The Postcolonial Bauman Lecture Series
Janina Bauman Prize
International Partners
Social and Critical Theory at Leeds
The Bauman Underground: Militant Epistemologies (3) – Michel Foucault
Tom Campbell and Adrian Favell discuss different readings of Foucault's work and whether a "militant epistemology" can be found in it
Guardians of the Forest: Where Do Trees Stand Now?
A talk by BI associate Nicolas Salazar Sutil, co-sponsored by Performance and Creative Industries at Leeds, on the legal and moral standing of trees, in relation to earth justice and environmental activism
ARTS: Artivism for Social Justice Now
An interdisciplinary roundtable on arts-based collaborative methods and practices as forms of activism which address inequality and exclusion today. With invited artist Eirini Kaptani.
PGR: The Trouble With Being Human These Days
Film viewing and discussion of the Bauman Institute film on the life and work of Zygmunt Bauman, The Trouble With Being Human These Days
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.