LSE Human Rights
The home of human rights teaching, research and outreach at LSE ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/human-rights
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights🌍 From #Beirut’s 2020 Port explosion to #global planning debates: Prof. Mona Fawaz reflects on knowledge, politics, and representation in polarised contexts. Chaired by @davidjmadden.bsky.social. 📅 2 March | 6.30pm 🎟️ Open to all and free to attend #LSE #Sociology #Cities
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights🌿 Can governing with nature drive real transformative change in our cities? Join us next week to explore the politics, possibilities, and consequences of nature‑based solutions. 📅 11 Feb | 🕡 6.30pm | 📍 In person & online #LSEEvents #Sociology #Cities
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights📆 🌍 We’re delighted to announce the programme for the Study Group’s research seminar series, Critical Currents! Join us for the first event next Tuesday at 1pm on Microsoft Teams. ⚡ Check out the programme here: tiny.cc/2ohy001 #race #ethnicity #AcademicSky #BSA #sociology #researchseminars
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights'Mrie demonstrates how authoritarianism and war are interwoven: violence, repression and concessions of conscience permeate everyday routines, shaping both identity and ethical decision-making.' - Jenifer Vaughan (Fenton) for the MEC blog Read the book review: ow.ly/97iB50Y5rjQ
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights🏙️ Upcoming event | Planning amid division: the politics of the public in Beirut Join us as we explore what happens to democratic planning when the idea of a common good becomes contested. 📅 Mon 2 March 🕡 6.30pm 📍 LSE Campus #Sociology #Cities #Beirut
- Join us on Mon 16 Feb for a public conversation with Tareq Baconi on his new memoir, Fire in Every Direction. The book explores themes of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home. 🎫 Register to attend
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights🌲 Can nature reshape our cities? Join us at LSE to explore new ways of governing with nature. 📅 11 Feb | 🕡 6.30pm | 📍 In person & online #LSEEvents #ClimateChange #Sociology #Cities
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsI wrote this before the recent uprising in Iran, and the massacre of thousands that followed. On @versobooks.bsky.social blog, the talk I gave at @histmat.bsky.social-London conference in November 2025. "Notes On Campist Internationalism" www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
- 🌏 What does it mean to return home? Join us for a public conversation with author Tareq Baconi, Dr Mai Taha, and @aycacu.bsky.social on personal and political journeys, displacement and belonging, and identity. 📅 16 Feb | 🕕 6pm | 📍 LSE 🔗https://buff.ly/eJFXV1f #Sociology #HumanRights #memoir
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsJoin us tonight for Sociology of hope, a book talk with Adrián Scribano on hope, revolution, utopia & collective action. ⏰ 6.30pm 📍 Online 🎟️ Free to attend and open to all #LSE #LSESociology
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsThrilled to host Tareq Baconi at @lsesociology.bsky.social & @lsehumanrights.bsky.social soon to discuss his powerful memoir of political and queer awakening, FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION. Space is limited, please register here: www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...
- 📚 Upcoming LSE event Join us for Fire in every direction: A public conversation with Tareq Baconi on identity, displacement, and resistance. 📅 16 Feb | 🕕 6 to 7.30pm | 📍 LSE #Sociology #HumanRights
- Read @margotsalomon.bsky.social from @lselaw.bsky.social's latest paper for the Melbourne Journal of International Law.
- I studied the Palestine Question. This is what I wrote. law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/asset...
