Podcast “Thinking Globally” – Patrick Vernon

In this episode of the Thinking Global podcast, Dr. Patrick J. Vernon (@paddyjvernon) chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) on queer international relations, how it intersects with this election, queer epistemology, their most recent work The coloniality of humanitarian interventionand more. This is the third episode in our special series on the 2024 UK General Election, releasing a new episode each day in the week leading up to the election on 4th July.^th election.

Patrick J. Vernon. Patrick is a Lecturer in Gender and War Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. His research focuses on the role of sexist, sexual and racialised representations in security discourses and practices. He has a particular interest in the study of political violence from the micro to the global level, having studied topics including online abuse, hostile media representations of minority groups, border practices, genocide and humanitarian intervention. Alongside his academic practice, Patrick has an independent creative practice that focuses on engagement with minority communities. Patrick was on the steering group of Bab’s Healing Gardensco-organized and produced by the executive immersion: a celebration of community and belonging Moseley Road Bathsand helped deliver The key to the city And Public trust. Patrick’s current book, The coloniality of humanitarian intervention, examines the practice of humanitarian intervention to explore the extent to which racism and heteronormativity, rooted in colonial conceptions of time and space, are enacted through the UK’s responses, failed responses and non-responses to atrocity crimes.

Finally, this week we have another open letter contest. Entries WILL be read aloud in the next episode as long as they are submitted by Thursday the 4th^th July. Please send your responses by email (300 words maximum) to: thinkingglobal.eir@gmail.com.

How is this UK general election linked to international relations and why?

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