Leaders in SHAPE
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Professor Conor Gearty meets the most influential figures within and beyond academia, shaping the fields of social sciences, humanities and the arts.
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Tristram Hunt
May 11, 2021 10:14 - 44 minutes - 102 MBDirector of the V&A and former Labour MP Tristram Hunt joins Conor Gearty to discuss his life and career. Tristram Hunt is the Director of the V&A – the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance. Since taking up the post in 2017, Hunt has championed design education in UK schools, encouraged debate around the history of the museum’s global collections and overseen the transition to a multi-site museum, with V&A Dundee, the redesign of the Museum of Childhood, and the de...
Laura Bates
April 27, 2021 15:34 - 43 minutes - 99 MBPlease be aware that this episode discusses topics such as online abuse and sexual violence, which some might find triggering. Bestselling writer and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project Laura Bates joins Conor Gearty to discuss her life and career. Laura Bates founded the Everyday Sexism Project in 2012, creating a website where women could share stories of sexism from street harassment and workplace discrimination to sexual assault and rape. A viral sensation, the project has ...
Philippe Sands
March 02, 2021 17:02 - 44 minutes - 103 MBAcademic and barrister Philippe Sands joins Conor Gearty to discuss his life and career. Philippe Sands is Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London and a practicing barrister at Matrix Chambers. He frequently appears before international courts, including the International Criminal Court and the World Court in The Hague, and has been involved in many of the most important cases of recent years, including Pinochet, Rwanda, Iraq and Guantanamo. Sands ...
Judith Butler
February 09, 2021 13:03 - 44 minutes - 82 MBRenowned philosopher and cultural theorist Judith Butler joins Conor Gearty to discuss their life and career.
Hermione Lee
December 08, 2020 16:22 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MBLiterary biographer and academic Hermione Lee joins Conor Gearty to discuss her work and latest book Tom Stoppard: A Life. SHAPE (Social sciences, humanities & the arts for people and the economy) is a new collective name for those subjects that help us understand ourselves, others and the human world around us.