Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Four: Time
Primary: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (1974), Chapter 5
Supplementary: George Woodcock, ‘The Tyranny of the Clock’ (1944); Le Guin, ‘Hymn to Time’ in
Late in the Day: Poems 2010-2014 (2015)
Supplementary: George Woodcock, ‘The Tyranny of the Clock’ (1944); Le Guin, ‘Hymn to Time’ in
Late in the Day: Poems 2010-2014 (2015)
The Logic of Party Violence
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Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week Two: Origins, Omelas, Odo
Primary: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (1974), Chapter 2
Supplementary: Le Guin, ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ (1973); Le Guin, ‘The Day Before
the Revolution’ (1974)
Supplementary: Le Guin, ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ (1973); Le Guin, ‘The Day Before
the Revolution’ (1974)
When Criminals Help the State: Winning Hearts and Minds through Facilitation of State Service Provision
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed - Week One: The Wall
Primary: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (1974), Chapter 1
Supplementary: Paul Goodman, ‘Utopian Thinking’ in Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals (1962); Peggy Kornegger, ‘Anarchism: The Feminist Connection’ (1975)
Supplementary: Paul Goodman, ‘Utopian Thinking’ in Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals (1962); Peggy Kornegger, ‘Anarchism: The Feminist Connection’ (1975)
The Logic of Law in the Jihadi Insurgency in Mozambique
Backlash against green energy infrastructure: Experimental survey evidence from France, Germany, Norway, and the UK
As climate mitigation measures become deeper and more ambitious, the distributional effects of the green transition become more pronounced. This increases the potential for green backlash, which existing work has documented for specific policies (such as congestion charges, car-free zones, or carbon taxes) and large renewable energy infrastructure (such as onshore or offshore wind installations).
Democratic resistance to illiberalism in Hungary and Serbia
This seminar will explore democratic opposition resistance to illiberalism in Hungary and Serbia. Drawing on recent civic mobilisations, protest movements in Serbia, and emerging spaces of opposition in both countries, the speakers will examine how citizens and local actors challenge the entrenched systems of Viktor Orbán and Aleksandar Vučić. In a comparative discussion, the seminar will shed light on the forms, limits, and potential of democratic engagement under illiberal rule in contemporary Europe.