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Join us for this seminar by Cláudia Lemos, a Visiting Scholar from the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, titled ‘Narratives about democracy: the use of parliamentary storytelling in Brazil and in the UK. Abstract In this seminar, Cláudia Lemos will examine the type of language used by communication teams of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies...
Celebrated broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty is to give the 2024/5 Alice Bacon Lecture at the University of Leeds on Thursday 6th February 2025. The lecture will take place at 18:30 – 19:30 in the Great Hall at the University of Leeds. Doors will open at 18:00. After the lecture there will be a drinks reception. This is...
In recent years, populist politicians have been gaining ground globally but their success has been accompanied by growing concerns about the way in which the quality of political communication has been degrading. But is populist political communication really as simplistic as is often feared? In this seminar, Gemma Walker, a PGR at the University of Leeds,...
In recent years we have seen greater acknowledgement of the fact that race and racism are relatively neglected across the disciplines of politics and international studies. What can, and might, be done about this? This research seminar brings together two scholars who have sought to engage seriously in their own work with these issues: Sadiya...
Join us just eight days after the United States Presidential Election for this lecture by Professor Ann Southworth which is based on her new book "Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending in America" and discusses how the First Amendment became an obstacle to campaign finance regulation in the United States. In this...
This roundtable conversation "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated with Sanaa Seif and Nicola Pratt" will address Alaa Abd El-Fattah's book of essays You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, his essayistic and political activism more generally and Sanaa’s campaign for Alaa's release. Both Alaa and Sanaa are prominent British-Egyptian activist involved in the 2011 Egyptian...
Jeremiah O. Arowosegbe, a new addition to the CDP, will present his research as part of the CDP's ongoing seminar series. In his seminar, titled “Academic Freedom, Decolonization and the Universities in Africa”, he will highlight the connections between academic freedom as a human right with democratization as well as its problematic contexts across the...
Dr Khemvirg Puente Martínez will give a talk about his paper titled 'Legislative Institutionalisation and Openness in Presidential Systems: the Case of Mexico.'
Lord Norton, a leading expert on Parliament and constitutional affairs, will hold a talk about his new book titled "The 1922 Committee: Power Behind the Scenes."
The CDP is delighted to be hosting the launch of Dr Petra Alderman's new book, titled "Branding Authoritarian Nations: Political Legitimation and Strategic National Myths in Military-Ruled Thailand."