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I’ve delivered talks at 300+ events across countries like Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Turkey, UK and USA – and at universities including Amsterdam, Arizona State, Boston, Bowling Green State, Cambridge, Chicago, City University of Hong Kong, City University of New York Graduate Center, Durham, Edinburgh, Georgia State, Ghent, Groningen, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, King’s College London, KU Leuven, Lund, LUISS, Manchester, Oslo, Oxford, Sciences Po Paris, UCD, UConn, Uppsala, Vanderbilt and Yale among many others.
I’ve also spoken at the Houses of Parliament, TEDx, Ashmolean Museum, Carlsberg Akademi, Durham Book Fair, Durham County Cricket Club, the Edinburgh Fringe, Institute for Public Policy Research-North, Newcastle City Library, Northern Stage, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Sunderland Civic Centre and Unison Northern Region HQ among others.
Testimonials:
“I had great feedback on your contribution. Quite specifically: “Thom Brooks is an asset”” – Henley & Partners
“Really enjoyed your talk at our summer conference – entertaining, inspirational and educational!” – Jason Webber, Show Racism the Red Card
“Thanks again for your presentation at the International Trade Committee last week, it was really well received by everyone!” – Ben Powick, Policy Advisor, North East Chamber of Commerce
“Engaging, enlightening, humorous and inspiring” – St David’s Catholic College, Cardiff
“As you know, the audience enjoyed your talk. There’s nothing more refreshing than having a speaker talk, with knowledge, who has no real need for slides, only for making points” – Dawn Gyles, Edinburgh Sceptics about Edinburgh Fringe event
“So many people have told me it was their favourite talk since the start of the series and I don’t disagree!”– Prof Constantine Sandis, organiser of ‘Why Philosophy Matters’ Public Lectures at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum
“Professor Brooks’s use of the available space is exemplary. I observed the students across the room and found them to be absorbed in the lecture. Professor Brooks is an excellent lecturer – lively, engaged and very popular among the student body. This lecture was compelling, I learned a lot, and time passed very quickly.” – Prof Deirdre McCann, Professor of Law, Durham University
“Thom sets the highest standards in teaching. His enthusiasm for teaching is both obvious and infectious, and is matched by a genuine concern for enhancing, and for adding value.” – Prof Roger Masterman, Professor of Law, Durham University
“In 16 years of Higher Education, including six years as a student and ten years as a lecturer, this was clearly one of the best taught sessions I have witnessed. Dr Brooks is an outstanding lecturer and possesses excellent teaching skills”. – Prof Alex Hughes, Professor in Economic Geography, Newcastle University
Recent speaking engagements (300+ events) (does not include speaking engagements with television or radio):
21 June 2024 Invited keynote speaker, punitive restoration, Aarhus Centre for Conflict Management, Aarhus University, Denmark.
6-7 June 2024 Invited speaker, 10th Annual Equality and Citizenship Summer School, Croatia.
April 2024 Invited speaker, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK.
15 March 2024 Invited speaker, Festschrift for Robert Stern, Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK.
27 February 2024 Invited panellist, “Change or Chaos? What Will the 2024 Global Elections Mean for the World?” Stephenson Ideas event, Stephenson College, Durham, UK
25 January 2024 Invited seminar speaker “Justice and the Problem of Alienation”; Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs; Departments of Philosophy; the University of St Andrews, UK.
25 January 2024 Lead discussant, Moral Philosophy Reading Group, Departments of Philosophy, the University of St Andrews, UK.
25 October 2023 Public lecture, “Becoming British: The UK’s Citizenship Test,” Festival of Social Science, Durham University, UK.
6 October 2023 Invited speaker, ‘Debate: This House Has No Confidence in His Majesty’s Government’, Durham Union Society, UK. Participants include Stephen Kinnock MP, Sir Robert Buckland KC MP and Huw Merriman MP.
29 September 2023 Invited speaker, “Applying the Unified Theory of Punishment,” Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway.
28 September 2023 Invited speaker, “The Unified Theory of Punishment,” Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway.
10-11 July 2023 Invited speaker, “Just War and Self-Defence,” Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany.