- @aycacu.bsky.social co-convened the Historical Materialism conference's roundtable on the question of internationalism. Watch the session 👉 www.youtube.com/live/qdlUYhI... #HistoricalMaterialism #CriticalTheory #Marxism #Internationalism
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsWe are delighted to welcome @nisrinelamin.bsky.social to LSE tonight as she gives our Annual Human Rights Day Lecture on the politics of hunger in Sudan. #LSEHumanRights #LSEEvents #Sudan
- Join us tonight for 'The politics of hunger in Sudan' with @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social 🕔6.30pm - 8pm 📍LSE Hong Kong Theatre & online #LSEEvents
- What role does the issue of race play in understanding the question of Palestine? Join @aycacu.bsky.social next month at this @LSELaw event, which will focus on the colonisation of Palestine as something which cannot be understood outside the grammar of race. 📆 Tuesday 2 December
- Anarchism has had a more powerful impact on political life than most people realise. What are the roots of this radical tradition? How has it had this impact? And what is the contemporary case for embracing it? Join the Ralph Miliband Programme at this event next week 👇
- Millions face starvation in Sudan. @nisrinelamin.bsky.social joins us next week to speak on who profits from hunger and who sustains the ongoing war in Sudan. 🎟️ Open to all and free to attend | register now buff.ly/Db9WO54 #LSEEvents #Sudan
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsWhy is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger? Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine. 🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm 📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online #LSEEvents #Sudan
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsOur CRICA PhD programme rethinks how inclusion is created, practiced, and experienced in the arts, and prepares new scholars to make the creative sector and academia more accessible. Attend our Virtual Graduate Open Day to find out more 💻 buff.ly/JiKSJko 📅 21 Nov | 3pm
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsHonoured to be hosting the incredible Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social next month at LSE - join us for this important lecture on December 3
- What do neoliberalism, US aid, and Gulf land grabs have to do with hunger in Sudan? @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan 🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm 🎟️ register to join us in-person or online #LSEEvents #Sudan
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsFriends and colleagues in Berlin, this is happening next month (I hope) at FU-Berlin. Please register soon if you would like to attend as space is limited. @robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsI’ll be in London in two weeks to talk about the politics of hunger in Sudan. I’d love to see some of my London fam (not necessarily for the talk :))
- Why is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger? Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine. 🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm 📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online #LSEEvents #Sudan
- Why is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger? Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine. 🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm 📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online #LSEEvents #Sudan
- Next week, Chetan Bhatt joins Larry Kramer to discuss the challenges posed by the age of polarisation for on-campus interactions, including within the classroom. The "Universities in the age of polarisation" event series is open to all LSE staff and students.
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsWe're delighted to be joined this evening by Vjosa Musliu as she discusses her new book, Girlhood at War. The semi-autobiographical book follows the story of a young girl through the Kosovo War. #LSESociology #LSEHumanRights #Kosovo
- What do neoliberalism, US aid, and Gulf land grabs have to do with hunger in Sudan? @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan 🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm 🎟️ register to join us in-person or online #LSEEvents #Sudan
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsWednesday 3 December – @nisrinelamin.bsky.social will situate Sudan’s famine within a broader historical context of neoliberal restructuring, US aid policies, foreign land investments & resource extractivism. Hosts @lsehumanrights.bsky.social & @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-p...
- 📢 Upcoming event | “The politics of hunger in Sudan” with @nisrinelamin.bsky.social. We'll look at how war, foreign investment & extractivism are deepening famine in a country rich in resources. 🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm 📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online #LSEEvents #Sudan
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsAre you looking to pursue a fully-funded PhD programme in Sociology, exploring inclusive cultural practices and their impact on societal and economic changes? Apply to join us in 2026! Applications close Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsFunded by the AHRC Doctoral Focal Award, the programme is a collaboration with The University of Roehampton and performing and participatory arts partners. It focuses on the intersection of disability and the creative economy, supporting research into cultural practices.
- Join us tonight for the launch of Vjosa Musliu's new book, Girlhood At War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo. 🕔5pm-6.30pm 📍OLD 3.24, Old Building 🎟️Free and open to all! 🔗
- Join us tonight for our roundtable discussion on migrant solidarity, supported through The Migrant Scholars Global Solidarity and Resistance network. 🕔6pm-7.30pm 📍OLD 3.24, Old Building 🎟️Free and open to all! 🔗
- 🌎 Join us next week for Migrant Solidarity Day at LSE Sociology! 🎨 Poster-making | 4.15pm to 5.30pm 💬 Roundtable | 6pm to 7.30pm 📍 OLD.3.24, LSE Old Building Drop in to take part in creative action and critical discussion on migrant solidarity.
- Join us next week for the book launch 'Girlhood at War'. The book explores how war, girlhood & post-conflict identity intersect from a semi-autobiographical perspective. Find out more and register below⬇️
- 🎨 Join us for a poster-making session to mark Migrant Solidarity Day at LSE Sociology! Drop in, get creative, and collaborate! 📅 Tuesday 11 Nov 🕓 4.15–5.30pm 📍 OLD.3.24, LSE Old Building
- 📚 Join us at LSE on 12 Nov for the launch of Girlhood At War by Vjosa Musliu — a semi-autobiographical account of growing up during the Kosovo war. #LSESociology #LSEHumanRights
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsWe're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology. 📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025. ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
- 💬 We're celebrating Migrant Solidarity Day with a roundtable on academic freedom and migrant solidarity. Join our panellists from AVID, LSESU, and LSE Geography as they speak on solidarity and resistance. 📅 Tuesday 11 Nov 🕕 6–7.30pm 📍 LSE
- We're delighted to welcome Professor Anthony Bogues to LSE tonight! Drawing from various radical anti-colonial thinkers, his talk will posit a history of liberalism and its deep relationship to illiberalism, raising questions of the figure of the human and of life itself.
