The Monocle
Jacob Williams
I am currently researching the 'postliberal' movement and its critique of liberalism both as a theory and as a 'regime', with a view to systematising and evaluating the merits of the various postliberal claims.
Identifying Africa's untold climate change stories
Politics & data in India's general election
Methodologies for tracking and reporting AI
DPIR MPhil students awarded Department’s first thesis prize
Miyo Peck-Suzuki
My research interests broadly revolve around feminist philosophy, anti-carceralism, and critical theories of state power. My doctoral work focuses on the feminists of the Asian American Movement. Relying on archival work and interviews, I push against the notion that there has never been a distinct Asian American feminism and draw out the Movement's theoretical contributions for philosophies of race, work, and gender.
Principal's Conversations: James Johnson
Principal John Bowers will be in conversation with his guest speaker, Brasenose College alumnus James Johnson. James is a political adviser and pollster, having previously served as the Senior Opinion Research and Strategy Adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May. In that capacity he conducted opinion research and private polling, and presented recommendations to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, as well as the rest of Whitehall and the Conservative Party. James is now a founding partner of the leading polling firm, J.L. Partners.
Temporary Exhibits: The Cultural Politics of South Asian ‘Folk’ Performances in Contemporary Fairs and Festivals
This talk navigates rural, peri-urban, and urban contemporary fairs and festivals as sites of displaying South Asian ‘folk’ performances. As displays alongside other tangible cultural objects and artefacts, such performances often negotiate ‘authenticity’ both through the performers’ role-playing as well as the audiences’ reception. In this sense, these performances at once become truncated prototypes, showcases, and souvenir acts. More importantly, the sites of contemporary fair and festival performances are sought after by marginal performers as objectified capital.