30 May 2023 Invited speaker, “How to Get Involved with Labour Policy Making with Thom Brooks,” Young Fabian Academy, London, UK.
23 May 2023 Invited speaker, Asylum and Refugees after Brexit Roundtable, Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations, London, UK.
20 May 2023 Invited speaker, “New Arrivals: A Fair Immigration System for Labour,” County Durham Fabian Society, UK.
18 May 2023 Invited speaker, Is SQE good for legal education?, LegalEdCon, Legal Cheek annual conference, King’s Place, London.
27 April 2023 Invited speaker, Labour Party on Immigration, Hampstead and Kilburn Constituency Labour Party, London.
14 March 2023 Invited speaker, “Becoming British: UK Immigration Law and Policy”, Open HONOURS Guest Lecture, St David’s College, Cardiff, UK.
26 January 2023 Invited speaker, Discussion Panel with the Brown Commission, Society of Labour Lawyers, Inner Temple, UK.
21 January 2023 Chair, The Left’s Agenda for Defeating Populism, Fabian Society annual conference, London, UK.
8 January 2023 Invited speaker, Jewish Labour Movement annual conference, London, UK.
29 November 2022 Invited speaker, Labour’s Immigration policy, Holborn & St Pancras Constituency Labour Party, UK.
21 October 2022 Invited speaker, ‘Hegel’s Social and Political Philosophy: 200 Years of the Philosophy of Right‘, Hegel Society of America annual conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
19 October 2022 Invited speaker, Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy, University of Surrey Law School, UK.
29 September 2022 Invited speaker, Fabian Society pamphlet ‘New Arrivals’ talk, Finchley Fabians, UK.
6 September 2022 “A Theory of Justifying Immigration Controls,” Society of Legal Scholars annual conference, King’s College London, UK.
June 2022 Invited speaker, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, Ireland.
19 May 2022 Invited commentator, Frank Michelman & Alessandro Ferrara’s Legitimation by Constitution: A Dialogue on Political Liberalism: Authors Meet Critics, LUISS Guido Carli, Italy.
28 April 2022 Invited speaker, Punishment Q&A, Philosophy Department, Quincy University, USA.
25-26 March 2022 Invited speaker, Guilty Pleas Seminar, University of Oxford, UK.
15 March 2022 Invited speaker, House of Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee, private seminar, Houses of Parliament, UK.
16 February 2022 Invited speaker, “Legal Obligation as a Matter of Interpretation,” Workshop: Theories of Obligation, Durham University, UK.
15 January 2022 Invited speaker, “Managing Migration,” Fabian Society New Year Conference, London, UK.
12 January 2022 Invited speaker, Next steps for the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, Westminster Higher Education Forum, London, UK.
12 November 2021 President’s Address, Society of Legal Scholars’ President’s Reception, Gray’s Inn, London, UK
10 November 2021 Invited speaker, Caius Politics Society, University of Cambridge, UK
2 November 2021 Invited speaker, Policymaking and Advocacy Skills, Young Fabian Academy, Fabian Society, UK
19 October 2021 Invited speaker, Labour Party, Houses of Parliament, UK
4 October 2021 Inner Temple Lecture, The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London, UK.
30 September 2021 Invited speaker, Climate Change and (In)Security Project conference, Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR) of UK Army and Reuben College, University of Oxford, UK. Fellow panel members included the Hon Sherri Godman.
20 May 2021 Invited speaker, “How Law Courses are Proving their Value,” LegalEdCon, Legal Cheek, UK.
14 May 2021 Keynote speaker, Webinar on Punishment: A Critical Introduction, 2nd edition: Author Meets Critics, Vijaybhoomi University, India.
2 March 2021 Invited speaker, Charterhouse School, UK.
25 February 2021 Invited speaker, Immigration Casework and Training Session, Parliamentary Labour Party, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, UK.
24 February 2021 Invited speaker, session on new book Climate Change Ethics for an Endangered World, JURIS NORTH, online.
