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
Professor Nadia Kiwan, LLMVC In this paper, Professor Kiwan will consider the theoretical contributions that a decolonial studies paradigm might bring to the study of gender. She argues that a decolonial conceptual framework can generate critical discussions of key political concepts such as equality, secularism and universalism and the ways in which such concepts have, … Continue reading Decolonial approaches to gender studies and secularism
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
Three of the world's largest and most influential democracies went to the polls in May/June 2024. CISRUL is delighted to host a discussion of the campaigns and outcomes of those elections. Participants will include: The discussion will range broadly. Topics will include: The event will be hybrid. If you wish to join online, please email … Continue reading 2024 Elections in India, Mexico and South Africa
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)
