in the Name of Community hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen Tuesday 24-Wednesday 25 June … Continue reading Political Community Workshop 2014
Philosophical approaches
Roma case (addressed by PhD student) concerns loyalties etc. that like citizenship but not toward nation-state; similarly, unions (addressed by Sian Lazar) are in some ways similar to democratic states … Continue reading Philosophical approaches
Toward global political community?
Theoretical points Political = managing collective affairs Contestation reifies political collective by contesting Threats of violence useful as symbols of power Sense of community is ideal to strive for Focus … Continue reading Toward global political community?
A historical approach
What happens when religious institutions do not have a real stake, especially where political institutions are designed precisely to avoid them having a stake? In contemporary world, there is a … Continue reading A historical approach
Iconic Objects and the New Middle Class
Seminar by Professor Jeffrey Alexander (Yale) Wed 18th October at 2-4 in EWF61 What’s striking about the now-global discourse of “middle class” is that it references people who would once … Continue reading Iconic Objects and the New Middle Class
CISRUL Lecture Series: Prof. William E. Connolly
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society & the Rule of Law (CISRUL) presents Prof. William E. Connolly, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University University of Aberdeen 8-11 May 2017 In … Continue reading CISRUL Lecture Series: Prof. William E. Connolly
Civil Sphere and Radicalization
HOSTED BY THE CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP, CIVIL SOCIETY AND RULE OF LAW (CISRUL), UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN FRIDAY 20TH – SUNDAY 22ND OCTOBER, 2017 CONFERENCE SUMMARY Constitutional democracies by definition afford a range … Continue reading Civil Sphere and Radicalization
Autonomy, sovereignty and constitutional change
CISRUL-POLITICO workshop with Nancy Postero Organisers: Trevor Stack, Valentín Clavé-Mercier, and Chuck Sturtevant Time and venue: 1 February 2019, 12-3pm, Committee Room 2 (University Office) This workshop will explore autonomy and sovereignty in processes … Continue reading Autonomy, sovereignty and constitutional change
The Power(s) of Global Constitutionalism
CISRUL/POLITICO Seminar with Anthony Lang (University of St Andrews)
Authority and Legitimacy
First Reading-based Political Theory Seminar
Authoritarian Practices Beyond the State
CISRU/POLITICO Seminar with Marlies Glasius (University of Amsterdam)
The “Civil Society” Concept
CISRUL/POLITICO Workshop
Citizens beyond corruption and crime: The case of Mexico
Dr. Trevor Stack (CISRUL Director), Irene Álvarez, Irán Guerrero, Denisse Román and Ariadna Sánchez (visiting postdoctoral researchers from Mexico) presented findings of their ESRC-funded project involving seven ethnographic researchers in Michoacán, a Mexican region heavily affected by … Continue reading Citizens beyond corruption and crime: The case of Mexico
Citizen Participation in Contexts of Crime-Related Violence and Institutional Fragility
ESRC-funded Workshop hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen Thursday 22nd November, 2018 The aim of the workshop was … Continue reading Citizen Participation in Contexts of Crime-Related Violence and Institutional Fragility
State and sovereignty
Reading-based Political Theory Seminar
Approaches to Political Concepts
CISRUL/POLITICO Training Workshop
Liberty and Rights
Reading-based Political Theory Seminar
Trying to Establish a European Identity by Politics of History: A New EU Strategy
With Guest Speaker Stefan Troebst
The Ghost of Hitler in South Africa
Roundtable discussion with Shirli Gilbert and John de Gruchy The memory of Nazi Germany as a source of religious complicity and resistance in apartheid South Africa — A roundtable discussion … Continue reading The Ghost of Hitler in South Africa
Movie Screening and Discussion
Movie Screening and Discussion – 12 November, 5.55pm We will be hosting a movie screening of “Sorry we missed you”, film by Ken Loach and a discussion on “precarious lives … Continue reading Movie Screening and Discussion
Arendt’s Cases of Council Democracy
Hanifi Baris (Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, CISRUL) RESEARCH SEMINAR THURSDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2019, 10AM The seminar will present the results of the first stage of research for a Leverhulme project … Continue reading Arendt’s Cases of Council Democracy
Political Community Workshop 2013
Hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland Tuesday 25th – Wednesday 26th June 2013 Academic coordinator: Trevor Stack (t.stack@abdn.ac.uk) Click … Continue reading Political Community Workshop 2013
Political Community: Authority in the Name of Community
Workshop Political Community: Authority in the Name of Community hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen Tuesday 24-Wednesday 25 … Continue reading Political Community: Authority in the Name of Community
Radical Protest in Constitutional Democracy
(FOLLOWED BY PHD SUMMER SCHOOL: WEDNESDAY 8 – THURSDAY 9 JUNE) Protest is a hallowed right within constitutional democracy, allowing for political expression outside the electoral process and established public … Continue reading Radical Protest in Constitutional Democracy
Radicalism and the Civil Sphere
Volume co-edited by Jeffrey Alexander (Yale) and Trevor Stack (CISRUL) for Cambridge University Press, 2018 forthcoming The book focuses on modes of political action usually condemned not only by government … Continue reading Radicalism and the Civil Sphere
Radical Democratic Citizenship
