Join Heather Widdows, Lorenzo Serini and Eliza Little for the Emotions Reading Group.

We will be reading Peter Goldie: The Emotions: A Philosophical Perspective, available on-line from the Warwick library.

Meeting Wednesday mornings 10-11, we will start in Week 2 with the intro and chapter 1, and then one chapter for each subsequent week, finishing in week 9.

If you’d like to come, please email Heather.Widdows@warwick.acuk

This is a live workshop that helps you to discover new strategies to get past the disappointment, frustration and worry of job search, to refocus on what you want for yourself, and to refresh your outlook so that you feel excited about taking the next steps towards creating the life that you want.

Come along for coffee and refreshments and to catch up with PGR staff and students.

For events, please ensure that you include when the event is taking place. Research Development Surgeries (2) to be held on Wednesday 20th November and Wednesday 27th November between the hours of 12.00 - 14.00 in the PAIS Resource Room. Please feel free to just drop in, there is no need to register.

Giulia Martina (Dortmund) - "Joint Attention to Flavour"

Contact: eve.poirier@warwick.ac.uk

Guest Speaker: Dr Sam Varvastian, Cardiff University

Title: 'Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution'

Chair: Professor Sam Adelman, Warwick Law School

Starting with lunch at 12:30pm in Room S2.09, followed by the Seminar at 1:00pm in Room S2.12

Title: Theo Westphal on China's Evolving Normative power in Global Cyberspace Governance

Date: Wednesday, 27th November

Time: 14:15-15:30

Venue: OC1.01, The Oculus and on Microsoft Teams

Theo recently completed his PhD in Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield, where his research focused on China's role in promoting cyber norms and contesting 'Western' approaches to cyberspace governance. He holds BA and MA degrees in Economy and Politics of East Asia, Modern East Asian Studies, and Social Research from the Universities of Bochum, DuisburgEssen, and Sheffield. His broader academic interests include international relations, global governance, security studies, and Chinese foreign policy, with a particular focus on how these intersect with digital policy and global power dynamics. The talk provides an overview of China’s evolving role in global cyberspace governance, focusing on its efforts to challenge 'Western' norms and promote alternatives such as ‘cyberspace sovereignty’. The discussion will draw on China’s actions within key international organisations and frameworks, exploring how its relationships within these institutions shape its norm promotion activities. The talk will also reflect on broader challenges regarding research on China in the contemporary era.

For a Teams invite, please contact the easg@warwick.ac.uk

The Critical Theory Reading Group will be reading three texts in Feminism over the next three weeks. We meet on Wednesdays from 14.30-16.00 and the readings and rooms are as follows:

20th Nov - S1.69 - 'Introduction' and 'Chapter 3: The Point of View of Historical Materialism' from Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex.

27th Nov - S1.71 - 'Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory' by Judith Butler.

4th Dec - S1.69 - 'Introduction' and 'Chapter 3: The Great Caliban, The Struggle Against the Rebel Body' from Silvia Frederici's Caliban and the Witch.

Each extract will be introduced by a member of the group and we welcome future suggestions for themes and specific readings.

Please email oscar.jenkinson@warwick.ac.uk if you'd like to come along or stay up-to-date with what we're reading in future weeks through our whatsapp group.

Join the Law School Student Experience Team to celebrate the end of the term and the start of the holiday season. There will be festive drinks and snacks provided, as well as seasonal crafts.

All Law School students and staff are welcome - please confirm your attendance HERE.

Negotiations are now underway for the creation of the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (FCITC) after decades of advocacy for tax justice by civil society groups and developing countries. This roundtable will bring together academic, policy, and practitioner perspectives to explore the proposed landmark tax treaty and its implications for global tax reform. Our panel will provide the background to the treaty and discuss challenges ahead for negotiators, advocates and campaigners and explore the relationship between the global tax regime, human rights, social justice and sustainable development. There will be opportunities for Questions and Answers from the audience.

PAIS Departmental Seminar with the Centre for Studies of Democratization (CSD)

Wednesday 27 November, 5-6.30pm, S0.11

"American Democracy: Saved or Doomed? A roundtable on the 2024 US elections outcome".

Featuring Trevor McCrisken, Joe Haigh and Jessica Underwood from PAIS. Chaired by Michael Saward.

All staff and students are welcome