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Dr Nicola Pratt has been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for a project entitled ‘Middle East Women: The Personal and the Geopolitical’. This is a highly prestigious and competitive fellowship, so our congratulations go to Nicola.

The “Arab spring” appears to present a paradox for women: they have participated in large numbers in the uprisings across the Middle East but their rights are threatened under newly-elected governments. Middle East women have a long history of involvement in social movements and civil society. Yet, women’s rights have not progressed in a linear fashion. Taking a new direction in the study of women and gender in the Middle East, this project assesses the significance of geopolitics in shaping women’s rights and participation in complex and often contradictory ways. Through women’s own narratives, Nicola Pratt will trace the history of women’s responses to major geopolitical events in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon and critically assess their impact on women’s rights and participation. Nicola will use the fellowship to research and write a book, tentatively entitled, ‘Middle East Women: The Personal and the Geopolitical’, and to contribute to public debates in the UK and internationally about women and gender in the Middle East.

You've got until Tuesday 30 April to have your say about PAIS in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2013. Open to final year undergraduate students, the survey takes just a few minutes to .

NSS plays an important role in helping future students decide where to study and in ensuring that universities are achieving the high standards they set for themselves.

As an added incentive for taking part, PAIS will be holding a prize draw after the survey closes. If we achieve a response rate of at least 75 per cent (the university target) there will be a prize of a £250 holiday/travel voucher. There will also be four prizes of Amazon vouchers up to the value of the percentage response rate. So, if the response rate is 75 per cent, each voucher will be worth £75.

PAIS values your feedback and it will make a difference. Thank you very much for your time.

In partnership with the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Universität Konstanz in Germany, PAIS is now able to offer current students a wealth of internship opportunities at organisations ranging from the International Crisis Group to the Berlin Civil Society Center.

Visit under Life Beyond PAIS where you will find , not to mention regular digests provided by the German government. Although many of these opportunities are only suitable for German speakers, this digest contains worldwide opportunities for a wider audience as well. We receive a copy of the digest listing around every two weeks, so check here often to see what is being advertised at the moment.

From 2008 onwards, PAIS, in conjunction with the (RIPE) has hosted an annual 糖心TV/RIPE debate in International Political Economy (IPE). The debates are the department's flagship IPE event and bring together internationally renowned scholars to discuss issues at the cutting edge of IPE in front of, and with, large audiences.

This year's 糖心TV/RIPE debate celebrated the upcoming twentieth anniversary of RIPE. The debate, on 'The Eurocentric Foundations of IPE', was moderated by Prof Matthew Watson and featured one of RIPE's current editors Dr Cornelia Woll (Sciences Po, Paris), who discussed the journal’s vision as it celebrates its twentieth anniversary. The debate also featured Professor John Hobson (University of Sheffield), whose talk speaks to his two articles on the Eurocentric foundations of IPE that will feature in the forthcoming anniversary edition of RIPE.

PAIS is pleased to announced the launch of our , where current students can access information about exclusive internship opportunities available within the department. Two of these scholarships, the and the for MA IPEU students, are still accepting applications. We encourage all interested students to be aware of the deadlines for these opportunities and read the details of them carefully before submitting your applications.

To see the full list of current and previous (closed) internship opportunities offered exclusively within PAIS, .