- 🎙️Join us today for a timely discussion on "Illiberalism, War, Violence and Authoritarianism" — exploring the global rise of authoritarian politics and its human rights implications. 🕔5pm to 6.30pm 📍OLD 3.24, LSE Old Building 🔗 buff.ly/6slLlih #LSEHumanRights #LSESociology
- 💭What does liberation look like through the eyes of a young girl in wartime Kosovo? Vjosa Musliu & Piro Rexhepi will be joining us for this book launch and a compelling conversation. 📅 Nov 12 | 🕔 5pm | Find out more and register here
- 💭 Are we witnessing the end of neoliberalism? Next week, we'll be joined by Professor Anthony Bogues as he explores the deep ties between liberalism and illiberalism, and the figure of the human in today’s world. 🔗 buff.ly/6slLlih #LSEHumanRights #LSESociology
- 📣 Celebrate Migrant Solidarity Day with LSE Sociology! 📅 Tuesday 11 Nov 📍 OLD.3.24, LSE Old Building 🎨 Poster-making session 🕓 4.15–5.30pm 💬 Roundtable discussion 🕕 6–7.30pm Join us in creative action and critical conversation on migrant justice.
- 📣 Upcoming book launch: Girlhood at War. Join us for the launch of Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo by Vjosa Musliu, exploring war, memory & liberation in Kosovo. 📅 Nov 12 | 🕔 5pm to 6.30pm | 📍 LSE
- The award-winning Black Atlantic exhibition is at LSE! The exhibition tells the stories that have been silenced from history. It shows how through resisting colonial slavery, people produced new cultures known as the Black Atlantic. On display in the Marshall Building all October.
- @aycacu.bsky.social was quoted in @WSJ.com: “It’s in the tradition of this country to protest for justice, to engage in acts of civil disobedience.” buff.ly/l50tQky
- Polarisation has long shaped human life, but today’s divisions feel deeper and more widespread – driven by globalisation, technology, politics, and wider change. This academic year, Larry Kramer will host an event series for students and staff exploring these themes.
- 🗺️ How can we better understand how borders are connected to inequalities? Should we re-evaluate how we think about borders altogether? And what will the future of borders look like? Join @afsee-lse.bsky.social this Thursday to discuss borders in a changing world. ⏰ 6.30pm to 8pm 📍 Old Theatre
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference! The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field. Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025. www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
- How can those who oppose neoliberal capitalism, colonialism, and neofascism overcome divisions to build for fundamental social transformation? Join Professor John Chalcraft on 15 October for the launch of his new book, which aims to offer an answer to this vexing question.
- In this paper by @aycacu.bsky.social on moral judgment and genocide in Palestine, Arendt and Scott are brought into dialogue to confront the ethics of responsibility, complicity, and redress in our present. Read the full article here ⬇️
- 📢 Don’t miss Professor Anthony Bogues at LSE! Drawing on radical anti-colonial thought, he’ll unpack how liberalism’s history shapes today’s authoritarian turn. 🗓️ Wed 22 Oct | 🕔 5pm to 6.30pm | 📍 OLD.3.24 🔗 buff.ly/6slLlih #LSEHumanRights #LSESociology
- 🗞️ Dr Mai Taha's research traces the role of Palestinian women in sustaining the 1930's Arab Revolt. She argues that during wartime their homes were revolutionary spaces, but the domestic nature means it is overlooked by traditional accounts. Read more in LSE Research for the World👇
- 📣Upcoming event: Illiberalism, war, violence and authoritarianism: the current conjuncture This talk will posit a history of liberalism's deep relationship to illiberalism, raising questions of the figure of the human and of life itself. 📅 Wed 22 Oct, 5pm 📍LSE More info➡️
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsI wrote an essay, "A Manifest Evil? On Palestine, Judgement, and Justice" for the Journal of Genocide Studies.. Thanks to Dirk Moses for editing the roundtable on Gaza and Genocide Studies where it appears. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Professor Francesca Klug was quoted in an article by @theobserveruk.bsky.social on how 'the war over human rights' is being used as a political scapegoat in UK immigration debates. Read the article here:
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE. 📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE. 📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsFriends in NYC: Vasuki Nesiah, Tony Alessandrini, Gary Wilder and I will be holding a public conversation at CUNY Graduate Center on "The Question of Internationalism Today" on Sept 18, at 5 pm. Please join the discussion. @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
- This lecture draws on five years of ethnographic and archival research into South Asian migration to the UK, interrogating the whitewashing of British queer history and the heteronormative framing of migrant histories. 📆 24 September, 5.30pm to 7.00pm
- Discover cutting-edge LSE research transforming our world. 🌍 Sign up for our online magazine, Research for the World, and explore insights shaping our future. Subscribe here: buff.ly/tjdKiTc
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights🚨 Save the date for The British Journal of Sociology Conference 2026 🚨 We're delighted to confirm that the @bjsociology.bsky.social conference will return next year at LSE. More details, including how to submit a paper for consideration, will be announced soon.
