From Monday 22nd to Wednesday 24th of July, Professor Nadia Kiwan of the University of Aberdeen and Dr Jim Wolfreys of King's College London will host the Islamophobia Beyond Borders Workshop, to discuss the international context, repercussions, and consequences of contemporary Islamophobia. Discussion will take place in the form of round table panels, taking place in … Continue reading Islamophobia Beyond Borders workshop (hybrid)
This paper explores the subjective dimension of citizenship acquisition by analyzing how migrants in Spain feel about becoming citizens. Our research shows that the subjective dimension of citizenship is embedded in a complex constellation of strategic choices and affective motivations that cannot be analyzed in dichotomic terms. While migrants seek legal security, equal rights and … Continue reading MariaCaterina La Barbera “Head or heart? Unpacking the subjective dimension of citizenship acquisition: Insights from migrants’ narratives in Spain”
All are welcome to join our discussion of: Chapter 6 "Time and History" in Reinhart Koselleck The Practice of Conceptual History: Timing History, Spacing Concepts Here is the chapter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HbHKOKYF8G44oWQqAFF2ByAs9nXWlI9G/view?usp=sharing.
My longstanding research on citizenship as focused on the exercise of political authority, and specifically on how and when the governed engage and are engaged in the exercise of authority over them, to the extent they are considered members of a polity, which is how I understand political community. To study political community requires keen … Continue reading Trevor Stack “Citizenship and Civilization: Civil Horizons of Political Community”
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