Our workshop participants, after two days of fruitful discussions Final Conference Programme This conference on radical democratic citizenship marks the 50th anniversary of the global wave of protests in 1968, when … Continue reading Radical Democratic Citizenship
Conceptualizing “Political”
Workshop and PhD summer school Conceptualizing “Political” THURSDAY 13TH – FRIDAY 14TH JUNE 2019PHD SUMMER SCHOOL, SATURDAY 15TH – SUNDAY 16TH JUNE Hosted by theCentre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of … Continue reading Conceptualizing “Political”
Civil Society and Democratic Backsliding Conference (Istanbul)
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC/CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE Mon 23rd – Tues 24th May, 2022 Istanbul, Turkey Hosted by Society and Legal Research Foundation (TOHAV) and Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), Aberdeen University Keynote speakers: … Continue reading Civil Society and Democratic Backsliding Conference (Istanbul)
Michael Beaney on “Conceptual Empowerment”
In a series of seminars over the next 2 years, CISRUL will engage with scholarly debates in history, philosophy, pedagogy, psychology, literature, linguistics, and legal, social and political theory, on … Continue reading Michael Beaney on “Conceptual Empowerment”
Citizenship in Pandemic Times
Citizenship in Pandemic Times 1– 14 June 2021 The 18th annual conference of the Center for the Study of Citizenship, based at Wayne State University, is online this year and … Continue reading Citizenship in Pandemic Times
Council Democracy as a Mode of Autonomy: The Cases of Rojava, Chiapas and Cherán seminar
The Cases of Rojava, Chiapas and Cherán Dr. Hanifi Baris Seminar, Friday 30 April at 2 – 3.30 pm via Zoom Please email hanifi.baris@abdn.ac.uk to request the Zoom link. Dr. Hanifi Baris … Continue reading Council Democracy as a Mode of Autonomy: The Cases of Rojava, Chiapas and Cherán seminar
Conceptualizing Difference Conference and Summer School
CISRUL was proud to host the conference Conceptualizing Difference in April 2021. The idea of ‘difference’ governs today’s political thinking. Struggles for equality and justice are generally concerned with recognizing and … Continue reading Conceptualizing Difference Conference and Summer School
(Re)Imagining Belonging in Latin America and Beyond: Access to Citizenship, Digital Identity and Rights
This conference has been organised by CISRUL alumna Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf in collaboration with the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion as part of her fellowship with the Centre for Latin American … Continue reading (Re)Imagining Belonging in Latin America and Beyond: Access to Citizenship, Digital Identity and Rights
Publications on Education
You can learn more about our CISRUL member Dr Rachel Shanks' school uniform project here: Jasper Friedrich & Rachel Shanks (2021) ‘The prison of the body’: school uniforms between discipline … Continue reading Publications on Education
How some countries are using digital ID to exclude vulnerable people around the world
This article was written by former CISRUL student Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf and was published in The Conversation. The world has become interconnected at a level we never before … Continue reading How some countries are using digital ID to exclude vulnerable people around the world
About CISRUL
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) studies life in the world of political concepts. Our interdisciplinary centre examines how political principles function within and beyond … Continue reading About CISRUL
Conference ‘Conceptualizing Difference’ Programme and Registration Links Published
From 13 till 16 April 2021 CISRUL is hosting the online conference 'Conceptualizing Difference' which will bring together scholars across disciplines to reflect on the concept of difference and its … Continue reading Conference ‘Conceptualizing Difference’ Programme and Registration Links Published
School uniform, dress code and appearance policies
This research project has focused on the school uniform and dress code policies of the 357 state-funded secondary schools in Scotland. This research began with the help of 13 University … Continue reading School uniform, dress code and appearance policies
Teacher Preparation in Scotland
Edited by Rachel Shanks (University of Aberdeen) Published: 25 Sep 2020 Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Series: Emerald Studies in Teacher Preparation in National and Global Context This book charts the … Continue reading Teacher Preparation in Scotland
Recording ‘Talking Difference with Gurpreet Mahajan’ Online
Our Talking Difference interview series went into its second round on September 1st. Gurpreet Mahajan, professor of Political Theory and Philosophy of Social Science at JNU, New Delhi joined us … Continue reading Recording ‘Talking Difference with Gurpreet Mahajan’ Online
Talking Difference Recording Online
On June 10th, CISRUL started its new 'Talking Difference' interview series with a bang. Africana philosopher, phenomenologist and Fanon expert Lewis R. Gordon joined us for a thoughtful and thought-provoking … Continue reading Talking Difference Recording Online
Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France
Written by Nadia Kiwan.Published by Manchester University Press. Islam in France is often regarded as a political 'issue' and much of the scholarly and public debates about Islam in contemporary … Continue reading Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France
What Have These Concepts Ever Done for us?
This podcast series presents a platform for discussions on topical political concepts across the disciplines gathered at CISRUL. Securalism, liberalism, post-modernity, difference. Using abstract political concepts such as these are … Continue reading What Have These Concepts Ever Done for us?
