In this seminar, Dr Dan Taylor explores the problem for democracy by introducing the concept of sympathy.

A 2-day online conference and workshop, bringing together Spinoza specialists with new approaches to Spinoza's politics.

This event will both celebrate the recent 70th anniversary of George Orwell’s 1984 and consider the legacies and future of authoritarianism.

This interdisciplinary conference seeks to foster dialogue around the interactions between music, religion and politics in the context of the ecological crisis.

The BBC/OU Co-production, Inside the Foreign Office, captured the extraordinary world of the people working in some of the most complex and sensitive jobs in UK Government. FASS' Dr Edward Wastnidge and Dr William Brown worked as academic consultants on the series. They’ll present their contribution to this production and talk about the privileged access the series had to the fascinating world of British diplomats. This will be followed by a panel discussion to take a critical look at foreign policy issues that came out of the BBC series including local, national and international standpoints.

International Development seminar presented by Dr Jo Beall (British Council).

A One Day Seminar on the Legacy of British Communism