- Reposted by LSE Human Rights"Before the policy, social housing made up 31% of overall housing tenure in England. Today it is 16%, causing council housing waiting lists and homelessness to surge." 📰 Read @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the enduring impact of Thatcher's Right to Buy policy.
- What does it mean to access housing under a hostile environment? What do the structural and systemic barriers look like on the ground, and how are communities resisting them? Read PhD researcher rémy-paulin twahirwa's article on a recent LSE Homelessness Initiative event ⬇️
- 📖New publication: @aycacu.bsky.social's chapter "David Graeber's Contributions to Anthropology: The Anthropology of Human Possibilities" is out now in French. 🔗https://presses.univ-lyon2.fr/product/show/9782729714734/penser-et-agir-avec-david-graeber
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsRead MSc student Agit Karatas's article for @lsehumanrights.bsky.social, which reflects on the Kurdish movement’s cautious optimism in the face of evolving Turkey–Öcalan talks and historic pan-Kurdish dialogue. buff.ly/RTanXF2
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsRead MSc student Agit Karatas's article for @lsehumanrights.bsky.social, which reflects on the Kurdish movement’s cautious optimism in the face of evolving Turkey–Öcalan talks and historic pan-Kurdish dialogue. blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsOut now in French, with a chapter from me on #DavidGraeber's Anthrology of Human Possibilities. @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social
- 📣 Student Volunteering Opportunity: Post Pals 📝 Help ‘post a smile on a child’s face’ by sending a card or letter to seriously ill children and their siblings. 📆 28 July, 12pm to 2pm buff.ly/ElMHfpL
- Initiatives to redress the impacts of colonialism operate in varied social and political contexts. This @lseimpactblog.bsky.social article presents a new project which aims to utilise machine learning tools to create resources and networks for movements across Europe. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
- Register for @africaatlse.bsky.social's "The Africa Rising Symposium", a thought leadership platform dedicated to shaping the conversations that matter most to Africa’s future. 📆 Saturday 19 July www.lse.ac.uk/africa/event...
- 📣 Student Volunteering Opportunity: Knitting for Syria 🧶 This creative session is dedicated to knitting warm items which will be shared on-the-ground support for civilians in Syria who are displaced as a result of conflict. 📆 16 July, 2pm to 4pm buff.ly/ElMHfpL
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsRead MSc student Agit Karatas's article for @lsehumanrights.bsky.social, which reflects on the Kurdish movement’s cautious optimism in the face of evolving Turkey–Öcalan talks and historic pan-Kurdish dialogue.
- 📢 Calling at postgraduate students - the PGT survey closes this Sunday! 📅 Your feedback plays a key role in shaping your experience at LSE – from teaching and assessments to student support and community life, both within the Department of Sociology and across the wider School. buff.ly/BjoqjYH
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsCRICA will be funded to train a new generation of scholars, performance artists and change makers. Their research will help shape the future of the arts industry, and will pave the way for wider adoption of inclusive cultures and practices across the creative economy.
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsThe new programme, named the Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts (CRICA), was created by the two universities, following their receipt of a highly competitive Doctoral Focal Award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
- Reposted by LSE Human RightsWe're excited to announce that a new PhD programme addressing vital issues of inclusivity within the creative economy has been created by the Department of Sociology at LSE and the University of Roehampton.
- In our latest #LSEHumanRights blog, current MSc student Agit Karatas reflects on the Kurdish movement’s cautious optimism in the face of evolving Turkey–Öcalan talks and historic pan-Kurdish dialogue. blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
- 📣 Student Volunteering Opportunity: The Onion Garden is a sustainable community urban garden located in the heart of Westminster. Sign up to help support the existence of green spaces in London. 📆 10 July, 1pm to 3pm buff.ly/ElMHfpL
- In our latest blog, Simon Brand discusses how City of Grants Pass v. Johnson and a recent Housing and Urban Development Report signal major problems within U.S. society. blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
- In his second term, Donald Trump aims to dismantle US social welfare programmes despite public need. In our latest blog post, Jalyn Shahid-EL examines how the cuts disproportionately impact low-income Americans, particularly rural white voters. blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
- In our latest blog, Elizabeth García examines how Nayib Bukele's efforts to deliver on election promises in El Salvador have led to severe human rights violations and reshaped security policy across Latin America. blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...
