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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.

Announcement: GREGYNOG IDEAS LAB, A Summer School in PostInternational Politics

Gregynog Hall, Wales 9-14 July 2012

Co-Sponsored by PAIS and co-organised by Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams

The inaugural Gregynog Ideas Lab, a Summer School in PostInternational Politics, will take place 9-14 July, 2012. The Summer School will provide a unique opportunity for graduate students and academics to return to key texts and thinkers from critical, postcolonial, feminist, post-structural and psychoanalytic traditions, to re-examine their work and how it has been employed in international politics, and to ask whether the radical potential of this work is in danger of being lost.

For more information about the event and on how to apply please or download the poster.