The Bauman Institute

An international centre for the promotion of teaching and research in social and critical theory.

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We host a range of funded and exploratory projects developing theory on ALTERNATE FUTURES for Economy, Arts, Populations, Mobilities, Environment & Democracy

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The Bauman Institute organises conferences, workshops, book launches, and an online lecture/discussion series on major theorists for students and the general public.

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New Journal Launch

David Graeber tribute in Emancipations

International advisory network member, Albena Azmanova, is the co-editor of a new journal Emancipations, launching in Sept 2021. The very first edition features a BI special tribute to David Graeber from our Bauman Underground "Militant Epistemologies" seminar in December 2020, with contributions by Adrian Favell, Myka Tucker-Abramson, Mark Davis and Andrew Wallace.

Zygmunt Bauman: Culture and Art

On 30 June 2021, with a specially produced live video on YouTube, the BI launched a new series of books with Polity featuring unpublished writings by Zygmunt Bauman from the Bauman Archive. The first volume, trans. by Katarzyna Bartoszynskam, and edited by BI members, Dariusz Brzezinski, Tom Campbell, Mark Davis and Jack Palmer, is out now with more coming next year.

Julian Go - Lecture 1

Introduced by Adrian Favell

Video available here

Manuela Boatcă - Lecture 2

Introduced by Mark Davis and Jason Allen-Paisant

VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE

Shalini Randeria - Lecture 3

Introduced by Graham Huggan

Video available here

Griselda Pollock - Lecture 4

Introduced by Max Silverman

Video available here

Coming Up in 2021-22

MOBILITIES. Rodanthi Tzanelli will present a series of events on Critical Mobilities Theory, beginning with an afternoon symposium on the living legacy of John Urry on Oct 15th. Co-organised with Centre for Mobilities Research (CEMORE), University of Lancaster. See events listings for further information. Photo of John Urry by Chia-Ling Lai.

ARTS. Maria Rovisco will present a series of events on public art, sustainability and extractivism.

THE BAUMAN UNDERGROUND. We will also continue our Monday Afternoon open discussion sessions aimed at grad students and a general critical public, with the theme for 2021-22, 'No Future?'. Events planned on the work of Anna Tsing, Donna Haraway, Bruno Latour, and others. Email Adrian Favell for more information.

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MOBILITIES SYMPOSIUM: John Urry’s Living Legacy

12-4pm. To launch a series of events on 'Critical Mobilities Theory', Rodanthi Tzanelli introduces an afternoon of dialogues on the work of John Urry with other pioneers of the 'new mobilities' paradigm. With Mimi Sheller, Michael Haldrup, Jennie Germann Molz, Ole B.Jensen, Jonas Larsen & James Faulconbridge.

THE BAUMAN UNDERGROUND: No Future? (1) – Anna Tsing

The opening discussion of The Bauman Underground seminar this year, with the theme ‘No Future? On critical theory in the...

MOBILITIES SEMINAR: Interrogating criticality in tourism analysis (1)

4-5.30pm. 'The Tourism Archive as Economic and Intellectual Infrastructure: Notes on Train Maya, Mexico', presented by Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, UCSD, with M.E. Korstanje, Noel Salazar, Mimi Sheller, Manuel Ángel Santana Turégano, Christine Lundberg, Vassilios Ziakas & Ilia Alvarado-Sizzo.

MOBILITIES SEMINAR: Interrogating criticality in tourism analysis (2)

4-5.30pm. 'Intimate Geopolitics of Mobility: Lauren Berlant and the Affects of Tourism'. Presented by Mary Mostafanezhad, UH Manoa & Roger Norum. Univ. of Oulu, with Graham Huggan, Ole B. Jensen, Jennie Germann Molz, Christine Lundberg, Vassilios Ziakas, Ilia Alvarado-Sizzo & Michael Haldrup.