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Davina Cooper
@davinacooper.bsky.social
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Research prof in law & political theory, KCL; interdisciplinary scholar currently working on gender politics, utopianism, speculative law, and conceptual activism; books include: Feeling like a State, and Everyday Utopias
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Davina Cooper @davinacooper.bsky.social · 8d
so pleased to see these articles by Dan Swain, Flora Renz, Kimberly Hutchings, Martin Coward and Debbie Lisle, and Maša Mrovlje... with more to follow
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Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · 10d
Articles for the Special Issue on Utopia and Failure are now available on FirstView in the European Journal of Social Theory

See Irretrievable failure: Life in the ruins of utopian dreaming by
Martin Coward and Debbie Lisle

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Davina Cooper @davinacooper.bsky.social · 29d
Are there good reasons to hold onto legal sex status, and what is happening with feminist politics in Britain, discussing this on Australia’s The philosopher’s zone, ABC, with David Rutledge, www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Is it time to get rid of legal gender status? - ABC listen
Most of us have Male or Female registered on our birth certificates - but what does this certification mean, in terms of its effect on our lives? There are many other things about us that have at leas...
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Davina Cooper @davinacooper.bsky.social · Sep 7
In these grim times, can utopianism benefit from failure? - interesting blog posts from the AHRC utopia and failure network, failingbetter.sps.ed.ac.uk
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The School of Social and Political Science is one of the leading schools of social science in the UK. We provide an outstanding educational environment for our students and support the highest-quality...
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Davina Cooper @davinacooper.bsky.social · May 20
Ben Anderson will be giving a lecture at KCL (London) on 30th June at 6pm, I'm very pleased to say. It's on "the politics of feeling in crisis times". Do register if you're interested in attending and please reshare.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
The Politics of Feeling in Crisis Times
Join for the Public Lecture on the Politics of Feeling in Crisis Times: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism
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Davina Cooper @davinacooper.bsky.social · May 20
I am delighted Sylvia Walby will be giving a public lecture on the concept of society on 24th June at 5pm (at KCL), part of King's international interdisciplinary summer residence. If you'd like to come, please register on eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-a...
Thinking about the concept of society
Public lecture with Prof Sylvia Walby
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Davina Cooper @davinacooper.bsky.social · Apr 15
An interesting and important piece of research open.substack.com/pub/worldwit...
Imperfect Utopias: What might the future be if we have to share it with ‘them’?
By Andrew McCartan and Kath Browne
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