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Constructing autonomy and socio-territorial governance in the Wampis Nation’s territory of life

All are welcome to a gathering and dialogue with two leaders from the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation in the northern Peruvian Amazon, who will share how their deep ancestral wisdom and struggle to build autonomy are integral to managing and protecting their territory, culture and forests, despite the threats they face, to…Edgecliffe15:00 PM to 17:00 PM

Book launch: Bradley Hillier-Smith’s ‘The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees’

Join members of CEPPA (Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs) for the launch of Bradley Hillier-Smith’s new book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees. The author will be interviewed by Kieran Oberman (LSE), after which there will all be an opportunity to ask questions and celebrate the publication with some well-deserved drinks. All…Edgecliffe16:00 PM to 18:00 PM

Brown Bag Seminar with Dr Nan Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the distributional effects of macroeconomic systematic shocks on firm-level investment as well as explore structural characteristics and dynamic evolution patterns of firm-level investment vulnerability. Two main facts are established: (1) systematic shocks have positive impacts on firm-level investments at most quantiles in the top four global manufacturing economies, implying…Edgecliffe13:00 PM to 14:00 PM

Graduation Reception 2023

The School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies will be serving sparkling wine and cake and providing an opportunity to meet with staff members from all three departments before the formal graduation ceremony in the afternoon.Edgecliffe12:00 PM to 13:30 PM

StAIGS Inter-Disciplinary Speakers Series: LGBTIQ+

The format of the StAIGS Internal Speaker Series is a ‘brown bag’ lunch seminar on the first Wednesday of the month of approximately an hour. Two staff members from different departments across the University will present on a single topic for about 15 minutes each, and then there will be 30 minutes for questions and…Edgecliffe13:00 PM to 14:00 PM

Serena Parekh: ‘Global Refugee Crisis as a Structural Injustice’

Serena Parekh, of Northeastern University, will argue that the global refugee crisis needs to be understood as a kind of structural injustice. The global refugee crisis is often depicted as a crisis for Western states who are burdened with rescuing refugees through resettlement and granting asylum. The main injustice or harm that refugees need to…Edgecliffe11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

Vanessa Wills: Black Woman Marxists on Race, Gender, and Class

Are class-based analyses doomed to failure in adequately theorizing race- and gender-based oppressions? Vanessa Wills’s (George Washington University) project is to draw attention to the ways that Black women writing and organizing in the Marxist tradition have tackled and centered this question. The focus here is on three of these remarkable women: Angela Davis, Claudia…11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

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