IAS Vulnerability Seminar: Vulnerability and post-imperial identities

Vulnerability and post-imperial identities: from Brexit to Ancient Rome and back. by Andrew Gardner (Institute of Archaeology, UCL) This talk discussed the impact of the demise of the British empire upon identities within the UK in the narrow majority for the Leave campaign in the 2016 UK referendum on EU membership. A comparative dimension was also pursued, with analysis of the Roman empire - which inspired many aspects of British imperialism - shedding further light on the politics of identity in colonial and post-colonial contexts. Find more information at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/ias-events/ias-vulnerability-seminar-vulnerability-and-post-imperial-identities-from-brexit-to-ancient-rome-and-back