Past events
Who should vote, who can vote, and who does vote? Democratic inclusion principles and the electoral participation of migrants
Lecture/seminar
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) defines the ‘basis of the authority of government’ as being ‘the will of the people’ (Art 21.1) and emphasises that ‘everyone has the right to take part in the government of his [sic.] country, directly or through freely chosen representatives’ (Art…
Police Violence and White Supremacist Terrorism
Seminar
This paper will argue that there is an ongoing and mutually reinforcing relationship between state and nonstate white supremacist terrorism in the United States. Historically, white supremacist terrorism, perpetuated by organisations such as the Ku Klux Klan, has been both tolerated and perpetrated…
Why institutions endure? Norms, leadership and the difficulty of reform
Seminar
Why are institutions so persistent, when do they evolve, and do social norms define institutional equilibrium? Understanding institutional equilibrium and evolution is critical for explaining development paths and informing policy. This paper develops a novel framework showing that social…
A Memory of Empire: Kishi Nobusuke and the Making of Japanese Conservatism, 1918–1975
Seminar
On 8 July 2022 Abe Shinzō, Japan’s longest serving postwar leader, was gunned down during a last-minute campaign stop in the western city of Nara. His murder laid bare the Cold War-era alliances which underpinned the country’s long history of conservative rule, a history and inheritance personified…
The Red Cross’s Public Health Turn. The Cannes Medical Conference of 1919 and the Origins of the League of Red Cross Societies
Lecture/seminar
This seminar paper is about the Cannes Medical Conference of April 1919 and its long-lasting impact on the humanitarian space. In the aftermath of the First World War, as the world order was being redesigned, this conference served to shift the Red Cross movement towards peacetime and public…
Seminar Series | David Greenhalgh
Seminar
Pop Art, the Atmosphere and Printmaking: Reconsidering James Rosenquist’s Welcome to the Water Planet Series In 1989, the American artist James Rosenquist embarked on the Welcome to the water planet series, followed by one of the print world’s most ambitious editioned prints, Sky…
Heterogeneity in Population Ageing: A Formal Demographic Analysis of the Impact of Variation in Mortality, Measurement and Subpopulations
Lecture/seminar
Affected by increasing life expectancies, falling fertility rates and changing migration patterns, population ageing is the culmination of demographic changes that have been underway since the start of the demographic transition. Population ageing is powerful and unrelenting, affecting healthcare…