Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance
The Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is a University designated Centre of Research Excellence
Podcasts
Watch Professor Tania Li's keynote lecture 'To Make Live or Let Die'
In this keynote lecture, given as part of CCIG Forum 10, Professor Tania Li discusses the productive ways in which the notion of biopolitics (as the governance of life itself) can be positively utilised to enhance and sustain the lives of populations in the developing world.
To Make Live or Let Die? An interview with Tania Li
After her excellent keynote lecture within CCIG Forum 10, Tania Li from the University of Toronto gave an interview to Janet Newman regarding her c
Walled States, Waning Sovereignty: Professor Wendy Brown Keynote Lecture
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, dozens of walls have been erected between and within nation-states. Why? What are these walls doing--materially, performatively, symbolically? What is their relationship to the erosion of state sovereignty? What is the nature of state and popular investments in them, especially when they don't 'work'?
The Imaginary Geographies of the War on Terror - Angharad Closs Stephens Seminar
In this seminar, Angharad Closs Stephens from the Department of Geography at Durham University critically considers debates about the 'war on terror' and its imaginary geographies.
Citizenship in the 'In-Between City' - Patricia Wood Seminar
In this seminar, co-hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance and the OpenSpace Research Centre, Dr Patricia Wood from the Department of Geography at York University in Toronto, Canada explores citizenship in the 'in-between city'.
Do all children really have the right to know their origins? - Professor Jane Fortin Seminar
Professor Jane Fortin from The University of Sussex gives a talk around the legal histories of children’s rights in relation to knowing their origins, as part of CCIG Forum 5 (10 June 2009).
Citizen Interrupted – Helen Hamer Seminar
Helen Hamer from The University of Auckland outlines her recent research on the relationships of citizenship and mental health as part of CCIG Forum 5 (10 June 2009).
Autonomy-Relatedness Dynamics across Cultures - Professor Çiğdem Kağitçibaşi Seminar
In this podcast from CCIG Forum 3 (7 April 2009) Professor Çiğdem Kağitçibaşi of Koç University, Istanbul, gives a seminar on autonomy and relatedness in different cultural contexts.
Family Meanings
This audio recording is drawn from material for the Open University undergraduate course Family Meanings (D270), and will be of widespread interest to people teaching and researching in family studies and sociology. The audio discussion revolves around the pros and cons of different ways of conceptualising families and relationships.
Citizenship Studies: An Agenda - Professor Engin Isin 2007 Public Lecture
Reflecting in part on the 10-year anniversary of the journal Citizenship Studies, in this public lecture Professor Engin Isin suggests that an agenda of research dialogue across the conceptual and empirical areas of citizenship, identities and governance might be fruitfully explored through a focus on rights and responsibilities.