The best way of learning about our activities is through reading the summaries of presentations and discussion at our recent events, especially the annual workshops.
Previous Events
Semester 2, Reading seminar 4: Conceptualizing Difference
Tue 26 May
Sophie Lauwers & Fredericke Weiner
Semester 2, Reading seminar 3: Secularism
Tue 12 May
PhD Presentations
Session I 14 April 2020
Session II Tue 28 Apr
Session III Tue 5 May
Semester 2, Reading seminar 2: Revisiting the Postmodern
19 February 2020
Semester 2, Reading seminar 1: Gramsci’s cultural hegemony
29 January 2020
Bisrat Kabeta & Tam Nguyen
Arendt’s Cases of Council Democracy
12 December 2019
Hosted by Hanifi Baris
Unpacking the Gig Economy
12 November 2019
Movie Screening and Discussion
Co-organized by the Sociology Society and Vicky Kluzik
POLITICO Seminars 2019-2020
Wednesday, 2 October
Wednesday, 30 October
Wednesday, 5 December
Hosted by Nadia Kiwan and Andrea Teti
The Ghost of Hitler in South Africa
24 September 2019
Roudtable discussion with Shirli Gilbert and John de Gruchy
Co-hosted by CISRUL and the Divinity Department
Decolonising Political Concepts
19 & 20 September 2019
Hosted by CISRUL
Conceptualizing “Political”
13 – 16 June 2019
Workshop and PhD summer school
Hosted by CISRUL
Political Theory Seminar
16 May 2019
Hosted by Tamas Gyorfi
Conceptualizing “Political” workshop prep reading seminar
2 May 2019
Hosted by Trevor Stack
Political Theory Seminar on Democracy
18 April 2019
Hosted by Tamas Gyorfi
Rhetoric of Critique reading-based seminar
28 March 2019
Hosted by Trevor Stack
Politico PhD Presentations
27 March 2019
Hosted by Trevor Stack
Trying to Establish a European Identity by Politics of History: A New EU Strategy
25 March 2019
Hosted by Karin Friedrich
Guest Speaker Stefan Troebst
Political Theory Seminar on Equality and Justice
7 March 2019
Hosted By Tamas Gyorfi
Liberty and Rights
24 January 2019 2019
Reading-based Political Theory Seminar
Hosted by Tamas Gyorfi
Approaches to Political Concepts
10 – 11 January 2019
CISRUL/POLITICO Training Workshop
Hosted by Michael Brown
State and sovereignty
29 November 2018
Reading-based Political Theory Seminar
Hosted by Tamas Gyorfi
Citizen Participation in Contexts of Crime-Related Violence and Institutional Fragility
22-23 November 2018
ESRC-funded Workshop
Hosted by Trevor Stack and CISRUL
Citizens beyond corruption and crime: The case of Mexico
13 November 2018
Co-Hosted by Trevor Stack and Irene Álvarez, Irán Guerrero, Denisse Román and Ariadna Sánchez
The “Civil Society” Concept
CISRUL/POLITICO Workshop
12 November 2018
Hosted by Bisrat Kabeta and Domenico Carolei
Authoritarian Practices Beyond the State
CISRU/POLITICO Seminar with Marlies Glasius (University of Amsterdam)
7 November 20018
Hosted by Trevor Stack and Claire Wallace, co-hosted with Politics and International Relations
Authority and Legitimacy
First Reading-based Political Theory Seminar
25 October 2018
Hosted by Tamas Gyorfi
The Power(s) of Global Constitutionalism
CISRU/POLITICO Seminar with Anthony Lang (University of St Andrews)
10 October 2018
Hosted by Tamas Gyorfi Co-Hosted with School of Law
