Louis Fletcher, a fellow of CRITIQUE, interviews Malcolm Bull on his recently published book, On Mercy (Princeton University Press, 2019). LF: On Mercy is an original and incisive contribution to political theory, but you are perhaps best known as a distinguished historian of art. Would you be able to say […]
Maša Mrovlje, Visiting Fellow at CRITIQUE, interviews Alex Zamalin on his book Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism (Columbia University Press, 2019) MM: Black Utopia: traces the hitherto neglected transformative possibilities of black utopian thinking and outlines how it can invigorate the politics of critique and resistance in […]
Talia Shoval reflects on the ethical lessons not yet learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 3, 5-6 pm Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Colour (Kitchen Table – Women of Color Press, 1983). Parts III and IV.
June 19, 5-6 pm Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Colour (Kitchen Table – Women of Color Press, 1983). Part II.
June 12, 2 pm, via Collaborate No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World Mathias Thaler, PIR Edinburgh Comments by Neil Walker (Law), Elizabeth Bomberg (PIR) and Andy Hom (PIR) Brief description This book contributes to the recovery of utopian thinking and acting by analysing a major global challenge: climate change. Its key assumption is […]
June 5, 5-6 pm Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Colour (Kitchen Table – Women of Color Press, 1983). Part I.
A reflection on the toppling of Edward Colson’s statue in Bristol in the context of British politics of memory by Mihaela Mihai
This book contributes to the recovery of utopian thinking and acting by analysing a major global challenge: climate change. Its key assumption is that tackling such a complex problem inevitably gives rise to utopian thought and practice.
Mathias Thaler was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for his project Utopias in the Anthropocene: Ways of Imagining a Climate-Changed World. See more information on the Leverhulme website
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