9 February 2021 Inaugural Lecture, ‘A Global Approach to Education’, Department of Philosophy, Miranda House, University of Delhi, India.
5 February 2021 Invited speaker, Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics, University of Baltimore, USA.
29 January 2021 Invited speaker, ‘Rethinking Just War’, Indian Institute of Technology, India.
28 January 2021 Keynote speaker, Hegel and Legal Philosophy Today, Centre for Law and Philosophy, Durham Law School, UK.
19 January 2021 Distinguished Public Speaker, Success in a Globally Competitive Legal Market, GLS Law College, Gujarat, India.
17 December 2020 Keynote speaker, ‘Law and Philosophy’ – National Faculty Development Programme, the National Law Institute and Jagran Lakecity University School of Law, India.
4 December 2020 Distinguished Keynote Speaker, Global Legal Education and Academic Leadership, University of Venda Law School, South Africa.
1 December 2020 Citizens’ Panel, Bank of England, UK.
28 November 2020 Invited speaker, Crime and Policing: Have Your Say (with Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds MP), UK.
26-27 November 2020 Distinguished Public Speaker, “Relevance of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies during the Pandemic,” “Reimagining and Transforming the Future of Law Schools and Legal Education: Confluence of Ideas During and Beyond Covid-19,” Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, India.
24 November 2020 Keynote Speaker, Advance HE, UK.
23 November 2020 Guest Keynote Speaker, Global Legal Education and Academic Leadership – faculty lecture, Cavendish Law School, Zambia.
23 November 2020 Guest Keynote Speaker, Raising Profile and Working with Policy Makers – student lecture, Cavendish Law School, Zambia.
20 November 2020 Keynote Speaker, Transforming Legal Education, Jagran Lakecity University School of Law, India.
19 November 2020 Keynote Speaker, Legal Remedies for Climate Change, Jagran Lakecity University School of Law, India.
19 November 2020 Invited speaker, On the Refugee Crisis, Durham Law Society in partnership with Solidaritee, Durham, UK.
11 November 2020 Keynote speaker, “The Future of Legal Education and Training in England and Wales,” Westminster Legal Policy Forum Keynote Seminar. Speaking alongside Julie Brannan (Director of Education and Training, Solicitors Regulation Authority), Chris Nichols (Director of Policy, Legal Services Board), Patrick McCann (Global Head of Learning, Linklaters LLP), John Howell MP and Lord Low of Darlston. London, UK.
26 October to 5 November 2020 Visiting Professor, LUISS, Rome. Lectures on John Rawls’s Justice as Fairness, Theories of Punishment and Global Justice. LUISS, Rome, Italy.
14 October 2020 Keynote speaker, EU citizens in the UK: where to next? Roelens Solicitors, Oxford, UK.
1-4 June 2020 Keynote speaker, 5th Investment Migration Forum, Brussels, Belgium.
30 May 2020 Invited speaker, Institute for Human Rights Law, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Law School, China.
11 May 2020 Invited speaker, Nova School of Law, Lisbon, Portugal.
30 April 2020 Invited speaker, The Research Excellence Framework beyond 2021, Westminster Higher Education Policy Forum, annual policy conference, London, UK (event postponed).
24-27 February 2020 Commentator, American Philosophical Association – Central Division, Chicago, USA.
24 February 2020 Invited speaker, Law and Philosophy Workshop (Martha Nussbaum & Daniel Guillery organisers on ‘Immigration and Citizenship’), University of Chicago Law School, USA. Other speakers include Seyla Benhabib, Joseph Carens, Avner de-Shalit, Adam Hosein, Aziz Huq, Ayelet Shachar and David Weisbach.
19 February 2020 Public lecture, Durham Castle Lecture Series, Durham Castle, Durham University, UK.
6 February 2020 Presenter, Modern Law Awards, Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK.
30 January 2020 Invited speaker, North East Chamber of Commerce, Durham County Cricket Club, Chester le Street, UK.
29 January 2020 Invited speaker, Legal Theory Research Cluster, University of Leicester, UK.
14 January 2020 Invited speaker, How to Publish Articles, Durham Law Review, Durham, UK.
