Previous lectures
Dr Alita Nandi, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director for Understanding Society, Institute for Social and Economic Research
Ethnic and racial harassment in Britain
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Professor Jay Bernstein, The New School for Social Research, New York.
Of Ecocide and Human Rights: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change
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Dr Tara Van Ho, Lecturer in the School of Law and the Human Rights Centre, Professor Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University), Professor Erika George (The University of Utah), Dr Keston Perry (University of the West of England, Bristol) and Jodi-Ann Quarrie, Lawyer and Broadcaster.
Business Responsibility for Slavery: When, How, and Why should Businesses Contribute to Reparations?
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William Darity Jr, and A. Kirsten Mullen
From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
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Dr Frances Morris (DU Essex), Tate Modern Director
The Value of Culture: In Conversation with Tate Modern Director Frances Morris
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Dr Alejandro Quiroz Flores, Reader at the Institute of Analytics and Data Science and the Department of Government, Chief Scientific Adviser to Essex County Council, and Deputy Director of the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre, University of Essex
University responses to pandemics: Lessons from the past and the response to COVID-19
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Professor Susan Oliver, Deputy Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Humanities and a Professor in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Endemic, Epidemic, Pandemic! Contagion, the doctors, and the press in early 19th century Boston
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Dr James Fowler, Essex Business School
Teamwork, Resilience and Crises in the Armed Forces
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Dr Koldo Casla, Lecturer in the School of Law and Member of the Human Rights Centre
Covid-19 and socio-economic rights in crisis mode
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EJ-Francis Caris-Hamer, Department of Sociology
Barriers to being queer inclusive: Teacher’s perspective
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Dr Andrew Fagan, Director of the Human Rights Centre
The Politics of Identity in the UK: Before, During and ‘After’ COVID-19
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Professor Lucy Noakes, Department of History
Why the Blitz Spirit is the wrong metaphor for fighting COVID-19
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Professor Natasha Lindstädt, Deputy Dean of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Department of Government
Populism, Disease and Disaster
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Dr Veronica Lamarche, Department of Psychology
Love in the time of COVID: The importance of our relationships in uncertain times
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Dr Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Department of Government
Wither the Lonely? Addressing loneliness and connectedness in a time of enforced isolation
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John Bercow 'in person'
Our Chancellor John Bercow 'in person' talking about his life, experiences and time at Essex.
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Professor Wayne Martin, Director of the Essex Autonomy Project and Professor in the School of Philosophy and Art History
The Ethics of Triage: Philosophy in the Time of COVID-19.
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