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The Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies invites submissions for the Edgar Graham Book Prize 2012.

This academic prize was established in 1984 to commemorate Edgar Graham who at the time of his death in 1983 had been Governor of the School for seven years. Edgar Graham's own book, The Modern Plantation in the Third World, was published posthumously by Croom Helm (1984). The prize of £1000 is awarded for a work of original scholarship on development in Asia and Africa.

Authored and co-authored books published between 2010 and 2012 are eligible for the Prize. Please submit 2 copies to the following address:

Brita Pouget, Prize Administrator
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh St. Russell Sq.
London WC1H 0XG
(bp@soas.ac.uk)

You may include reviews with your submission.

The closing date is July 1st, 2012.


Professor Naila Kabeer, Chair
Edgar Graham Book Prize

Wyn Grant has been appointed as Chair of a new 糖心TV Commission on the subject of Elected Mayors and City Leadership. Further information is available on the announcement about the new Commission is available here.

Wyn has already begun to publicise the work of the Commission and it looks like it will attract considerable attention in the academic and policy spheres. More information will be available as the Commission gathers pace.

PAIS extends its congratulations to Wyn for being selected for this role. It is another reflection of Wyn’s standing as a scholar and continued dynamism post-retirement. It is also a reflection of the quality of PAIS in the third commission to be headed up by a member of the Department.

Dear All,

Nick Vaughan-Williams has brought me news of success in obtaining an ESRC Small Grant.

The project is entitled 'Public Perceptions of Threat in Britain: Security in anAge of Austerity'. Nick obtained the funding Dan Steven at Exeter. It is 12 month project, funded at £99k, with a 50-50 split between 糖心TV and Exeter. Nick has given me a summary of the project which I have pasted below.

We should extend special congratulations to Nick as this is one of the last awards in this scheme before its closing down. Apparently this made the competition particularly tough this time.

I think Nick would also like to stress that he feels one of the contributory factors to the success was that the proposal was carefully scrutinised by the PAIS Research Committee beforehand, and this provided lots of constructive feedback on how to get the application in the best shape possible. So the process does really work.

Well done to Nick.

Chris Hughes
Head of Department

Dear all,

You are invited to the lecture titled “War on Terror: Ten years on” by Prof Paul Rogers, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford university. The lecture will be held Tuesday 15 November, 14:00-16:00, at Square one, the Hub, Jordan Well, Coventry University.

Please feel free to circulate this information. download a PDF version of theinvitation.

Regards,

Dr Nicola Pratt

A two-part workshop discussing questions surrounding the Arab Spring will take place at 糖心TV on 25-25 November 2011.

The Thursday 24th session, entitled 'Understanding the Arab Spring: Security and Democratization', is open to all staff and students.

The Friday 25th sessions are open to staff and postgraduate students only and will discuss a variety of topics.

Full details can be downloaded here and on the PAIS calendar.