Blueprints of the Past: Comparing Civic Structures of History

​Join us for an evening of talks on civic structures throughout history, ranging from an analysis of the Roman Republic, legacies of Mycenaean democracy, to takes on the 20th Century.

The aim of the event is to enrich your understanding of why political features of western society are the way they are, and to see if we can predict where we could be going in the future. There will be free drinks throughout, and networking afterwards.

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Dr Harry Willis will be speaking about the lasting effects of Mycenaean democracy on the UK's democratic processes.

​Dr Eric Wycoff-Rogers will be speaking the role of Reform Institutions in shaping everyday life in the United States.

​Hannah O'Rourke will be talking about people led prefigurative structures before the welfare state.

Dr. Lise Butler will be talking about how by major political parties have used the language of democracy in late twentieth century Britain.

Bella Roberts (ANTIPARTY) will be speaking about the structural failures of political parties to represent people in the UK.

Andy McDonald (Newspeak House) will be speaking about the legacy of the political infrastructure of the Roman Republic in the UK & US.

This event was inspired by the How to Roman Republic 101 series on the A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry blog, written by the fantastic Dr. Bret C. Devereaux.