Blogs, Media, Policy Papers
- ‘On Boats and Bodies: Some Books and Blogs’, 23/06/2023, KandidaPurnell.me, URL: https://kandidapurnell.me/2023/06/23/on-boats-and-bodies-some-books-and-blogs-2/‘
- ‘Protest withdrawal of bereaved groups from covid-19 tapestry illustrates the naivety of denying ‘the politics’ and inequalities of pandemic’, 01/06/2023, Transforming Society, Blog, URL: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2023/06/01/an-apolitical-tapestry-cant-replace-listening-to-those-bereaved-by-covid-19/
- ‘When This Is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic’, May 2023, Transforming Society, Podcast, URL: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/transforming-society-podcast/
- How many Covid deaths? Look in our fridges’ Book launch Magazine, April 2023. URL: https://issuu.com/booklaunch/docs/bl16/s/23310906
- Did we really think we’d moved on from Covid? Transforming Society Blog, March 2023. URL: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2023/03/08/did-we-really-think-wed-moved-on-from-covid/
- ‘The Queen’s Two Bodies: Why metaphors matter – especially in a time of monarchical mourning’, 21/09/2022, LSE British Politics & Policy, URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-queens-two-bodies-why-metaphors-matter-especially-in-a-time-of-monarchical-mourning/
- ‘The Queen’s two bodies and the political power of metaphor’, 21/09/2022, The Loop (European Consortium for Political Research), URL: https://theloop.ecpr.eu/the-queens-two-bodies-and-the-political-power-of-metaphor/
- ‘The Queen’s Two Bodies: Why metaphors matter – especially in a time of monarchical mourning’, 13/09/2022, KandidaPurnell.me, URL: https://kandidapurnell.me/2022/09/13/the-queens-two-bodies-why-metaphors-matter-especially-in-a-time-of-monarchical-mourning/
- Pandemic Privilege and the Cost of Commemorating COVID-19: Exclusivity, Effacement, and the Reinforcement of Inequality , Remembering Pandemics, Sept 2022
- Dr Kandida Purnell: In Conversation, Defence Research Network, 03/06/2021, URL: https://defenceresnet.org/in-conversation-with-academics-7/
- ‘Rethinking The Body in Global Politics: Why and How?’, E-IR, 04/05/2021. URL: https://www.e-ir.info/2021/05/04/rethinking-the-body-in-global-politics-why-and-how/
- Purnell, Kandida. 10/09/2020. ‘Fit for purpose? Boris Johnson’s two bodies and the UK “Better Health” strategy‘, Somatosphere, URL: http://somatosphere.net/2020/johnson-two-bodies-better-health.html/
- ‘The Body Politics of COVID-19’, The Disorder of Things, 06/04/2020, URL: https://thedisorderofthings.com/2020/04/06/the-body-politics-of-covid-19/#more-17655
- ‘To clap or not to clap…’, COVID-19 Health Diaries, 06/01/2021, URL: https://covid19healthdiaries.com/diary?did=404
- ‘Losing count, losing touch: on feeling/not feeling the 2nd wave’, COVID-19 Health Diaries, 11/11/2020. URL: https://covid19healthdiaries.com/diary?did=387
- ‘On Dreams and/of Death’, COVID-19 Health Diaries, 28/04/2020, URL: https://covid19healthdiaries.com/diary?did=168
- ‘From PhD to Pandemic’, COVID-19 Health Diaries, 29/04/2020, URL: https://covid19healthdiaries.com/diary?did=170
- ‘Calm the f*** down!’, COVID-19 Health Diaries, 03/05/2020, URL: https://covid19healthdiaries.com/diary?did=180
- ‘Weekend Interrupted’, COVID-19 Health Diaries, 26/05/2020, URL: https://covid19healthdiaries.com/diary?did=246
- ‘On Numbers and Numbness’, COVID-19 Health Diaries, 19/07/2020, URL: https://covid19healthdiaries.com/diary?did=306
- ‘Why Americans Never Forget to Remember 9/11’ Duck of Minerva, 13/09/2017, URL: http://duckofminerva.com/2017/09/why-americans-never-forget-to-remember-911.html
- ‘The Politics of Grief and the Forever War: Who Speaks for the Fallen?’, Duck of Minerva, 22/10/2017, URL: http://duckofminerva.com/2017/10/the-politics-of-grief-and-the-forever-war-who-speaks-for-the-fallen.html
- ‘Re-Branded and Expanded: Visual Politics and the Implications of Guantanamo’s Make-Over’, Duck of Minerva, 25/02/2018, URL: http://duckofminerva.com/2018/02/re-branded-and-expanded-visual-politics-and-the-implications-of-guantanamos-make-over.html
Invited Talks and Public Events
- ‘When This Is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic’, University West of Scotland (Canary Warf Campus), Fall 2023.
- Innovative Assessment through the use of Activity Portfolios, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Richmond, American University London, March 2023.
- A Conversation with The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on ‘When This is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic’, The Royal Society, Summer 2023
- ‘The Quality of Life, Death, and Commemoration in a time of Covid-19’, Connecting in a Time of COVID-19, Workshop organised by Dr Mark Honigsbaum, City, University of London, 10/03/2022.
- ‘The Visual and Emotional Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic’, Post-Pandemic Worlds Guest Lecture, Richmond, American University London, 01/10/2021.
- ‘The Politics of Commemoration: After COVID-19: A Roundtable’ House of Lords, Spring 2023.
- ‘In Conversation: Dead Body Politics (in a time of Pandemic) with Dr Kandida Purnell’, Centre For Death and Society, University of Bath. 2022 (date tbc).
- ‘Gender and International Politics: Taster Talk’, Richmond, American University London, 8th May 2021 (Offer Holders Day).
- ‘Rethinking the Body in Global Politics’: Book Launch, Centre for the State, Power, and Globalization, Richmond, American University London. 14/04/2021.
- ‘Out of Touch, Out of Tune: The Visual-Affective Politics of the COVID-19’, MA Visual Culture Coordinated by Dr Nicola Mann, Richmond, American University London, 17/03/2021.Invited Talk.
- ‘Atmospheric Walls and the Containment of Grief: Seeing and Feeling COVID-19 during the UK’s ‘First Wave’, International Visual Arts Cultures Events Series, Richmond, American University London, 26/11/2020: Invited Talk.
- ‘Body Politics in a Time of Pandemic’, Thinking Aloud: The World After COVID: A ‘Society, Politics, and Globalisation’ (SPG) Research Group event, Richmond, American University London, 13/10/2020: Panellist.
- ‘Bodies, Body Politics, Bodies Politics’, Talk for University of Aberdeen’s Politics and International Relations Society (PIRSOC), Sept 2018, Invited Speaker.
- ‘Terrorism in the UK’, European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) UK, King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Oct 2017: Invited Panellist;
- ‘The Scottish Warrior’, Festival of Social Science, Gordon Highlanders’ Museum, Nov 2017: Chair.
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