Bauman Memorial Lecture 2025: 'Global Dignity and Seeing Others'

Date
14 May 2025
Time
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location
Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre
Cost
Free
Type
Lectures and seminars
Audience
Alumni, Staff and students, General public

World-leading social thinker Michele Lamont presents a free public lecture in honour of the centenary of Zygmunt Bauman.

Book your place for the 2025 Bauman Memorial Lecture, titled ‘Global Dignity and ‘Seeing Others’, taking place in the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre on campus.

Professor Michèle Lamont, of Harvard University, will discuss how young workers in the USA and UK are seeking recognition through politics; how indigenous people in Canada and Micronesia are seeking recognition through environmental justice; and the challenge of seeking recognition where it’s impossible to obtain.