New Vocabularies of Politics
We are interested in PhDs looking to study whole vocabularies of politics, beyond the individual concepts of citizenship, civil society and rule of law with which CISRUL began in 2009. … Continue reading New Vocabularies of Politics
Talking Difference Interviews | Conceptualising Difference As part of the conference 'Conceptualizing Difference' (April 2021), CISRUL hosted a series of interviews with keynote speakers Jane Anna Gordon, Lewis R. Gordon, Sabine Hark, … Continue reading
Conceptualizing Difference | Reading Groups
In preparation for the conference and summer school Conceptualizing Difference, we will have several online reading groups to get the discussion started. Reading Group 1: Difference and Normative Political Theory19/08/2020 … Continue reading Conceptualizing Difference | Reading Groups
Conceptualizing Difference | Reading List
Literature on difference comes in many shapes and forms, spanning various fields, approaches, and problematics. This list aims to give a first overview of several possible angles to approach the … Continue reading Conceptualizing Difference | Reading List
Conceptualizing Difference | Keynote Speakers
We are excited to welcome some of the leading voices in their field as keynote speakers to Aberdeen! Click here for interviews with the keynotes. Jane Anna Gordon Jane Anna … Continue reading Conceptualizing Difference | Keynote Speakers
Brian Brock on his new book
Brian Brock has recently published a new book, Wondrously Wounded: Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ (Baylor University Press, 2019). He discussed it in a video interview with Australian … Continue reading Brian Brock on his new book
Wondrously Wounded
Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability Written by Brian Brock (University of Aberdeen). Published by Baylor University Press in August 2019. The church … Continue reading Wondrously Wounded
Beyond the Populist Hype
Online Workshop, Wed, 13 – Fri, 15 January 2021 Please note that the deadline for applications has passed. To join as an audience member please use the registration form. This … Continue reading Beyond the Populist Hype
Talking Difference with Lewis Gordon
As you know, we had to postpone this year’s CISRUL conference and summer school on Conceptualizing “Difference”. We now hope to hold it in April 2021. In the meantime, we … Continue reading Talking Difference with Lewis Gordon
Conceptualizing Difference conference postponed
Due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic the conference has been postponed. We are currently looking for a new date. Updates will be posted on the website. More information on … Continue reading Conceptualizing Difference conference postponed
Podcast: What Have These Concepts Ever Done for Us?
This podcast series presents a platform for discussions on topical political concepts across the disciplines gathered at CISRUL. Securalism, liberalism, post-modernity, difference. Using abstract political concepts such as these are … Continue reading Podcast: What Have These Concepts Ever Done for Us?
Management Structure
Politico Board Members Thesis Monitoring Committee Training Team Project Management Office Mrs Susie Hastings Mrs Annmarie Johnson Mr Michael Tuckwell Ms Nic Stokes Mrs Regina Finn Mrs Dawn Aitken Mrs … Continue reading Management Structure
International Expert Advisors
The POLITICO International Expert Advisors (IEA) meet annually and review the overall progress of the doctoral programme. The group will provide expert advice to the STSB to guide and inform … Continue reading International Expert Advisors
CISRUL Seminar series
CISRUL is home to a vibrant, interdisciplinary research community. Our seminar conversations are unique in bridging social science and humanities perspectives. PhD students as well as faculty members from various … Continue reading CISRUL Seminar series
Supervisors
CISRUL PhDs are supervised by interdisciplinary teams of 2 or 3 supervisors. They typically include the CISRUL members listed below, but may also include other staff from these Schools: School … Continue reading Supervisors
Partners
The POLITICO project has parterned with 24 organisations and institutions. These partnerships allow, where appropriate our Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) the opportunity to conduct field research while on placement. During … Continue reading Partners
Network
The POLITICO programme has an academic support network consisting of an extensive pool of experts from across several disciplines within the University of Aberdeen. There are also 6 international experts … Continue reading Network
Call for application: Conceptualizing Difference
The call for applications for this year’s annual CISRUL Conference and PhD Summer School Conceptualizing Difference featuring keynotes by Lewis R. Gordon (University of Connecticut), Sabine Hark (TU Berlin), Gurpreet … Continue reading Call for application: Conceptualizing Difference
Conceptualizing Difference
The conference took place online from 13-16 April 2021. View the conference programme and abstracts here The idea of ‘difference’ governs today’s political thinking. Struggles for equality and justice are … Continue reading Conceptualizing Difference
ArabTrans
The Arab Transformations Project involved an international research consortium of 11 partners which conducted extensive research focusing on Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. Its aim was to … Continue reading ArabTrans
Art and culture initiatives
Practitioner brief (pdf) This briefing paper is part of a broader project investigating societal responses to violence in the state of Michoacán in Mexico. It explores the role that art … Continue reading Art and culture initiatives
Local citizen security councils
Practitioner brief (pdf) This briefing paper is part of a broader project investigating societal responses to violence in the state of Michoacán in Mexico. It explores the establishment of local security … Continue reading Local citizen security councils
Legal mobilisation
Practitioner brief (pdf) This briefing paper is part of a broader project investigating societal responses to violence in the state of Michoacán in Mexico. It explores how local organisations and … Continue reading Legal mobilisation
Bisrat Lemessa Kabeta
Bisrat is in his third year of PhD candidacy in political science at Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen. He holds two MA degrees: … Continue reading Bisrat Lemessa Kabeta
Breaching the Civil Order
Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander (Yale University), Trevor Stack (University of Aberdeen), and Farhad Khosrokhavar (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) Published by Cambridge University Press in November 2019. … Continue reading Breaching the Civil Order
Impressions from the Inter-Disciplinary Conference “Decolonising Political Concepts”
