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To celebrate the start of the new academic year, we are hosting a lunch for new and continuing MA and PhD students interested in Women鈥檚, Gender and Feminist Studies here in the Department of Sociology.

The aim of this informal event is to celebrate the beginning of the new academic year, foster a greater sense of community between different cohorts of students, and involve new and continuing students in the Department鈥檚 .

After lunch, we will stay in the same venue to hold the first CSWG meeting of the year, which is open to all students and staff. You鈥檙e very welcome to stay on for the meeting, if you wish.

If you are planning to attend this event, please let us know by clicking . If you have any questions about it, please email Maria on m.d.m.pereira@warwick.ac.uk

The new academic year is upon us, so we are writing to invite you to the first CSWG meeting of the new academic year, open to both staff and students across all 糖心TV departments.

This is a face to face meeting where we will be discussing our plans for activities in the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender for the next few months, including:

• possible events and workshops (if you have ideas for speakers or topics, or you鈥檇 like to get involved in organising an event, we want to hear from you!)
• upcoming events and seminars (you can find a list of them )
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• new MA and PhD modules
• links to other feminist reading groups, events and initiatives on campus
• how we can support feminist campaigns on campus and beyond – including campaigns in support of trans rights
• any other ideas you may have to continue creating spaces at 糖心TV for thinking and action in relation to gender and feminism

If you are interested in getting involved with CSWG or just finding out more about our activities, please do join us for this meeting.

We ask you to RSVP by clicking here:

If you cannot join us and would like to send any questions or suggestions for discussion, do not hesitate to get in touch with us on cswg@warwick.ac.uk

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there!

The Social Theory Centre will host the book launch for Claire Blencowe's Spirits of Extraction: Christianity, Settler Colonialism and the Geology of Race.

Derya Ozkul will chair, with Martin Savransky (University of Bath) and our own Goldie Osuri and Hannah Jones sharing reflections on the book. Please join us, all welcome!

Spirits of Extraction revisits the troubling history of socially reformist, ostensibly anti-racist, Christianity and its role in the expansion of the extractive industries, British imperialism, and settler colonialism. The book explores key moments in the history of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Colonial fears, and the attempt to 'civilise savages', were crucial to the movement's foundation in eighteenth-century industrialising Bristol, England. Through the culture of the Cornish mining diaspora of the nineteenth century, Methodism enmeshed with all the complexity of race and labour-structures of the British empire. At the same time, in Anishinaabewaki/Upper Canda/Ontario, Methodist missionaries laid the foundation of abusive education and racialised ideas of redemption that both enable and sacralise the mining industry. Through these histories of our present, the book theorises the relation of religion and education to racism, modernity, biopower, extractivism, and the geology of race.

Details of the book are here https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176509/

鈥�Spirits of Extraction revisits the troubling history of socially reformist, ostensibly anti-racist, Christianity and its role in the expansion of the extractive industries, British imperialism, and settler colonialism. The book explores key moments in the history of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Colonial fears, and the attempt to 鈥渃ivilise savages," were crucial to the movement's foundation in eighteenth-century industrialising Bristol, England. Through the culture of the Cornish mining diaspora of the nineteenth century, Methodism enmeshed with all the complexity of race and labour-structures of the British empire. At the same time, in Anishinaabewaki/Upper Canada/Ontario, Methodist missionaries laid the foundation of abusive education and racialised ideas of redemption that both enable and sacralise the mining industry. Through these histories of our present, the book theorises the relation of religion and education to racism, modernity, biopower, extractivism, and the geology of race.鈥� 

This book launch is organised by the Social Theory Centre (STC) and supported by the Department of Sociology.

Claire Blencowe will provide an overview of her book, followed by reflections from three discussants: Goldie Osuri, Hannah Jones, and Martin Savransky.

Date: Thursday, 9 October

Time: 4:00–5:30 pm (followed by refreshments)

Location: Ramphal Building, R1.15, University of 糖心TV