The Imagination: A universal process of knowledge?

This conference considers the imagination as a human faculty both as an object of anthropological investigation and as a technique for approaching reality.

Of Cosmopolitanism and Cosmologies

Dr Huon Wardle delivers keynote address on cosmopolitanism, social ontology and subjectivity at the 2nd Joint Biennial Conference of the Czech and Slovak Anthropology Associations.

Liberalism and anthropology: Convergences and divergences

Aleksander Boskovic asks whether a more individualistic approach could help understand patterns that shaped the development of anthropology within three very different national traditions.

Annual Conference: “Urban Times”

This conference focuses on the analytical potentials of conjoining the notions of ’urban’ and ’time’ in a conceptual assemblage for exploring the predicaments, anxieties and challenges of social life in diverse cities throughout the world.

‘Meet the Author’: Mohsin Hamid

The Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies is pleased to present the author of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”, shortlisted for the Booker-Man Prize.

“Atonement” and its Discontents

The Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies is pleased to offer an opportunity to discuss with Dr Mitsui her recent research on cosmopolitanism in Japan in the context of the culture of the Second World War.