From 19 to 20 September 2019 CISRUL hosted the inter-disciplinary conference “Decolonising Political Concepts” organized by Marie Wuth and Valentin Clavé-Mercier. The conference featured presentations by academics from the Americas, … Continue reading Impressions from the Inter-Disciplinary Conference “Decolonising Political Concepts”
Breaching the Civil Order
Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander (Yale University), Trevor Stack (University of Aberdeen), and Farhad Khosrokhavar (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) Published by Cambridge University Press in November 2019. … Continue reading Breaching the Civil Order
Maxim van Asseldonk
Maxim is a PhD candidate at the POLITICO programme on political concepts in the world, funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie scholarship. He recently published 'Who, the people? Rethinking constituent power … Continue reading Maxim van Asseldonk
Jorg Meurkes
Jorg is a PhD candidate at the POLITICO programme on political concepts in the world, funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie scholarship. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a … Continue reading Jorg Meurkes
Elise Boyle Espinosa
Elise has an interdisciplinary background in international studies and global development. Prior to commencing her PhD at the University of Aberdeen in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie funded POLITICO programme, she studied … Continue reading Elise Boyle Espinosa
Fredericke Weiner
Fredericke is a PhD student in the 2019 cohort of the POLITICO programme on political concepts in the world, funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie scholarship. In her PhD research, supervised … Continue reading Fredericke Weiner
Eventos
Tanto en el Reino Unido como en México, el equipo del proyecto Activismo en regiones de violencia ha llevado a cabo una serie de eventos académicos y de participación pública, … Continue reading Eventos
Publicaciones
Entre los resultados planeados del proyecto Activismo en Regiones de Violencia, nos comprometimos a: publicar 3 libros académicos: dos en español y uno en inglés participar en conferencias académicas, presentar … Continue reading Publicaciones
Organizaciones civiles y activismos
El proyecto Activismo en regiones de violencia emplea una definición bastante amplia de activismo, que definimos como: Prácticas dirigidas a cambiar “las reglas del juego” para lograr una sociedad más … Continue reading Organizaciones civiles y activismos
Michoacán: estado en crisis
El estado de Michoacán, en el centro de México, está en crisis: sus instituciones no han podido detener la violencia relacionada con el crimen que se ha intensificado desde 2012 … Continue reading Michoacán: estado en crisis
El equipo
Investigadores Trevor Stack (Director de CISRUL, Universidad de Aberdeen) es el investigador principal de este proyecto. Es antropólogo y enseña en Estudios Hispánicos. Lleva realizando investigaciones en México desde 1992 y … Continue reading El equipo
Hanifi Bariş awarded Leverhulme Fellowship at CISRUL
We are delighted to announce the wonderful news that CISRUL alumnus, Hanifi Barış, has just been awarded a prestigious 3-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to take up at CISRUL. Starting … Continue reading Hanifi Bariş awarded Leverhulme Fellowship at CISRUL
III Coloquio sobre defensas comunitarias
AUTODEFENSAS Y POLICÍAS COMUNITARIAS EN MÉXICO 6 May 2019 Hosted by the Centro de Estudios Sociologicos, COLMEX Three co-researchers on the CISRUL project, Activism in Regions of Crime-Related Violence, have … Continue reading III Coloquio sobre defensas comunitarias
Events
In both the UK and Mexico, the Activism in Regions of Crime-Related Violence project team has run a series of scholarly and public engagement events, as well as impact events … Continue reading Events
Types of Activism
The Activism in Regions of Crime-Related Violence project employs a fairly broad definition of activism, which we define as: practices aimed at changing “the rules of the game” to achieve … Continue reading Types of Activism
Publications on Activism in Regions of Crime-Related Violence
Among the Activism in Regions of Crime-Related Violence project's planned outputs we will: publish 3 academic books, as well as participating in academic conferences and organising impact events in Mexico … Continue reading Publications on Activism in Regions of Crime-Related Violence
Events
In both the UK and Mexico, the Activism in Regions of Crime-Related Violence project team has run a series of scholarly and public engagement events, as well as impact events … Continue reading Events
CfP: Decolonising Political Concepts Conference
Thursday 19th – Friday 20th September 2019 Hosted by theCentre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL)University of Aberdeen Deadline for abstracts submission: 6th June 2019 Invited Key … Continue reading CfP: Decolonising Political Concepts Conference
Nancy Postero
On 1 February 2019, CISRUL hosted a workshop on Autonomy, Sovereignty and Constitutional Change. Organised by Trevor Stack, Chuck Sturtevant and Valentin Clavé-Mercier, this workshop provided an opportunity to explore … Continue reading Nancy Postero
Michoacán: Key facts
The Central Mexican state of Michoacán is in crisis: its institutions have been unable to halt the crime-related violence that has been escalating since 2012, and continues to increase. Our … Continue reading Michoacán: Key facts
Meet our team
Trevor Stack (CISRUL Director, University of Aberdeen) is the principal investigator of this project. He is an anthropologist who teaches in Hispanic Studies. He has been carrying out research in … Continue reading Meet our team
Andrea Teti on Sisi’s power-grab in Egypt
Pakistani TV journalists have interviewed CISRUL staff member Dr Andrea Teti on Sisi's power-grab in Egypt. The interview was featured on Scope, an 'in-depth analysis’ programme on Indus TV, Pakistan’s … Continue reading Andrea Teti on Sisi’s power-grab in Egypt
New CISRUL research fellow: Catherine Whittaker
CISRUL welcomes our newest member, Dr Catherine Whittaker. Catherine is a research fellow on the ESRC-funded CISRUL research project, Activism in Regions of Crime-Related Violence and Institutional Fragility. She is … Continue reading New CISRUL research fellow: Catherine Whittaker
Workshop and PhD summer school: Conceptualizing “Political”
Workshop, Thursday 13TH – Friday 14TH June 2019PhD Summer School, Saturday 15TH – Sunday 16TH June Hosted by theCentre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL)University of Aberdeen … Continue reading Workshop and PhD summer school: Conceptualizing “Political”
Conceptualizing “Political”
Summary of the 2019 CISRUL workshop and PhD summer school Conceptualizing "Political"
Politics of ‘democracy’
Political Concepts in the World – Politics of 'democracy' The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 Early Stage Researcher … Continue reading Politics of ‘democracy’
The ‘democratic Phoenix’ – are young people changing the meaning of democracy?
