Trevelyan College Senior Common Room and in partnership with the al-Sabah Programme’ launched a major new Lecture Series called 'The Global Dynamics Lecture Series' in 2023/2024.
Over the last two years around half the world’s population has had the opportunity to participate in a series of national, local, provincial, presidential and parliamentary elections. While some, Russia for example, have been little more than show elections, and while in some others countries elections have not changed the political landscape of the country concerned, Türkiye and Iran for example, in many others national elections have proved to be decisive, indeed consequential. But the coverage of these important elections have been patchy and insufficient to provide interested parties with an in-depth understanding of the electoral process, an explanation of the outcome of these elections, and their meaning in domestic and foreign policy terms. The Trevelyan College’s new season of Global Dynamics Lecture Series, hosted by the College’s Senior Common Room and in partnership with the al-Sabah Programme, intends to address this apparent gap by focusing on elections in five important cases of the United States, the United Kingdom, EU elections, India, and Mexico in 2024, each ‘historic’ in its own right.
All lectures are free to attend and all are welcome, booking is advised.
29 October 2024 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
We will be welcoming the country’s most authoritative commentator and expert on British electoral politics to kick off our series with an in-depth investigation of July 2024’s UK general election. This lecture will be particularly important in helping us to arrive at a deeper understanding of the electoral process in the case of the UK and thus help us understand the policy implications of Labour’s sweeping victory and its impact on the political system and on our lives.
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3 December 2024 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
Europe has been in electoral turmoil for some time, but elections since 2023/4 have arguably been far more consequential than expected. In this session we will be hosting Dr Lorimer, who is an authority on populism and elections in Europe, to discuss the Right in Europe and how influential these forces may be in shaping the continent’s political landscape.
4 February 2025 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
Of all the elections taking place around the world these days, perhaps the US one has attracted most attention, and also concern, depending on one’s point of view. Well, we have been through the election and witnessed what transpired on 5th November 2024 and have had time to digest its outcome and America’s and the world’s response to it. But we need to know more. So, in this session we will learning from one of Europe’s greatest commentators on the US, Professor Lucas, who will be analysing the results of the election and its domestic and foreign policy implications.
4 March 2025 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
India is said to be the world’s largest democracy, but we in the UK know little about its electoral process, let alone the political dynamics of the country in which religion, ethnicity and ideology continue to play such an important part. In this lecture a closer observer of India, Dr Nag, will explore the implications of Modi’s re-election in 2024 and what his trimmed majority will mean for India and for foreign relations.
6 May 2025 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
We in this country rarely pay sufficient attention to the process of political change in Latin America and sadly Mexico tends to be ignored by virtually all of our mainstream media. Last year’s presidential election has drawn some attention because of the candidates’ gender arguably, but there is so much more in political and policy terms to the recent election, which needs to be brought to the attention of our commentaries. So, in this session one of the country’s best regarded authorities on Mexican politics, Dr Aguilar, will focus our minds on the changes in motion in that important Latin American country.
For further information please contact trevelyan.explore@durham.ac.uk
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