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The politics of the EU debate: Dr Anil Awesti interviewed by the Worldly magazine // Lacuna call for submissions (reminder)

Dr Anil Awesti, Centre for Human Rights in Practice member who leads the Widening Participation projects at the Law School, was interviewed on The politics of the EU debate by the Worldly magazine.

Lacuna magazine is currently focusing on the UK/EU debate with reference to the themes of human rights and social justice.

In What has the EU ever done for us, Lacuna editor-in-chief Prof Andrew Williams sets out some of the questions we hope to explore over the next couple of months in the run up to the referendum. To find out more about the call for submissions, click here.

Mon 18 Apr 2016, 12:34 | Tags: writing wrongs, Lacuna

Lacuna magazine: Lost voices

In today's edition Lacuna magazine attempts to bring to the forefront lost voices across three markedly different political struggles.

In “Two flights: the deportation game” Luke de Noronha interviews Chris, a young man deported to Jamaica who spent his formative years in the UK. Across the UK at any one time there are 3,000 foreign nationals detained in secure centres while their applications to stay in the country are processed. Some are held for months and even years while this takes place.

In “Anatomy of a Queer Arab novel” Saleem Haddad narrows in on the experience of queerness, as a political act and as sexuality, against the backdrop of the momentous protests of the Arab spring. In a frank discussion of his debut novel “Guapa”, Saleem explains the complications implicit in any attempt to unravel and re-humanise the queer Arab from within Middle Eastern societies.

In ‘My Experience of Death Row” Warwick student Victoria Potts provides a personal account of her experience of meeting prisoners facing the death penalty in the USA. Her article describes the process of getting to know prisoners and considering the importance of their crimes in relation to the punishment they received.

Thu 24 Mar 2016, 14:43 | Tags: writing wrongs, Lacuna

Lacuna Magazine - EU/UK Call for Submissions

We are delighted to invite submissions to a special edition of Lacuna magazine, published by the Centre, on the topic of the UK/EU relationship.
 
 
Lacuna will be looking at the theme of the Europe Union over the next few months. With the In/Out Referendum taking place on 23 June, we want to explore the issues that relate to the themes of the Magazine.
 
You may wish to investigate a particular instance of how the EU operates, to provide commentary, reportage or expert analysis on an EU-connected theme. Or you may wish to review a book, a film, a piece of music, art or theatre relevant to the Union. All forms of writing and visual art will be considered: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, film, animation and photography.
 
There is no word limit. If you take a look at some of Lacuna’s existing content (follow the links above), you will find submissions of varying lengths which adopt a variety of different styles.
 
As always we are committed to supporting new writers. This could be students and other people just starting out in their field. We will also support experienced writers who are learning how to write for new audiences; for instance, academics interested in translating their research for a wider audience. Where possible, we will work with prospective authors to help them improve and develop their work.
 
You can find out more about the call here, and read the concept paper by the editor-in-chief, Prof Andrew Williams, here.
 
For more information, please contact us here or email Andrew (a.t.williams@warwick.ac.uk) or Alice (a.panepinto@warwick.ac.uk).
 
Feel free to disseminate this call widely across your networks!
Wed 23 Mar 2016, 12:10 | Tags: andrew williams, writing wrongs, government, Lacuna

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