Political Concepts in the World – The ‘democratic Phoenix’ – are young people changing the meaning of democracy? The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie … Continue reading The ‘democratic Phoenix’ – are young people changing the meaning of democracy?
Protest, populism and social movements
Political Concepts in the World – Protest, populism and social concepts The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 Early … Continue reading Protest, populism and social movements
Horizons of the ‘Political’
Political Concepts in the World – Horizons of the ‘Political’ The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 Early Stage … Continue reading Horizons of the ‘Political’
Teaching political concepts in post-truth times
Political Concepts in the World – Teaching Political concepts in post-truth times The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 … Continue reading Teaching political concepts in post-truth times
The politics of ‘religious pluralism’
Political Concepts in the World – The politics of ‘religious pluralism The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 Early … Continue reading The politics of ‘religious pluralism’
Digitalising ‘democracy’ – transforming the concept?
Political Concepts in the World – Digitalising ‘democracy’ – transforming the concept? The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 … Continue reading Digitalising ‘democracy’ – transforming the concept?
Civility and understanding the political
Political Concepts in the World – Civility and understanding the political The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 Early … Continue reading Civility and understanding the political
‘Radicalisation’, ‘extremism’ and the role of ‘civil society’
Political Concepts in the World – ‘Radicalisation’, ‘extremism’ and the role of ‘civil society’ The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to … Continue reading ‘Radicalisation’, ‘extremism’ and the role of ‘civil society’
Conceptualizing secularism, post-secularism and religion itself
Political Concepts in the World – Conceptualizing secularism, post secularism and religion itself The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer … Continue reading Conceptualizing secularism, post-secularism and religion itself
Sovereignty and the state
Political Concepts in the World – Sovereignty and the state The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 Early Stage … Continue reading Sovereignty and the state
Rule of law and constitutionalism
Rule of Law and Constitutionalism The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 Early Stage Researcher (PhD) positions, lasting 3 … Continue reading Rule of law and constitutionalism
Traditions of “citizenship” within and beyond Europe
Political Concepts in the World – Traditions of ‘citizenship’ within and beyond Europe The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer … Continue reading Traditions of “citizenship” within and beyond Europe
We are the people beyond the nation-state
Political Concepts in the World – ‘We the people’ beyond the nation-state The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 … Continue reading We are the people beyond the nation-state
Political Concepts in the World – The “nation” resurgent?
Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD positions at the University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer 6 Early Stage Researcher (PhD) positions, lasting 3 years … Continue reading Political Concepts in the World – The “nation” resurgent?
Is Civil Society Self-Regulation Effective?
This video has been produced by CISRUL PhD Law Candidate Domenico Carolei, based on his dissertation research into the self-regulatory systems in Italian civil society.
Daniel Matthews-Ferrero
Daniel is a European Studies graduate (BA from the University of Kent, UK; MA from the College of Europe, Poland). He is working on his PhD at the University of … Continue reading Daniel Matthews-Ferrero
Marie Wuth
Marie Wuth is a PhD student in Philosophy funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD programme POLITICO and CISRUL (University of Aberdeen, UK) under the supervision of Dr Beth Lord and … Continue reading Marie Wuth
Valentin Clavé-Mercier
Valentin is currently conducting a PhD as a CISRUL Early Stage Researcher at the University of Aberdeen, thanks to a Marie Skłodowska-Curie scholarship. He holds a B.A. in Political Studies … Continue reading Valentin Clavé-Mercier
A. Sophie Lauwers
Sophie is a PhD candidate at the Department of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. She is funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie POLITICO programme at the Centre … Continue reading A. Sophie Lauwers
Stephan Ritscher
Stephan studies political philosophy with a focus on the concept of the Political and started his PhD at CISRUL in October 2018. His PhD dissertation, supervised by Dr. Ritu Vij … Continue reading Stephan Ritscher
Baris Arrest
University of Aberdeen and CISRUL Graduate Hanifi Baris Arrested in Turkey On 4 July 2018, our dear colleague and former PhD Student here at the University of Aberdeen, Hanifi Baris, was … Continue reading Baris Arrest
University of Aberdeen and CISRUL Lawyer Hanifi Baris Arrested in Turkey
On 4 July 2018, our dear colleague and former PhD Student here at the University of Aberdeen, Hanifi Baris, was arrested by the Turkish police for allegedly posting "criminal content" … Continue reading University of Aberdeen and CISRUL Lawyer Hanifi Baris Arrested in Turkey
About CISRUL
Headed by Trevor Stack (Spanish and Latin American Studies, Anthropology), CISRUL’s membership reaches across 8 disciplines to house a vibrant, diverse debate about the political concepts which underpin our modern world. It brings to … Continue reading About CISRUL
Radical Democratic Citizenship – 2018 CfP
This conference on radical democratic citizenship marks the 50th anniversary of the global wave of protests in 1968, when people occupied workplaces and public spaces, collectively demanding changes in … Continue reading Radical Democratic Citizenship – 2018 CfP
Radicalism and the Civil Sphere
Volume co-edited by Jeffrey Alexander (Yale) and Trevor Stack (CISRUL) for Cambridge University Press, 2018 forthcomingMembers of white nationalists are met by a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. … Continue reading Radicalism and the Civil Sphere
Visiting Scholars
One of CISRUL's core aims is to engage with scholars throughout the world and across disciplines. To this end, we host visiting scholars throughout our annual seminar series, and we … Continue reading Visiting Scholars
POLITICO
The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme, is hosting 11 Early Stage Researchers for ground-breaking research on how political concepts are used in the … Continue reading POLITICO
Funding
CISRUL offers funding for PhD study, and can also provide seed funding to help you apply for a postdoctoral grant or fellowship to hold at CISRUL. Funding PhD study at … Continue reading Funding
