Seminar

Name: Humorous politics: the increasing role of laughter in public affairs
Start: 2025-06-02T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-02T16:30:00+01:00

January 2025
Christianity and Democracy: Repairing the Intellectual Deficit

January 22, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm CISRUL Visiting Speakers

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
April 2025
Brian Brock on looting and squatting as forms of civil disobedience

April 1, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Court Room, University of Aberdeen Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen

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.
Construction of the “right time” in US-Afghan peace negotiations

April 17, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Taylor A08, University of Aberdeen Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen

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
May 2025
Professor Martyn Percy on ‘The crisis of colonial Anglicanism: empire, slavery and revolt in the Church of England’

May 15, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Court Room, University of Aberdeen Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen

Professor Martyn Percy will present his new book, The crisis of colonial Anglicanism: empire, slavery and revolt in the Church of England, which offers a bold and unsettling truth: the British … Continue reading Professor Martyn Percy on ‘The crisis of colonial Anglicanism: empire, slavery and revolt in the Church of England’
June 2025
Humorous politics: the increasing role of laughter in public affairs

June 2, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm CISRUL Visiting Speakers

University Court Room and MS Teams Longtime CISRUL associate DR. RAÚL ACOSTA (Goethe University Frankfurt) will talk about his new project NoJoke on political humour, including standup comedy. At a … Continue reading Humorous politics: the increasing role of laughter in public affairs

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