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DPIR to host public conference on ‘Backsliding and Resilience in Liberal Democracies’
Giving a great academic job talk
Caliph, Sultan, and Scholar: The Political Career of Fakhr-al-Din al-Razi (d. 1210)
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The Annual Jan-Georg Deutsch Debate - Motion: The myth is more fundamental than the fact in collective memory
The annual Jan-Georg Deutsch Debate is hosted by the Transnational and Global History Seminar in honor of Professor Jan-Georg Deutsch. This year's debate is hosted in conjunction with the release of The Politics of Historical Memory and Commemoration in Africa (eds. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen, Moritz Mihatsch and Michelle Sikes), a Gedenkschrift in honor of Jan-Georg Deutsch.
Proponent: **Dr Moritz Mihatsch**, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), The British University in Egypt
Opponent: **Dr Rouven Kunstmann**, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Erfurt
Proponent: **Dr Moritz Mihatsch**, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), The British University in Egypt
Opponent: **Dr Rouven Kunstmann**, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Erfurt
Book launch: 'Butler to the world: how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals' with Oliver Bullough
In this event chaired by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Oliver Bullough will be discussing his best selling and critically acclaimed book, 'Butler to the World'.
In it, Bullough reveals how the UK has become a hospitable location for oligarchs and kleptocrats from all over the world - a place where they can hide their monies, build respectable reputations on the back of philanthropy and party donations, and influence those in power. From professional facilitators to politicians, Bullough’s book asks searing questions about today's political and economic life in the United Kingdom.
In it, Bullough reveals how the UK has become a hospitable location for oligarchs and kleptocrats from all over the world - a place where they can hide their monies, build respectable reputations on the back of philanthropy and party donations, and influence those in power. From professional facilitators to politicians, Bullough’s book asks searing questions about today's political and economic life in the United Kingdom.