Events

Join Nancy Lindisfarne & Jonathan Neale for the launch of their co-authored book, ‘Why Men?’

The Gender Institute, PSA Specialist Group in Political Violence & Terrorism and the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre are collaborating to present a round table discussion on the new book, ‘Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and Radicalisation’ by Elizabeth Pearson.

Join author and award-winning journalist Nabila Ramdani in conversation with Dr Charles Devellennes to discuss her new book, ‘Fixing France’.

Join the WOGCN for this Trailblaze Series event — ‘From Invisible to Influential: Women of Colour Rising in Media’.

Head to Awraq Festival for an enriching conversation with Palestinian writer and editor, Fida Jiryis, who will be calling in online from the Galilee. Fida will talk about her memoir ‘Stranger In My Own Land’.

Join Dr Elizabeth Pearson & Dr Joe Whittaker at Waterstones Swansea for what will be a fascinating discussion about the emergence of extreme misogyny and masculinities.

As the multi-polar world of global politics becomes ever more complex, who better to cast light on its workings than a physicist turned President? Join Armen Sarkissian, former President of Armenia and author of ‘The Small States Club’, as he argues for his new theory of quantum politics, in which individuals are necessarily connected across space and our world is dominated by randomness, uncertainty and possibility.

Former Deputy Finance Minister for Iraq Ali Allawi, openDemocracy’s Head of Global Investigations Claire Provost and Armen Sarkissian, author of ‘The Small States Club’, debate free markets and feudal overlords.

Doctor and aid worker Lynne Jones, and lawyer and climate activist Farhana Yamin, a key architect of the Paris climate agreement, discuss the rise and methods of nonviolent action for political change.

In this Ethical Matters talk, Elizabeth Pearson discusses her research among two of Britain’s key extremist movements.

Former President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian (author of ‘The Small States Club’), Chief Executive of Chatham House Bronwen Maddox, and leading war correspondent Christina Lamb, debate whether the global dominance of one geo-political bloc is safer for world order.

Peter Oborne will be interviewing Mihir Bose about his book, ‘Thank You Mr Crombie’, on Wednesday 29 May at 7.30pm in the Boston Room of George IV.