The Warwick Global History and Culture Centre is hosting a reading group on the recent book, "They Called It Peace: World of Imperial Violence" by Lauren Benton (Princeton UP, 2024). The book exams how 'small wars', raiding, and violence short of war were fundamental to the formation of international law and international order during the early modern and modern era. Attendees are encouraged to read the Prologue, Chapter 1, and Chapter 4, which are available through the Warwick Library as an ebook. The discussion will be led by PAIS's Tom Long, and PAIS colleagues and students are welcome to join.

Tuesday, 21 January, OC0.05 (Oculus), 1-2pm.

Tuesday, 21 January 2025, 2.15 – 3.45pm, OC1.03

Matteo Dian (Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna) ‘Leave Asia, Join the West. Japan, South Korea and Russia's invasion of Ukraine’ Joint seminar with the PAIS East Asia Study Group (EASG) All welcome

BREM/Vulnerable State Project event on mental health in the asylum process

Rethinking Financial Behaviour: Rationality and Resistance in the Financialization of Everyday Life

Dr Ariane Agunsoye, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Goldsmiths, University of London, presents her new book.

Date and time: 21.01.24 at 16.00 - 17.30

Room: S2.77 Social Sciences

Book info here: Bristol University Press | Rethinking Financial Behaviour - Rationality and Resistance in the Financialization of Everyday Life, By Ariane Agunsoye

Please email Mareike.beck@warwick.ac.uk to register for the event.