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On 4-6 June, the Department of Politics and International Studies (PaIS) hosted the 12^th annual Aberystwyth-Lancaster Graduate Colloquium (ALGC). Founded in 2002, ALGC has become the UK’s leading forum for young scholars working with critical approaches to international studies. The colloquium consisted of three intensive days of presentations, lectures, workshops and social events (see the full ).

The event attracted presenters based in the UK, the US, France, Germany and the Netherlands. In a total of 9 panels, 27 young scholars presented their research on a broad range of topics from international political theory, security studies, international political economy, but also critical legal studies and cultural studies. The highlight of the programme consisted of two keynote addresses given by Dr Louiza Odysseos (University of Sussex) on “Human Rights and Counter-Conduct: Complexities and Possibilities for Resistance?” and by Prof Jef Huysmans (Open University) on “Security Unbound”.

Besides traditional formats, the colloquium offered a series of workshops on critical methodologies, which brought together ALGC participants and researchers gathered in the ÌÇÐÄTV Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre. These small-group activities explored the issues of the relation between critique and method, the use of narrative writing as a creative political practice, or the possibilities offered by corpus-assisted discourse studies. The workshops were convened by leading scholars in the field, Prof Gurminder Bhambra (ÌÇÐÄTV), Prof Jenny Edkins (Aberystwyth), Prof Jef Huysmans (Open University) and Dr Malcolm Macdonald & Dr Sue Wharton (ÌÇÐÄTV).

The colloquium was co-sponsored by the Department of Politics and International Studies and the Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre and organised by PaIS PhD students and . The organisers would like to express their gratitude to the sponsors, the conference team and the 14 members of staff who volunteered as chairpersons or speakers.