School of Social and Political Science

Inaugural lecture: Professor Oliver Escobar

Join us to celebrate Oliver Escobar's professorship at his inaugural lecture.

New Directions in the History of Sexuality and Gender

Join Katie Sutton and Annette Timm for an informal conversation about new directions in the history of gender and sexuality.

Screening: The Saints are Watching

Join us for this film screening, including a Q&A with the films creators

BOOK FORUM: Translating Worlds, Defending Land: Collaborations for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Politics in Amazonia

Reflections on Ukraine

A discussion the ongoing research, art, and charity work supporting Ukrainian institutions and people during increasing turbulent times

India’s Quest for ‘Superior Babies’

With Dr Clemence Julien, Centre d’études sud-asiatiques et himalayennes

Friendships as a lever of social change?

In this lecture, Lynn Jamieson will consider whether the social research evidence suggests hope concerning friendships’ impacts on uncertain futures and point to how important it is for social scientists to systematically attend to friendships as both lived realities and ideals in the imagination.

Money Talks: Business and the Politics of Independence

Why do independence movements win overwhelming support nearly everywhere except in wealthy democracies of the global North?

Authenticity beyond and within Misinformation, Democracy and AI

Part of the Controversies in the Data Society 2025 series
A cross-disciplinary series of public lectures and discussion on AI and the datafication of society

Woman Life Freedom: Visual Triggers of Iranian Feminism

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling (Munro Lecture)

In this talk, Jason de Leon will present stories from his recent book (“Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling”) and examine the complicated relationship among transnational gangs, the human smuggling industry, and migrant desires for safety and well-being.

Ambedkar Memorial Lecture

This lecture unpacks the paradoxes within egalitarian claims, demonstrating how such claims often reinforce casteist state structures and perpetuate caste-based inequalities.