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About the podcast

Countersign is a podcast hosted by Stewart Motha, Professor of Law at Birkbeck. Stewart and guests discuss books, films, and other materials from across disciplines which open new perspectives on law, difference, and plural existence.

Subjects covered include the post-human, history, empire, migration, belonging, ecology, and technology. These conversations draw on philosophical and political theories so they can inform our thinking about contemporary challenges and problems. When we read and discuss attentively we think with someone else – we Countersign – and something new is born.

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All copyright Stewart Motha, 2020 onwards. Unless otherwise indicated, the content on this site is published under Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

All photographs copyright their respective authors and creators.

Creative direction, web and graphic design by See, Also.

About Stewart Motha

Stewart Motha is Professor of Law at Birkbeck, University of London. He has written extensively on sovereignty, and postcolonial legal formations. This research informs his teaching in areas including constitutional law, human rights, and histories of political violence.

His book ‘Archiving Sovereignty: Law, History, Violence‘ was published by Michigan University Press in 2018.