The Postcolonial Bauman Lecture Series
Special Events 2020-21
Janina Bauman Prize
International Partners
Social and Critical Theory at Leeds
The Bauman Underground: Militant Epistemologies (8) – Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
Molly Geidel (UoManchester), Vania Belen Suarez Botelho and Nic Salazar-Sutil (UoL) discuss the postcolonial Bolivian theorist of indigenous identities and cultures / STARTS AT 5PM
Zygmunt Bauman, Culture and Art: Selected Writings Vol.1
Book launch of a new edited volume of Zygmunt Bauman's unpublished writings on Culture and Art
The Bauman Underground: Militant Epistemologies (7) – Achille Mbembe
Muneeb Hafiz (Lancaster University) and Rebecca Porter (SSP) discuss critical applications of the key decolonial thinker, Achille Mbembe / STARTS AT 5PM
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.
ESRC-WRDTP Project Begins!
Our ESRC-WRDTP Collaborative Award project entitled "Evaluating the Social Value of Innovative Finance - A Case Study of Community Municipal Bonds" starts this month.