CISRUL Alumna Alena Thiel Awarded Postdoctoral Grant
Congratulations to CISRUL alumna Alena Thiel who completed her PhD in 2016. She has been awarded a postdoctoral grant in the DAAD PRIME fellowship scheme. Her new project “The production of measurement … Continue reading CISRUL Alumna Alena Thiel Awarded Postdoctoral Grant
Trevor Stack, CISRUL Director
February 2016 I am pleased to report the publication of our edited volume Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty in May 2015 by the European publisher Brill. The volume was the … Continue reading Trevor Stack, CISRUL Director
Visit of Professor Jeffrey Alexander (Yale)
18th - 22nd October 2017 Hosted by Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) Jeffrey C. Alexander is the Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale … Continue reading Visit of Professor Jeffrey Alexander (Yale)
Aditya Mohanty
Having sought a diverse academic training viz., in Sociology (2003-05) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India and Urban Geography (2011-12) at University College London (UCL), UK, I … Continue reading Aditya Mohanty
Dikaia Gavala
Dikaia is starting the first year of her CISRUL PhD studentship at the University of Aberdeen in October 2017. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature (2009-2013), and … Continue reading Dikaia Gavala
CISRUL Lecture Series: Prof. William E. Connolly
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society & the Rule of Law (CISRUL) presents Prof. William E. Connolly, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University University of Aberdeen 8-11 May … Continue reading CISRUL Lecture Series: Prof. William E. Connolly
Respuestas societales al crimen y la violencia en México
Michoacán es un estado en donde el crimen y la violencia han entorpecido las garantías de justicia. Ni las iniciativas institucionales ni la intervención de las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales (ONG) … Continue reading Respuestas societales al crimen y la violencia en México
Joel Pierce
Joel joined CISRUL in January 2017 as a PhD student based in the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy. He was granted an MTh in Theological Ethics from the University … Continue reading Joel Pierce
Andreas S. Zaunseder
PhD Fellow at Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and the Rule of Law Supervised by: Dr Cristina Flesher-Fominaya Dr Trevor Stack r02az16@abdn.ac.uk Fields of Interest Historical, Political and Economic Sociology, … Continue reading Andreas S. Zaunseder
Se convoca a investigador posdoctoral con enfoque en análisis jurídico y políticas públicas
Fecha límite: viernes 9 de junio de 2017 Se abre convocatoria para una nueva plaza de asistente de investigación posdoctoral para proyecto internacional sobre activismo en Michoacán, como zona afectada por violencia. … Continue reading Se convoca a investigador posdoctoral con enfoque en análisis jurídico y políticas públicas
Societal responses to crime and violence in Mexico
(Hay una versión en español aquí.) The project focused on societal responses because Mexico’s institutional responses had proved little effective, and even exacerbated crime and violence. We chose the state … Continue reading Societal responses to crime and violence in Mexico
Research projects
Photo by Negative Space on Pexels.com Political concepts define the world as we know it - and us. CISRUL members conduct research on a broad variety of political concepts. We … Continue reading Research projects
Political Community in Historical Perspectives
Medieval and Early Modern Workshop Friday 27 May, 9:00-18:00 Craig Suite, Floor 7, Sir Duncan Rice Library Speakers: Speakers include Professor Crawford Gribbon, Dr Ian Campbell (both Queen’s University Belfast), Dr Clare … Continue reading Political Community in Historical Perspectives
Publications
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law and its members produce a variety of publications in the form of books and academic papers, as well as in … Continue reading Publications
Prospective PhD Students
CISRUL is building a vigorous community of PhD students who work closely with the academic staff and play an important role in all our activities. At CISRUL, we give great … Continue reading Prospective PhD Students
Dr. Alexander Crawford
Alexander is a third year PhD candidate in the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and is currently funded by CISRUL and the St. Andrews … Continue reading Dr. Alexander Crawford
CISRUL Faculty Members
Founding members Current CISRUL faculty
Dr. Domenico Carolei
Since graduating from CISRUL, Domenico has secured a permanent post as lecturer in Public Law & Public International Law at the University of Stirling. He also recently signed a contract … Continue reading Dr. Domenico Carolei
Saerom Han
Saerom is a PhD candidate in Politics and International Relations funded by CISRUL (University of Aberdeen, UK) and holds an MA in Middle Eastern Politics (Graduate School of International Studies … Continue reading Saerom Han
PhD Studentships
CISRUL is building a vigorous community of PhD students who work closely with the academic staff and play an important role in all our activities. PhD studies can often be … Continue reading PhD Studentships
Alejandra Mancilla (University of Oslo)
Alejandra's book addresses such questions as: "Does recognition of the basic human right to subsistence imply that the needy are morally permitted to take and use other people’s property to … Continue reading Alejandra Mancilla (University of Oslo)
How a group of Dominicans were stripped of their nationality and now face expulsion to Haiti
Original article here. Just because people feel that they are a national of a country does not mean the state necessarily agrees. While tourists flock to the Dominican Republic – … Continue reading How a group of Dominicans were stripped of their nationality and now face expulsion to Haiti
Funding to Develop Postdoctoral Fellowships
We encourage you to apply for postdoctoral fellowships (Marie Curie, British Academy, Leverhulme, Newton International, ISRF etc.) to hold at CISRUL. If we feel that you would be a strong … Continue reading Funding to Develop Postdoctoral Fellowships
News
January 2018 6 Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD positions at CISRUL The University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, is delighted to offer six Early Stage Researcher … Continue reading News
Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
ed. Trevor Stack and Rose Luminiello The volume is based on a series of CISRUL workshops, and will be published by Rowman & Littlefield International in November 2021, in the … Continue reading Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty
