The Postcolonial Bauman Lecture Series
Janina Bauman Prize
International Partners
Social and Critical Theory at Leeds
The Bauman Underground: Militant Epistemologies (5) – Sabu Kohso
Activist, theorist and translator, Sabu Kohso, joins us from New York, with Ruskin School of Art's Jason Waite, to discuss his new book with Duke UP
MOBILITIES: Rodanthi Tzanelli’s new works
Invited discussants Dominic Lapointe, Ole B. Jensen, and Noel Salazar discuss Rodanthi Tzanelli's recent and forthcoming new works.
The Bauman Underground: Militant Epistemologies (6) – Theodor Adorno
Negative dialectics anyone? Jon Catlin (Princeton Univ.) and Jack Palmer discuss the contemporary relevance of Theodor Adorno's hardcore Marxism
PGR: Bauman Annual Graduate Workshop – Future Cities, Future Citizenship
A workshop for graduate students in social and critical theory, with presentations of work in progress and feedback discussion
2020 Janina Bauman Prize Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Janina Bauman Prize to be André Dallas, for his thesis “Development as I-nity: Rastafari Philosophy as a Decolonial Alternative to Orthodox Development Paradigms in Jamaica”
BSA Theory Study Group Webinar: The Life and Work of Zygmunt Bauman
Bauman’s biographer Izabela Wagner and deputy director of Bauman Institute Jack Palmer will be featured in a special webinar co-sponsored by the BSA Theory Study Group and the Bauman Institute online on 2 December 12-1pm. Further information and registration for this event here: https://baumaninstitute.leeds.ac.uk/events/bsa-theory-study-group-the-life-and-work-of-zygmunt-bauman/
New Bauman Institute Director appointed
As the Bauman Institute celebrates its tenth anniversary, Prof Adrian Favell has become the new Director of the Bauman Institute. Founding Director Mark Davis will continue to play a key role in the direction of the Institute. Adrian is well known as a political theorist of citizenship and multiculturalism, and is working on a new book for Polity Press in migration theory.
Turning Words into Action: New Report on Community Municipal Investments
CMIs are being hailed as a breakthrough for hard-pressed councils to achieve their climate targets – and transform their relationship with residents.