Joint Seminar with a Guest Scholar Organised by the ACCPIL with the Support of CISRUL Event information The joint seminar shall focus on the concept of citizenship, its different faces, … Continue reading Citizenship and Borders: The Meaning and Cost of ‘Belonging’ through the Lenses of the ‘Public’ and ‘Private’
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
Former CISRUL PhD Domenico Carolei will present his recent book to the Law School seminar. The book examines accountability issues and the problems of regulating non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through self-regulation. It focuses on methods of self-regulation for NGOs in response to prominent scandals that revealed problems with their accountability, notably the ‘Mafia Capitale’ scandal in … Continue reading Domenico Carolei “Non-Governmental Organisations and the Law: Self-Regulation and Accountability”
Lewis Gordon and Jane Gordon participated in our Conceptualizing Difference conference in 2021, but this had to be held online due to pandemic restrictions. We are delighted to have the opportunity to welcome Lewis and Jane to Aberdeen for a series of activities. Monday 23 October 3-5 pm Decolonizing the Curriculum/Decolonizing Pedagogy Roundtable in KCF7 … Continue reading Visit of Lewis Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon
Based on a forthcoming book Citizenship (Routledge, 2024), which has developed over thirty years, we will outline a critical theory of citizenship, with an emphasis on how citizenship institutes power relations and organizes the rights and obligations of those who become its subjects. Whether it is the question of the rights of animals, children, migrants, … Continue reading Engin Isin “Outline of a critical theory of citizenship”
