Birkbeck Voices

Demographic research rarely dominates the headlines, but the comparison of the last two censuses has proved to be an exception. In this interview, Professor Eric Kaufmann, of Birkbeck’s Department of Politics, describes his analysis of the figures, w...

Gloria Miqueles – a Chilean activist and Birkbeck alumna – shares her extraordinary and inspirational account of surviving prison and torture during Augusto Pinochet’s brutal regime. She explains her memories of the coup in 1973, and her involvem...

Professor David Latchman, Master of Birkbeck, shares his interest in genetics, findings from his research, and describes the courses on offer through Clearing this August in this 12-minute podcast.

Two prominent politicians from both sides of the House of Commons share their thoughts in a podcast focusing on the role of universities in research, and studying politics at Birkbeck.

Professor Glaucius Oliva, head of the Science without Borders initiative, speaks about his time as a PhD student in the crystallography department at Birkbeck in the 1980s and his future plans for the ambitious Science without Borders programme. Scienc...

Baroness Joan Bakewell, Birkbeck’s new President, talks about the importance of part-time study and her excitement about joining Birkbeck in this 12-minute podcast.

The health of migrants, and the impact of imperialism and racism, are both discussed by the authors of new books in this podcast.

Match-fixing in the beautiful game and Be Birkbeck – a new membership scheme to promote public debate – are both discussed by academics in this podcast.

The history of pain from the 18th century to the modern day and reflections on Barack Obama’s presidency of the US are shared by researchers in this podcast.

Interviewees discuss how the Department of Politics celebrated its 40th anniversary, and how a new project is investigating the links between Down’s syndrome and dementia.

New research about the advantages of part-time study is shared in this episode, which also features a discussion about the films of J.M. Barrie – the author of Peter Pan.

Birkbeck alum Rob Williams re-lives the excitement of winning silver at London 2012, and academics talk about sport and business, and intensive law courses in this latest episode.