State Crime Seminar Series
Hosted by the International State Crime Initiative, this seminar series provides a forum that engages with scholars working at the cutting edges of field State Crime research, whilst also drawing in a variety of other disciplines and perspectives.
Autumn 2020 semester
War Lawyers
Speaker: Dr Craig Jones
Date and time: 30 November 2020, 5-6:30pm
Citizenship in Burma: The Root of All Problems? (co-hosted with Burma Human Rights Network)
Chair: Dr Alicia de la Cour Venning
Speakers: Dr Ronan Lee, U Ohn Maung, Htike Htike, and Kyaw Win
Date and time: 10 December 2020, 10-11.30am
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Spring 2021 semester
Ecocide
Professor Dave Whyte in conversation with Professor Richard Falk about his new book Ecocide: Kill the corporation before it kills us.
Chair: Dr Alicia de la Cour Venning
Date: 18 January 2021
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Historical and contemporary uses of human shields (co-hosted with the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Speaker: Professor Neve Gordon
Date and time: 21 January 2021, 1-2:30pm
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How to Conduct Safer Field Research in Hostile Environments
Speaker: Professor Isabell Schierenbeck
Date and time: 25 February 2021, 5-6:30pm
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The political theology of torture
Date and time: 2 March 2021, 5-6.30pm
Speaker: Dr Michelle Farrell
Chair: Dr Tanzil Chowdhury
More details and registration to follow.
Out of time - the queer politics of post-coloniality
Speaker: Dr Rahul Rao (SOAS)
Date and time: to be confirmed
More details and registration to follow.
Rebooting Kleptocracy with International Applause: Transition and Authoritarian Modernisation in Uzbekistan
Speaker: Dr Kristian Lasslett
Date and time: To be confirmed
More details and registration to follow.
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