Events in 2022-2023

Enoch Powell's Nationhood and Constitutional Battles over Europe, Northern Ireland, and Devolution

Tuesday 23 May 2023

Join us for the third York Political Theory Workshop of the Summer term.

Book Manuscript Workshop

Thursday 18 May 2023

Calling State to Power to Account: A Political Theory of Reparation Claims

Well, Actually…’ Mansplaining and its Anti-Democratic Harms

Tuesday 9 May 2023

Join us for the second York Political Theory Workshop of the Summer term.

York Asia Research Network Annual Lecture

Wednesday 3 May 2023

Emotional subjects: Citizenship, identity and the emotional world of disability in China

Comparing Identity and Citizenship in Crimea and Moldova from the Bottom-Up

Wednesday 26 April 2023

Departmental Research Seminar

Face/body equality: Should we aspire to it?

Tuesday 25 April 2023

Join us for the first York Political Theory Workshop of the Summer term.

Migration Integration in Finland

Thursday 20 April 2023

Seminar with Dr Pekka Kettunen

Beyond the Lines: Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon

Wednesday 19 April 2023

Civil War Paths Seminar

YCCS Seminar Series 3

Wednesday 15 March 2023

Contemporary issues in Peace, Conflict and Security – Spring 2023

Irish Politics and end of term party

Tuesday 14 March 2023

Come along to the end of term party

Ecological Guilt, Political Mourning and Contestatory Citizenship

Tuesday 14 March 2023

Join us for the third York Political Theory Workshop of the Spring term.

Cheese and Wine Night with Alfred Moore

Thursday 9 March 2023

Join PolSoc for their famous cheese and wine evening

Thinking Decolonially Through An Intersectional Lens

Wednesday 8 March 2023

The inaugural Centre for Women's Study lecture on intersectional approaches to decolonisation

Ideology, Affect, and the Politics of Disavowal: Notes on Syria

Wednesday 8 March 2023

This talk is based on Prof Lisa Wedeen's book, Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria (Chicago 2019).

Critical Perspectives: Prevent and the Dangers of Counterterrorism

Tuesday 7 March 2023

Join Pol Soc for a panel discussion on the negative impacts of counterterrorism policing and policy.

Is Britain closed for business? An evening with Kevin Hollinrake MP

Friday 3 March 2023

Join the Club of PEP for this fantastic event

Conscripted Representation, Power and Oppression

Tuesday 28 February 2023

Join us for the second York Political Theory Workshop of the Spring term.

Careers In Alumni Panel Evening

Wednesday 22 February 2023

Develop your career ambitions by talking to York graduates and other professionals

YCCS Seminar Series 2

Wednesday 22 February 2023

Contemporary issues in Peace, Conflict and Security – Spring 2023

Empowering Workers

Tuesday 14 February 2023

Join us for the first York Political Theory Workshop of the Spring term.

York Centre for Conflict and Security Annual Lecture

Wednesday 8 February 2023

Russia and its Near Abroad: Perceptions About Geopolitics Among Ordinary People

YCCS Seminar Series 1

Wednesday 8 February 2023

Contemporary issues in Peace, Conflict and Security – Spring 2023

PolSoc: the gendered effect of the housing crisis

Wednesday 23 November 2022

Join Polsoc for a talk about the gendered effect of the housing crisis

Leviathan on a Leash

Thursday 17 November 2022

Join us for an evening with the author of Leviathan on a Leash

Department Research Seminar

Thursday 17 November 2022

Our final Department Research Seminar for the Autumn term

Walter Lippmann’s Political Thought

Tuesday 15 November 2022

Join us for the final York Political Theory Workshop of the Autumn term.

Women’s Rights & Humanitarian Crises in Afghanistan: A Call for Solidarity

Thursday 3 November 2022

Join three Afghan University of York students as they discuss the current human rights and humanitarian situation in the country

Brazilian Elections: Democracy or Barbarity

Thursday 3 November 2022

Join us for the week 6 PhD Colloquium

Must the Subaltern Speak Publicly? Public Reason Liberalism and the Ethics of Fighting Severe Injustice

Tuesday 1 November 2022

Join us for the third York Political Theory Workshop of the Autumn term.

Re-imagining femicide through feminist public art in Mexico and the UK

Monday 31 October 2022

Changing the narrative on femicide through feminist public art in Mexico and the UK

Department Research Seminar: Troubled Waters: Resisting Privatization in Europe

Thursday 27 October 2022

Professor Andreas Bieler from the University of Nottingham; will present research from a project entitled “Troubled Waters: Resisting Privatization in Europe.”

Introduction to coaching for cross-cultural communication

Friday 21 October 2022

Fancy learning some coaching techniques?

Party Discipline: An Alternative Genealogy

Tuesday 18 October 2022

Join us for the second York Political Theory Workshop of the Autumn term.

Film Screening: Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue

Friday 14 October 2022

Film screening of Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue, followed by a Q&A with director Miki Dezaki.

Reinventing citizenship amidst democratic decline - Colloquium 2

Friday 7 October 2022

A gathering of activists, practitioners, and academics who will together take a critical look at citizenship in an interdisciplinary context

Second Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture

Wednesday 5 October 2022

Join us for the second annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture held at York

The Promise of Human Rights and the Politics of Hypocrisy

Tuesday 4 October 2022

Join us for the first York Political Theory Workshop of the Autumn term.

Surveying the Horizons of Peace, Conflict and Security Research

Wednesday 21 September 2022

Launch event for the York Centre for Conflict and Security (YCCS)