An international centre for the promotion of teaching and research in social and critical theory.
We host a range of funded and exploratory projects developing theory on ALTERNATE FUTURES for Economy, Arts, Populations, Mobilities, Environment & Democracy
About our projectsThe Janina and Zygmunt Bauman Archive is a major repository of their life's work, supported by regular events and the publication of new studies and collections of writing.
About our Archive and Legacy workThe Bauman Institute organises conferences, workshops, book launches, and an online lecture/discussion series on major theorists for students and the general public.
About our upcoming eventsThe rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.
4-5.30pm. 'Unlonely Planet: Entangling for Good in Tourism Nature Cultures'. Presented by Kellee Caton, Thompson Rivers University, with Ana Maria Munar, Graham Huggan, Dominic Lapointe, Christine Lundberg, Vassilios Ziakas & Ilia Alvarado-Sizzo.
3-4.30pm. Conversation Series Event to interrogate the exclusionary conditions of current economic models and consider disabled people’s marginalisation across social policy areas.
4-5.30pm. Art and Extractivism seminar. Organised by Maria Rovisco with Paula Serafini and Veronica Sekules, of GroundWork gallery which participated in the project EXTRACTION: ART ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS. Postponed from March. Click here for more info.
ARTS: Event. 3-5pm. Organised by Maria Rovisco in collaboration with Layla Bloom, curator at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds. With invited artists, activists and scholars. Stage 1 @ PCI.