The Contested Conjuncture – Authoritarian Populism and Progressive Possibilities

Co-convened by The Stuart Hall Foundation, Birmingham University, Soundings: A journal of politics and culture and Identities: Global studies in culture and power, this one day symposium assesses the present 'conjuncture': critically analysing the history and condition of the Labour party and wider labour movement in Britain; the political consequences of national and global social, economic, and ecological crises; and the nature of hegemonic, dominant and emergent political projects.

Speakers include:

John Cruddas, MP; Jeremy Gilbert; Jo Littler; Bill Schwarz; David Featherstone; Aaron Winter; Montel Gordon; Les Back; Adam Elliott-Cooper
Panel 3: convened by the Journal Identities: Global studies in culture and power

In the spirit of Stuart Hall’s approach to scholarship, critique and engagement, this session convenes a panel of speakers from Sociology at the University of Glasgow and the journal Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, to connect discussion of ‘conjunctures’ to contemporary crises and their respective terrain of struggle, in policing the crisis in the 21st century (Montel Gordon), class and everyday life (Kirsteen Paton), populism and the far right (Aaron Winter), and articulations of resistance in music (Les Back).

Les Back, University of Glasgow, 'Music and Articulations of Resistance'

Montel Gordon, University of Glasgow, 'Black Youth, Education, and Incarceration'

Kirsteen Paton, University of Glasgow, 'Urban Restructuring, Class and Everyday Life'

Aaron Winter, Lancaster University, 'Racism, Populism and the Far Right'

Chaired by Nasar Meer