Research seminars 2022-23

Centre for Contemporary Political Theory Research Seminars for the 2022/23 academic year. All seminars will be in person on campus.

Semester 1

Monday 17th October 2022, 4pm-5.30pm, William Bragg SR (GR.18)

Ane Engelstad (Leeds) ‘Should Political Philosophers Attend to Victim Testimony?’

Monday 7th November 2022, 4pm-5.30pm, William Bragg SR (GR.18) (joint with CAMP)

Sarah Fine (Cambridge) ‘Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be: Responding to change and loss’

Monday 5th December 2022, 4pm-5.45pm, William Bragg SR (GR.18) (note extended session)

Paul Geyer (Leeds) ‘Combining Slavoj Žižek’s ideology with Kylie Jarrett’s “Digital Housewife: an ideological critique of social media”

Harriet Green (Leeds) ‘Identifying important commonalities between health and global distributive justice: an exploration of the relationship between two natural partners in theory and practice’


Semester 2

Monday 13th February 2023, 4pm-5.30pm, Social Science Building 12.38

Vittorio Bufacchi (Cork) ‘Anchoring Human Rights’

Monday 6th March 2023, 4pm-5.30pm, Social Science Building 12.38

Maša Mrovlje (Leeds) title tbc

Monday 20th March 2023, 4pm-5.30pm, Social Science Building 12.38

Molly Scudder (Purdue) title tbc

Wednesday 10th May 2023, 3-5pm Botany House Room 1.03 (joint with CAMP, note day, time, room)

Heather Widdows (Birmingham) title tbc