Location
Westminster Forum, Fifth Floor, 32-38 Wells Street, London W1T 3UW
The event will take place in-person. If you have any questions, please email the seminar convener, Dr Jac St John, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations ([email protected]).
About the centre
The Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD), established in 1989, is based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Westminster. At the Centre, academics working in politics and international relations undertake socially engaged, methodologically diverse and often interdisciplinary research that aims to address a range of critical political challenges in relation to democracy worldwide.
CSD has a longstanding international reputation for research excellence through a programme of publications, events and collaborations with academics, practitioners, policymakers, and activists. Research in Politics and International Studies at CSD was ranked 4th highest in the UK for impact in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.
The Centre has established numerous collaborations with scholars and universities around the world and has hosted encounters with public intellectuals including Luc Boltanski, Judith Butler, Stuart Hall, Bruno Latour, Richard Rorty, Quentin Skinner, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Charles Taylor, James Tully, and Michael Walzer. The CR Parekh lecture, instituted by Lord Bhikhu Parekh, has included lectures by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Arundhati Roy, and Ashis Nandy.
CSD recognises that responding to contemporary social and political challenges requires engagement beyond the academy, so actively welcomes dialogue and collaboration with researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and activists around the world. The Centre is directed by Professor Nitasha Kaul.
About the speaker
Sarah Churchwell
Professor Sarah Churchwell is Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities and Professor of American Literature at School of Advanced Studies, University of London. A prominent advocate for literature and the humanities, Professor Churchwell appears regularly in the media and writes for both academic and non-academic audiences. Recent articles in the media have focused on American historical political culture, including articles in The New Statesman, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, and the Atlantic. Professor Churchwell has been a Man Booker Prize judge and received the Eccles British Library Writer’s Award in 2015.
