Date: September 18th, 2014
Duration: 46:18
Location: Iscte
Organization:  Cies_iscte, Emigration Observatory and Rede Migra.

In this lecture given by Professor Michael Skey, the concept of cosmopolitanism, and the importance of the existence of the nation in the struggle for a sense of belonging, identity and security in today's global context is addressed and questioned. To this end, two macro-sociological perspectives are addressed: orthological security and (rational) everyday life versus the status of the ethnic majority; the conditions of belonging are also questioned and defined. 

About the speaker:

Michael Skey is a professor of sociology at Loughborough University. Previously he was Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of East Anglia and has also taught sociology at UEL and the University of Leicester. He received his PhD from the Department of Media and Communication at the London School of Economics in October 2008. Her research interests focus on the areas of national belonging, globalization, sociology of everyday life, media events and rituals, mediatization, sport and discourse theory.