{"id":1615,"date":"2015-10-11T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2016-02-11T11:16:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T11:16:23","slug":"corbyn-and-charisma-november-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/?p=1615","title":{"rendered":"Corbyn and Charisma &#8211; November 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Che-Corbyn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1605\" src=\"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Che-Corbyn-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Che-Corbyn\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Che-Corbyn-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Che-Corbyn.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Corbyn and Charisma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A seminar presented by the Centre for Cultural Studies Research, University of East London<\/p>\n<p>In the era of celebrity culture and personality politics, &#8216;charisma&#8217; seems to be more important than ever. But what is it? Is it real a quality which some individuals possess, or is it just an accidental function of social situations? Does Jeremy Corbyn lack it, or is his very lack of polish what drew so many to support his bid for leadership of the Labour Party? What does this all tell us about the future of British politics and culture?<\/p>\n<p>with<br \/>\n<strong>Lisa Baraitser<\/strong>, Reader in Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck, author of\u00a0<em>Maternal Encounters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Fisher<\/strong>, Lecturer in Visual Culture, Goldsmiths, author of\u00a0<em>Capitalist Realism<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Ghosts of My Life<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeremy Gilbert<\/strong>, Professor of Cultural and Politica Theory, UEL, author of\u00a0<i>Common Ground<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zoe Williams<\/strong>,\u00a0<i>Guardian\u00a0<\/i>journalist and author of\u00a0<em>Get it Together: Why We Deserve Better Politics\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>WHEN-\u00a0<time class=\"clrfix\">Wednesday, 18 November 2015 from 14:00 to 17:00 (GMT)\u00a0<\/time><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>WHERE &#8211; Athlone Room,Senate House \u00a0London, \u00a0WC1E 7HU<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Free event, all welcome, book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/corbyn-and-charisma-tickets-19294422136\">HERE<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corbyn and Charisma A seminar presented by the Centre for Cultural Studies Research, University of East London In the era of celebrity culture and personality politics, &#8216;charisma&#8217; seems to be more important than ever. But what is it? Is it real a quality which some individuals possess, or is it just an accidental function of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/?p=1615\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Corbyn and Charisma &#8211; November 2015<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturalstudiesresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}