Edited by Trevor Stack (University of Aberdeen), Naomi R. Goldenberg (University of Ottawa), and Timothy Fitzgerald (University of Stirling). Published by Brill in May 2015. Religious-secular distinctions have been crucial to … Continue reading Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty
News
CISRUL news, April 2015 Trevor Stack, CISRUL DIrector The first item to report is the volume which Brill is publishing in May, with the title Religion as a Category of … Continue reading News
Previous events and activities
The best way of learning about our activities is through reading the summaries of presentations and discussion at our recent events such as Decolonising Political Concepts (2019), Conceptualizing “Political” (2019), … Continue reading Previous events and activities
Dr. Rose Luminiello
Rose is currently a Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies (RIISS) at the University of Aberdeen and the Cushwa Centre for the Study of American … Continue reading Dr. Rose Luminiello
Dr. Augustinus Mohn
Augustinus did his PhD in Law, Politics and International Relations with CISRUL from 2014-2017, focusing on the role of human rights in German high strategic policy decision-making processes. His research … Continue reading Dr. Augustinus Mohn
Dr. Eve Hayes de Kalaf
Eve Hayes de Kalaf is a sociolegal scholar with an extensive academic and professional background working in Latin America and the Caribbean. She was Stipendiary Fellow at the Centre for … Continue reading Dr. Eve Hayes de Kalaf
Evo Morales champions indigenous rights abroad, but in Bolivia it’s a different story
Original article here. Now that the dust has settled on Evo Morales’ election to a third term as president of Bolivia, it is time to wonder what he is going … Continue reading Evo Morales champions indigenous rights abroad, but in Bolivia it’s a different story
Business as usual in Mexico despite 43 murdered students
Original article here. The killing of 43 student teachers in Mexico has alerted the world to the country’s deteriorating human rights record. While the US and EU governments have expressed … Continue reading Business as usual in Mexico despite 43 murdered students
Social welfare and energy policy drive Evo Morales to brink of historic third term in Bolivia
Original article here. Evo Morales appears poised to win a third term as president of Bolivia in an election on October 12 at the helm of his “Movement Towards Socialism” … Continue reading Social welfare and energy policy drive Evo Morales to brink of historic third term in Bolivia
Mexico’s strategy to contain anti-mafia vigilantes is hanging by a thread
Original article here. Mexico’s problems with organised crime have certainly come to a head this year. We have seen the high-profile arrests of cartel bosses Joaquin Guzman Loera in February and now … Continue reading Mexico’s strategy to contain anti-mafia vigilantes is hanging by a thread
Verdict in Al Jazeera trial shows regime’s contempt for press freedom in Egypt
Three Al Jazeera English journalists have been convicted in the Cairo Criminal Court of spreading false news, threatening national security and aiding the Muslim Brotherhood – previously Egypt’s first democratically … Continue reading Verdict in Al Jazeera trial shows regime’s contempt for press freedom in Egypt
Dr. James King
My bachelor's and master's degrees are in Christian theology. I came to Aberdeen to explore the secular in theological perspective, and after joining CISRUL refined this to a consideration of … Continue reading Dr. James King
Dr. Alena Thiel
I received my PhD in 2016 from the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law at the University of Aberdeen. My doctoral dissertation focuses on travelling concepts of … Continue reading Dr. Alena Thiel
Dr Hanifi Baris
Current Research Dr Baris’ current research focuses on experiments of council democracy launched by Kurdish movements in Turkey and Syria, and two indigenous movements, the Zapatistas and the town of … Continue reading Dr Hanifi Baris
Dr. Anna Grudzinska
Anna recently published a paper in a volume "Current Populism in Europe: Gender-Backlash and Counter-strategies" under the title "Make Misogyny Great Again. Anti-Gender Politics in Poland". A graduate of the … Continue reading Dr. Anna Grudzinska
Dr. Marek Szilvasi
Marek works as Program Officer with the Open Society Foundations’ Public Health Program (PHP), where he focuses on health law and equality. He also teaches at the Institute of Politics … Continue reading Dr. Marek Szilvasi
Egypt prepares to hail former army chief as president – once the election is out of the way
Original article here. In May 2012, Egypt’s first democratic presidential election set an important precedent in a troubled transition process. At the time, there was no constitution, no clarity on the president’s … Continue reading Egypt prepares to hail former army chief as president – once the election is out of the way
Chuck Sturtevant
I majored in anthropology as an undergraduate, but swore I would never return to academia and particularly not to such an esoteric and impenetrable field. However, in 2005 I moved … Continue reading Chuck Sturtevant
Dr. Ulisses Terto Neto
Current academic position State University of Goiás (UEG) (Anápolis, GO, Brazil)Professor of Law ulissestertoneto.ueg@gmail.com / ulisses.terto.neto@ueg.br +55 61 9 9178 7322 Academic qualifications Post-Doctorate in Human Rights – The Federal University … Continue reading Dr. Ulisses Terto Neto
Current PhD Projects
CISRUL’s PhD candidates represent a variety of disciplines, including sociology, law, race studies, international security studies, and history. Browse their individual profiles to learn more about their backgrounds, projects, and … Continue reading Current PhD Projects
Europe’s elites are more like Berlusconi than you think
Original article here. Silvio Berlusconi has finally learned the outcome of being found guilty of tax fraud last May. He was originally sentenced to four years in prison, but Italian law prevents … Continue reading Europe’s elites are more like Berlusconi than you think
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships CISRUL hopes to offer a 4-week postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship in June 2015. The Fellowship will include accommodation and subsistence for up to 4 weeks, as well as travel … Continue reading Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships
PhD studentships starting September 2016
We hope to advertise a 2016-17 round of studentships by the end of February 2016 The studentships are likely to include fees and partial maintenance. CISRUL is building a vigorous … Continue reading PhD studentships starting September 2016
International political community
Matyas Bodig Believes that Aristotle’s “self-sufficiency” remains with us in form of “self-determination” something special about communities which can give rise to supreme power there are always other communities that … Continue reading International political community
Toward global political community?
