The Politics of Population Change: Launch of Book and Research Group
This post was contributed by Guy Collender, Communications Manager at Birkbeck’s Department of External Relations The links between politics and population change – often deemed too controversial for...
View ArticleIdeology Now – part 1
This post was contributed by Eliane Glaser, Honorary Research Fellow in Birkbecks Department of English and Humanities. On Saturday 28 April a diverse group of academics, journalists, commentators and...
View ArticleLand Rush
This post was contributed by Sonia Rothwell, an alumna of Birkbeck’s MSc International Security and Global Governance. This event was part of a series of film-screenings leading up to Surplus: A...
View ArticleWho Will Win the General Election in 2015?
This post was contributed by Dr Benjamin Worthy, a lecturer in Birkbeck’s Department of Politics. Peter Kellner, expert pollster and President of YouGov, spoke to the Birkbeck Centre for British...
View ArticleCarlos Reyes Manzo’s “Dwellings” exhibition opens eyes to unjust world
This post was contributed by Paul Donovan, and was originally published on his blog Between the Lines. An excellent photographic exhibition from photojournalist Carlos Reyes Manzo focusing on...
View ArticleBirkbeck hosts IAPSS World Congress 2015
This post was contributed by Odessa Primus, Chair of Organising Committee for the IAPSS World Congress The International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) last week held its annual...
View ArticleJohn McDonnell in conversation
This post was contributed by Dr Ben Worthy of Birkbeck’s Department of Politics. It was first posted on the 10 Gower Street blog on Friday, November 6. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell spoke at an...
View ArticleDavid Willetts in Conversation with Tony Wright
This post was contributed by Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics at Birkbeck. The article was first published on the College’s Centre for British Politics and Public Life blog on 23 February. Former...
View ArticleUnderstanding the European financial crises: Martin Sandbu at Birkbeck
Martin Sandbu, the economics leader writer for the Financial Times (FT), was the special guest at a recent talk at Birkbeck on 19 February. This event was organised under the auspices of the Birkbeck...
View ArticleFive years after the Arab Spring: The Implosion of Social Movements?
This post was contributed by Dr Barbara Zollner, lecturer in Middle East Politics, Department of Politics. Here Dr Zollner offers an insight into issues to be discussed at a public colloquium at...
View ArticleEric J. Hobsbawm Memorial Lecture 2016: “European History in the Age of...
This post was contributed by Antonio E Weiss, a PhD student in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology and a 2014 recipient of a Hobsbawm Schoalrship. Sir Richard Evans’ lecture on...
View ArticleThe EU Referendum: Will It Be In Or Out?
This post was contributed by Dr Ben Worthy of Birkbeck’s Department of Politics. It was originally posted on the 10 Gower Street blog on 9 June 2016. On 8th June Birkbeck Politics staff discussed the...
View ArticleArts Week 2017: ‘He Doesn’t Talk Politics Anymore’: The Role of Politics in...
This review was contributed by Dr Joseph Brooker, Department of English and Humanities On Thursday 18 May I introduced an event about the politics of US fiction since the 1960s. This was part of Arts...
View ArticleArts Week 2017: Landscape and Power
Those of us who signed up to the Landscape and Power lecture during Birkbeck Arts Week 2017 would have seen an arresting image posted on the event flyer. In the talk in Room BO3 of 43 Gordon Square we...
View ArticleEnough is Enough: Secrets of the Warburg Photographic Collection
This article was contributed by Sue Wiseman, Professor of Seventeenth-Century Literature in Birkbeck’s Department of English and Humanities A visit to the Warburg Institute always provides food for...
View ArticleRecords of War: Film, History and the Art School
Conny Klocker, intern at the Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image (BIMI) and PhD candidate at the School of Law writes on a recent screening of 1930s propaganda film. As part of the UCL Festival of...
View ArticleMaking a good Parliament: Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow visits...
Dr Ben Worthy from the Department of Politics discusses a recent lecture at the Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life, which welcomed the Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House...
View Article“Birkbeck’s policy of not requiring specific grades and instead assessing my...
Godlisten Pallangyo received a limited education in his home country of Tanzania. Despite not having an abundance of resources at his disposal in his early life, he demonstrated a will to finish...
View Article“My disability does not have to halt my career options in the way I thought...
After an accident left Esther Adegoke with a disability she sought to complete her studies in Politics at Birkbeck. Last week, she graduated with a First. Esther doesn’t recall exactly what sparked her...
View ArticleDiscovering the self-belief that never was
Oliver Victorio, inspired by his time at the House of Commons, overcame a number of obstacles, including; disability, financial hardship and lack of confidence to begin a degree at Birkbeck. This week...
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