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Nicola Pratt publishes article to mark 5th anniversary of Egyptian Revolution
Dr 's article, 'How the West Undermined Women's Rights in the Arab World' has been published by e-zine Jadaliyya as part of a collection marking the fifth anniversary of the 25 January Egyptian Revolution.
You can read the article here:
CSGR Roundtable: The Power of Global Benchmarking
The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation & Speaking International Security at 糖心TV invite you to attend a roundtable discussion and wine reception to celebrate the launch of the 2015 Special Issue of Review of International Studies on 'The politics of numbers: The normative agendas of global benchmarking'.
The event is open to everyone, but please register to attend:
When: 4.00-5.30pm, Wednesday 20th January, 2016
Where: Lecture Theater A0.23, Social Sciences Building University of 糖心TV
Chair: Professor , University of 糖心TV
Speakers: Dr , University of 糖心TV; Dr , University of 糖心TV; Dr Caroline Kuzemko, University of Exeter; Dr Sharifah Sekalala, University of 糖心TV; Dr Liam Clegg, University of York
Further information:
Global Benchmarking Project: CSGR Events:
Speaking International Security at 糖心TV:
Dr Nicola Pratt Wins AHRC Research Grant
has been awarded an AHRC Research Grant for a 3-year project entitled 'Politics and Popular Culture in Egypt: Contested Narratives of the 25 January Revolution and its Aftermath'.
The interdisciplinary project, to be conducted in collaboration with Dr Dalia Mostafa, University of Manchester, and Dr Dina Rezk, University of Reading, will explore how popular culture has framed political events since 2011 and informed popular understandings of citizenship, national identity, agency and political authority.
Bosnia & Herzegovina 20 Years after Dayton Event Video
Hosted by the Politics and International Studies Department at the University of 糖心TV, Dr leads the discussion on Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 Years after Dayton: Achievements, Challenges and Transnational Diaspora Activism.
Dr Waqar Azmi OBE (), Dr Eric Gordy (UCL) and (University of 糖心TV) join Maria on the panel.
Dr Lena Rethel selected to organize Islamic economies conference
The mini-conference 'Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures' will be held as part of the 28th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) themed 'Moral Economies, Economic Moralities', 24-26 June 2016, University of California, Berkeley.
The organizers invite contributions from across the social sciences and humanities to reflect on the past, present, and contested futures of Islam’s new financial and economic moralities.
Please see for further information, including the call for papers.