Raul Acosta Theoretical points Political = managing collective affairs Contestation reifies political collective by contesting Threats of violence useful as symbols of power Sense of community is ideal to strive … Continue reading Toward global political community?
Questioning ‘community’
Ajay Gudavarthy In post-colonial period, binary between community and modern retains as modern only community of nation-state with its homogeneous time others stand outside it in heterogeneous time Although community … Continue reading Questioning ‘community’
Beyond the state?
Trevor Stack Citizenship, as particular tradition of political community, typically has two dimensions: formal dimension: usually, how citizenship and attendant obligations are defined in some kind of law > usually … Continue reading Beyond the state?
Philosophical approaches
John Perry Roma case (addressed by PhD student) concerns loyalties etc. that like citizenship but not toward nation-state; similarly, unions (addressed by Sian Lazar) are in some ways similar to … Continue reading Philosophical approaches
Schooling in political community
CISRUL’s project on local schools began with our “Citizenship Education” forum in March 2013. Making “responsible citizens” is a core objective of the Curriculum for Excellence, which has been rolled … Continue reading Schooling in political community
A historical approach
Michael Brown What happens when religious institutions do not have a real stake, especially where political institutions are designed precisely to avoid them having a stake? In contemporary world, there … Continue reading A historical approach
Political community and constitution-making
Hanna Lerner Instead of getting into question of whether “the people” is prior to constitutions, here to distinguish thin and thick constitutions: thin: constitutions expected to limit government power by … Continue reading Political community and constitution-making
Introduction: Bodig and Stack
Trevor Stack Director of CISRUL and Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, Aberdeen, and author of Knowing History in Mexico: An Ethnography of Citizenship (2012) and co-editor of “Citizenship Beyond the State?” … Continue reading Introduction: Bodig and Stack
POLITICAL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP 2013
Hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland Tuesday 25th – Wednesday 26th June 2013 Academic coordinator: Trevor Stack (t.stack@abdn.ac.uk) Click … Continue reading POLITICAL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP 2013
THURS EVENING – WHAT NEEDS DEBATING?
Audio recording of whole Thurs evening session Trevor Stack (chair, conference organiser) George Frynas said this afternoon “what frustrates me is that no one is talking about the real issues” … Continue reading THURS EVENING – WHAT NEEDS DEBATING?
THURS AFTERNOON – GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Janet Stewart (chair) Raises range of issues, including role of universities with regard to oil & gas Audio recording of Downie paper and discussion James Downie Partner, Stronachs LLP Powerpoint … Continue reading THURS AFTERNOON – GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES
THURS MORNING: WORKFORCE – RISK AND REPRESENTATION
Terry Brotherstone (chair) Introduces session by recalling Piper Alpha alluding to comments made by union (RMT) delegate in Environment session yesterday evening: yes environment is important but so are “people … Continue reading THURS MORNING: WORKFORCE – RISK AND REPRESENTATION
WED EVENING: ENVIRONMENT RISKS AND FUTURE ENERGY
Audio recording of Toke and Edwards papers and discussion David Toke Reader in Energy Politics, U Aberdeen Powerpoint slides Oil price spikes are ruinous to world economy, as much as … Continue reading WED EVENING: ENVIRONMENT RISKS AND FUTURE ENERGY
WED AFTERNOON: PROFITS OF OIL & GAS
Audio recording of Hendry's presentation and discussion Charles Hendry MP (Conservative) Former UK Energy Minister 2010-12 Has found Aberdeen one of most inspiring energy cities Energy needs to be part of … Continue reading WED AFTERNOON: PROFITS OF OIL & GAS
WED MORNING: POLITICS OF OIL & GAS – THE BIG QUESTIONS
Audio recording of introduction and Harvie and Wills papers and discussion Trevor Stack (Conference organiser and session chair) Conference host: Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) … Continue reading WED MORNING: POLITICS OF OIL & GAS – THE BIG QUESTIONS
POLITICS OF OIL & GAS IN A CHANGING UK: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
A public conference held on 8-9 May 2013 at the University of Aberdeen hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) Summary of conference papers and … Continue reading POLITICS OF OIL & GAS IN A CHANGING UK: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Pre-conference seminar “Resources Sovereignties in Latin America” (Tues 7 May)
These are notes (taken by Trevor Stack) from the seminar held on Tuesday afternoon before the main public conference, which starts on Wed 8 May. Einar Braathen (on Brazil) Now … Continue reading Pre-conference seminar “Resources Sovereignties in Latin America” (Tues 7 May)
About CISRUL
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law (CISRUL) studies the life in the world of political concepts. The interdisciplinary Centre examines how political principles function within and … Continue reading About CISRUL