Revolutions Past and Present: Their legacy and future

This roundtable discussion discusses the explicitly political role of historians and social scientists in thinking and writing about revolutions past and present.

How does our research contribute to their legacies or inform public debates? What does the victory or the defeat of particular revolutions mean in our world today, and how can reflecting on those help us to imagine alternative futures?

In particular, we will discuss the Arab Spring and the Egyptian Revolution and revisit historic events such as the American Revolution and the Brazil Revolutions.

Featuring contributions from:

• Gilbert Achcar (SOAS)
• Courtney J Campbell (University of Birmingham)
• Tom Cutterham (University of Birmingham)
• Lucie Ryzova (University of Birmingham)

Organised by Ilya Afanasyev and BRIHC.