Dr Tom Sharkey

I joined CCCU as a PhD student in 2017 and began my current role working as a lecturer across the School in 2023. I have previously been teaching on the Politics and International Relations, Arts and Education, and Law programmes as a sessional lecturer.

Having completed my PhD in Political Theory and Art, I have developed a strong interest in interdisciplinary research. My research connects radical political thought, applied political and social theory, and arts practice. I was project co-ordinator of CCCU's component of the Tate Exchange programme and have been able to apply this experience within my teaching at CCCU.

I received my BA (hons) in Drama and English and American Literature and my MA in Art, Politics and Resistance from the University of Kent.

In my current role I am developing interdisciplinary learning and teaching, alongside teaching across a variety of modules in the Politics and Law programmes.

I am the managing editor of the European Review of International Studies.

My main focus is on political theory and I teach this across all levels of the Politics programme.

I am module lead on Contemporary Political Theory and also teach across a number of modules including: British Politics:  Continuity, Change and Crisis; Public Law 1 and 2; and How to Change the World. 

My research explores the border between politics and art, with a particular focus on the ethics of anarchism.

My published work has explored this area and connected this to electoral politics through humour studies. 

‘Art, Prefiguration and Refusal’, MANCEPT, Manchester 2022

‘Art, Anarchism, and Marxism’, Political Studies Association 2022, York.

‘Anarchist Praxis and Political Art: Developing a Form of Artistic Practice Through Prefiguration and Affinity’, Anarchist Studies Conference 2020, Online.