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Stoke Central and the rise of Ukip

Stoke Central and the rise of Ukip

Professor Linden West was born and brought up in Stoke and has studied the city’s communities. Ahead of the Stoke Central byelection, he asks how has his childhood home become prey […]

07 Feb, 201720 Feb, 2017 Politics, Society
Questions from the foreign media on Brexit

Questions from the foreign media on Brexit

Dr Amelia Hadfield, Director of the Centre for European Studies, looks at how the foreign media reacted to Prime Minister May’s Lancaster House speech.

30 Jan, 201715 Jun, 2021 Politics, Research
Obama’s legacy to the world

Obama’s legacy to the world

Dr Mark Ledwidge, Senior Lecturer in American Studies, reflects on the legacy of Obama’s foreign policy and looks ahead to what we might expect from the leadership of Donald Trump.

19 Jan, 201715 Jun, 2021 Politics, Research
Seasonal satire or self-censorship?

Seasonal satire or self-censorship?

Peter Vujakovic, Professor of Geography in the School of Human and Life Sciences, explores the use of caricatures in media publications during the festive season. 

21 Dec, 201615 Jun, 2021 Geography, Politics, Research
Fidel Castro’s death underlines the importance of continued US-Cuban engagement

Fidel Castro’s death underlines the importance of continued US-Cuban engagement

Dr Steve Long, Senior Lecturer in Modern US Foreign Policy, asks ‘what next for US-Cuban relations?’

02 Dec, 201615 Jun, 2021 Politics, Research
What now for America?

What now for America?

Academics from our Politics and International Relations programme offer their initial thoughts on Donald Trump winning the 2016 US Presidential election.

09 Nov, 201615 Jun, 2021 Politics, Research
The election of Donald Trump and our wishful Utopias

The election of Donald Trump and our wishful Utopias

On the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia, Dr David Hitchcock considers his vision of a perfect society compared to US President-elect Trump’s ideal version of a Utopian society.

09 Nov, 201615 Jun, 2021 History, Politics, Research
‘Is it all the media’s fault?’ – post-truth politics and the media in a digital age

‘Is it all the media’s fault?’ – post-truth politics and the media in a digital age

Dr Agnes Gulyas, Reader in Digital Transformations, looks at the role the media play in politics, focusing on the current US Presidential election. 

24 Oct, 201615 Jun, 2021 Media, Politics, Research
Cartography and the Kuznetsov

Cartography and the Kuznetsov

As a Russian naval task force enters the English Channel, Dr Alexander Kent, Reader in Cartography and Geographic Information Science and Martin Davis, University Instructor, explain that the maps and charts they will be using owe to a long tradition of mapping Britain in secret.

21 Oct, 201615 Jun, 2021 Geography, Politics, Research1 Comment on Cartography and the Kuznetsov

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