Inaugural Lecture: What is the Matter with Liberalism?

Liberal ideas and practices have been subject to extensive criticism over the years from across the political spectrum. This lecture surveys some of these criticisms and asks what we should make of them in the light of the current 'crisis of liberalism'.

David Williams is Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relaitons, Queen Mary University London. His books include Liberalism in Time: A History (McGill Queen's University Press, 2025) and Progress, Pluralism and Politics: Liberalims and Colonialism, Past and Present (McGill Queen's University Press, 2020).