Uncategorized Povinelli’s ‘Three Figures of Geontology’ 26 May 2020 This week, we are discussing Elizabeth Povinelli's (strangely prescient) introduction from Geontologies: A Requiem for Late Liberalism, ''Three Figures of Geontology: The Desert, the Animist, and the Virus". Povinelli is…
Blog… What we talk about when we talk about universities 23 Dec 201920 Apr 2020 By Jana Bacevic [This review essay was originally published at the LSE Review blog on 19 December 2019] It is perhaps cliché to say that no conversation concerns only its…
Blog… Managing secrets in higher education 1 Nov 201916 Dec 2019 In this short essay, Morten Hansen uses secrecy as a prism to deconstruct dynamics and processes in higher education. The reflections spring from various research projects on topics ranging from…
Blog… Work in progress, 4 October 2 Oct 201911 Oct 2019 First session of this year's CPGJ Work in progress series 4 October, 12-1.30 PM Academics on the move: thinking through international cooperation with less CO2 Dr Jana Bacevic (Faculty of…
Blog… Thinking on film: movie screenings 13 Aug 201927 Sep 2019 Culture, politics and global justice research cluster is running a series of film screenings showing how contemporary cinema portrays the practice of 'thinking' - whether in the form of philosophy,…
Blog Breaking Down Academic Silos: An Example from a Historically-Burdened Field 11 Jan 201917 Jan 2019 By Daphne Martschenko In early December 2018, I was invited to present at the Polygenic Prediction and Its Application in the Social Sciences conference at the University of Southern California,…
Blog… Thinking knowledge production without the university 8 Jun 201817 Jun 2018 This is a collaborative blog post leading up to the panel Undisciplining: thinking knowledge production without the university at The Sociological Review's annual conference Undisciplining: conversations from the edges, Newcastle,…
Events… Talk: the Idea of a Digital University, David Berry, 12 June 4-5.30PM 7 Jun 201816 Jun 2018 12 June, 4-5.30pm, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Rd., Donald Macintyre Building, Room 2S3 (second floor) In this talk, I set out to examine the ways in which the university, as an idea,…
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