In this episode, we host Prof. Ayse Zarakol from University of Cambridge and talk about her fascinating book "Before The West".

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5/24/2024

Drawing on her new book 'The Zelensky Effect', co-authored with Henry E. Hale, Professor Onuch will tell the story of Ukraine through the journey of one man who has come to symbolise his country. Olga Onuch is Professor (Chair) in Comparative and Ukrainian Politics at the University of Manchester. A scholar of comparative politics of eastern Europe and Latin America, her work looks at the motivations driving citizens to vote, protest, and/or migrate, and factors related to their media consumption, as well as identity formation and policy preferences. In addition to The Zelensky Effect and her first monograph, Mapping Mass Mobilization (2014), her work has appeared in leading journals, and she regularly appears in international media outlets. Emma Graham-Harrison is Senior International Affairs Correspondent for The Guardian & The Observer. In this role, she has reported extensively on Russia's war in Ukraine. She has spent more than a decade reporting from Kabul, Beijing and Madrid.

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11/3/2023

The Legal and Political Theory Forum have assembled a panel of four experts from the fields of philosophy, social epistemology, international relations and journalism to share their thoughts about how recent advancements in technology have changed the way we consume media, and how to deal with some of the challenges to democratic discourse that these changes have produced. Through this discussion we hope to shed some light on the ways in which we can productively disagree in an era where truth seems to be increasingly subjective, and tailored to preference and dogma James Ball, Journalist (currently special correspondent at BuzzFeed UK. Previously special projects editor at The Guardian) Professor Steve Fuller,Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. Dr. Michael Hannon, assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham. Dr. Elke Schwarz, Lecturer in Political Philosophy at Queen Mary, University of London.

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6/11/2019