Essex Explores

Upcoming lectures

Please keep an eye on our University of Essex social media channels for details of the next lecture in the series.

Previous lectures

• Wednesday 24 February

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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• Wednesday 9 December

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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• Wednesday 11 November

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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• Wednesday 28 October

William Darity Jr, and A. Kirsten Mullen

From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century

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• Wednesday, 30 September

Dr Frances Morris (DU Essex), Tate Modern Director

The Value of Culture: In Conversation with Tate Modern Director Frances Morris

The recording of this event will be available soon.

• Wednesday 22 July

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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•  Wednesday 15 July

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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• Wednesday 8 July

Dr James Fowler, Essex Business School

Teamwork, Resilience and Crises in the Armed Forces

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• Wednesday 1 July

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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• Wednesday 24 June

EJ-Francis Caris-Hamer, Department of Sociology

Barriers to being queer inclusive: Teacher’s perspective

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• Wednesday 17 June

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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• Wednesday 10 June

 Professor Lucy Noakes, Department of History

Why the Blitz Spirit is the wrong metaphor for fighting COVID-19

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• Wednesday 3 June

Professor Natasha Lindstädt, Deputy Dean of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Department of Government

Populism, Disease and Disaster

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• Wednesday 27 May

Dr Veronica Lamarche, Department of Psychology

Love in the time of COVID: The importance of our relationships in uncertain times

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• Wednesday 13 May

Dr Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Department of Government

Wither the Lonely? Addressing loneliness and connectedness in a time of enforced isolation

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• Wednesday 6 May

John Bercow 'in person'

Our Chancellor John Bercow 'in person' talking about his life, experiences and time at Essex.

We are experiencing some technical problems with this video – it’s currently being fixed and will be back very soon.

• Wednesday 29 April

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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