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Centre for Political Ethnography (CPE)

Centre for Political Ethnography (CPE)

News and events

Learn more about our latest news and events.

Short Course: Political Ethnography

We’re pleased to share that Dr. Mariana Borges, co-director of the Centre for Political Ethnography, will be delivering a short in-person course through the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) titled “Political Ethnography”.

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Call for Submissions: CPE Workshop 2025

The Centre for Political Ethnography (CPE) is pleased to announce a call for submissions for our first annual workshop, taking place on July 2nd, 2025, at the University of Southampton.

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New Podcast Feature – The Art and Craft of Comparison with John Boswell and Jack Corbett

CPE member Professor John Boswell recently appeared on the New Books Network podcast alongside Professor Jack Corbett to discuss their co-authored book with Professor Rod Rhodes, The Art and Craft of Comparison (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Listen to the episode here

How Walls Become Doorways: Making Mass Incarceration in Brazil

Centre for Political Ethnography talk by Prof. Graham Denyer Willis (Cambridge University) about the crisis of mass incarceration in Brazil.

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Lagoon Ethnography: More-Than-Human Relations and Environmental Activism in Okinawa

Lunch talk and discussion with Dr. Marius Palz, University of Oxford, hosted by the Centre for Political Ethnography. Lunch will be provided.

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