Contemporary Political Thought Seminars

Michaelmas Term 2025

The seminars take place every second Friday in term time from 1– 2:30pm in the Erasmus Room, Queens’ College, Cambridge. The Erasmus Room can be accessed via Pump Court, next to Cloister Court on the College’s main site. 

All participants are invited to coffee and tea after the seminar. Everyone is welcome and there is no need to register.

Date: 10 October 2025

Title: Longtermism, Society and Individuals

Speaker: Nikhil Venkatesh, University of Sheffield

Date: 24 October 2025

Title: Political Imaginaries: Theory and Analysis

Speaker: Sophia Hatzisavvidou, University of Bath

Date: 7 November 2025

Title: War for Animals

Speaker: Josh Milburn, Loughborough University

Date: 21 November 2025

Title: The Importance of Being Grandparents

Speaker: Liam Shields, University of Manchester

If you have any questions, please contact one of the convenors, Sarah Fine, Faculty of Philosophy, or Tobias Müller, CRASSH and POLIS.

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