Saturday 31 October, 5.15pm until 6.30pm, Student Union
Three hundred years after the Industrial Revolution, there’s no doubt it has changed almost everything about our lives, from food to how often we talk to our Mum. Since then, there have been many other revolutions – French, American, Russian, for a start…
The ‘green revolution’ that transformed 20th century agriculture means we can feed billions easier than our ancestors fed thousands, and the internet revolution makes instantaneous, planet-wide communication something we take for granted. Fifty years ago, the Cuban revolution established a challenge to the American Way on its own doorstep, and the Sexual revolution sent shockwaves though Western morality that are still rumbling. But which revolution, social, political or technological, has done most to transform human life?
Our revolutionaries are:
- Sexual Revolution: Maria Grasso
- Industrial Revolution: Lee Jones
- English Revolution: Tara McCormack
- Scientific Revolution: Robin Walsh
- French Revolution: Charlie Winstanley
- American Revolution: Kevin Yuill
 | Dr Maria Grasso lecturer in politics and quantitative methods, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield; author: Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe |
 | Dr Lee Jones lecturer, international relations, Queen Mary, University of London |
 | Dr Tara McCormack lecturer in international politics, University of Leicester; author, Critique, Security and Power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches |
 | Robin Walsh graduate medical student; co-founder, Sheffield Salon |
 | Charlie Winstanley history student, University of Sheffield; former member, Socialist Workers' Party |
 | Dr Kevin Yuill senior lecturer, history, University of Sunderland; author, Assisted Suicide: the liberal, humanist case against legalization |
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Timandra Harkness
journalist, writer & broadcaster; presenter, Futureproofing and other BBC Radio 4 programmes; author, Big Data: does size matter? |
