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Professor Jeffrey Alexander to deliver the 2026 Annual Jay Blumler Public Lecture

Donald Trump and the Future of American Democracy

A crowd of people with American flags storm the US Capitol building

Making Sense of Progress and its Discontents: A Symposium on Jeffrey Alexander’s new book, Frontlash/Backlash (Polity, 2025)

This symposium on Prof. Jeffrey Alexander’s new book, Frontlash/Backlash (Polity, 2025), will explore why movements for democratic inclusion so often provoke backlash and fuel political polarization.

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HOLD – BA Fine Art Degree Show 2026

HOLD brings together 34 undergraduate Fine Art students graduating from the University of Leeds this summer.

EPOD 2026 Conference - Beyond the Classroom: The Power of Podcasts in Shaping the Future of Learning and Media

Education through Podcasting (EPOD) is a conference and book series where experts share research and practice on learning through recorded audio, media, and podcasting in educational contexts

LITAC Research Symposium: 18 - 19 June 2026

This flagship interdisciplinary event brings together researchers and students from across the university to showcase research excellence and foster collaboration.

A heavy load: reading domestic work in Ghana through contemporary art and infrastructural critique

Join us for a seminar hosted by the Feminisms Research Group, with speaker Dr Gill Park (Lecturer in Curating and Contemporary Art in the School of Fine Art History of Art and Cultural Studies).

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