Forthcoming events

‘Politics and the Male Hero’s Journey: Ideological Entrepreneurs, Reactionary intellectuals and Digital Politics’

An online talk by Professor Alan Finlayson (University of East Anglia)

Chair: Dr Jilly Kay (Loughborough University)

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The Media and Gender research group and the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (Loughborough University) are pleased to host an online seminar with Professor Alan Finlayson

Alan Finalyson is Professor of Political and Social Theory at the University of East Anglia. His research combines contributions to the development of democratic political and cultural theory with the theoretical and historical analysis and interpretation of the ideologies that shape British political culture, political economy and 'governmentality'. As part of this work he has developed particular expertise in the theoretical and practical study of political rhetoric, a field which - in the form of Rhetorical Political Analysis - he has done much to establish within British Political Studies.

Prof. Finlayson was PI on the AHRC funded research project "Political Ideology, Rhetoric and Aesthetics in the Twenty-First Century: The Case of the 'Alt-Right'" from 2018-2021. This three-year research project examined how digital platform technologies are transforming the ways in which political ideas are formed and circulated and how this affects our relationship with our political beliefs and with their argumentative expression. He was also PI on the AHRC-funded research project "Our Subversive Voice? The history and politics of English protest music".

Alan is Chair of the Editorial Board of Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy; co-editor of the Palgrave book series Rhetoric, Politics and Society; co-founder and Treasurer of the Rhetoric and Politics Group of the UK Political Studies Association and on the board of the Rhetoric Society of Europe. He has contributed political commentary and analysis for print, broadcast and online media including The Guardian, Open Democracy and The London Review of Books.

Past events

‘Care: critical dialogues and transdisciplinary approaches’: a one-day symposium

With keynote Prof Jo Littler (Goldsmiths University), and invited speakers Dr Hannah Hamad (Cardiff University), Dr Kristina Saunders (University of Glasgow) and Alison Pilnick (Manchester Metropolitan University)

June 13, Loughborough University and online. Details here

Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt: a roundtable discussion

Tue 25th June 2024 2:00PM-4.30PM (BST)

Room B114, Brockington Building, Loughborough University, UK, LE11 3TU

Speakers include: Sarah Banet-Weiser (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania), Kathryn Claire Higgins (Goldsmiths), Hannah Hamad (Cardiff), Jilly Boyce Kay (Loughborough), Sarita Malik (Brunel), and Tanya Serisier (Birkbeck)

Chair: Eleanor Kilroy (Loughborough University)

The #MeToo movement created more opportunities for women to speak up about sexual assault. But we are also living in a time when “fake news” and “alternative facts” call into question the very nature of truth. This troubling paradox is at the heart of this crucial new book.

In this hybrid roundtable discussion, the book's authors will be in dialogue with feminist scholars who will reflect on the significance of this landmark book for their own work, as well as for feminist media and cultural studies more broadly.

Details here.

Safiye Noble: ‘Taking on big tech: new paradigms for new possibilities’. December 2020.

Feminism and the Politics of ‘Resilience’ by Angela McRobbie: a panel discussion

The Media and Gender group was delighted to host a special event on the new book by Angela McRobbie, featuring talks by the author, as well as responses from Kim Allen, Hannah Hamad, Melanie Kennedy, and Catherine Rottenberg. Introduced by Jilly Kay.