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Who are the precariat?

A new global class shaped by globalisation
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Why Gender Matters

What is gender studies and why does it matter?

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Who’s watching whom, now?

The culture of surveillance

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Writing, memory, democracy and more

Spanish novelist Javier Cercas

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Natural copyright to culture

How are ethnic groups beginning to act like corporations that own a natural copyright to their culture?

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Upcoming events

  • 9 February

    Professor Guy Standing

    Professor Guy Standing on The Precariat : the new dangerous class
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  • 24 February

    Professor Sara Ahmed

    Leading international gender studies academic Professor Sara Ahmed joins a panel discussion on Why Gender Matters
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  • 29 February

    Javier Cercas

    An Anatomy of Writing and Politics, Memory and Democracy with Spanish novelist Javier Cercas
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  • 1 March

    Professor David Lyon

    Professor David Lyon, Director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen’s University Canada on The Culture of Surveillance
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  • 9 May

    Distinguised Professors of Anthropology Jean and John Comaroff

    Distinguised Professors of Anthropology Jean and John Comaroff on Reflections on Cultural Identity
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