This is the first seminar of a new series on Interdisciplinary Approaches to the City. It is a reading group discussion of the multi-award winning novel The City & The City (2009) by China Miéville. The discussion will be led by PhD student Sam McReavy, who is writing on the novel as part of his … Continue reading The City & The City reading discussion
An interdisciplinary discussion about the origins of western views of burial. Co-hosted with the Death Studies Network. The sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410 shocked the Roman world by revealing the weakness of the Western Roman Empire. Only two years later, St. Augustine wrote the first book of his influential City of God … Continue reading City of God – death and burial
Jonathan Chaplin, Cambridge University University Court Room and on MS Teams After centuries of official indifference or resistance, the theological legitimacy of democracy came to be widely recognised in Protestantism and Catholicism by the mid-twentieth century. Yet today, millions of professing Christians in several nations are being lured into supporting authoritarian political projects and seem … Continue reading Christianity and Democracy: Repairing the Intellectual Deficit
Brian Brock (Divinity) will talk about his new book Joining Creation’s Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness, focusing on the sections in which he develops a defence of looting and squatting, as forms of civil disobedience.
Neha Dwivedi (IR and CISRUL) Timing in peace negotiations is typically viewed in terms of ripeness and readiness, a perspective evident in the US-Afghan peace talks. Much of the existing literature has focused on missed opportunities to negotiate with the Taliban, often justified by conditions deemed ripe for resolution. However, these theories have faced criticism … Continue reading Construction of the “right time” in US-Afghan peace negotiations
