Contemporary Political Thought Seminars

Lent Term 2026

The seminars take place in odd weeks of term at 1– 2.30pm in the Webb Library in Jesus College. All participants are invited to coffee and tea after the seminar. All are welcome, there is no need to register and there is no pre-circulated paper.

23 January

Fertility interventions: Should the state pay?

Giulia Cavaliere, UCL

6 February

Gender identity, Ethical FPA and the human right to freedom of conscience

Kerri Woods, University of Leeds

20 February

When the Rain Starts to Pour: Luck, Relationships, and the Good Life

Patrick Tomlin, University of Warwick

6 March

Meditations on a Politics of Futurity: Black Feminist Repertoires for Worldbuilding

Deva Woodly, Brown University

If you have any questions, please contact one of the convenors, Clare Chambers, Faculty of Philosophy (cec66@cam.ac.uk) or Tobias Müller, CRASSH and POLIS (tm498@cam.ac.uk).

Organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge.