T. J. Pempel is the Jack M. Forcey Professor Emeritus of Political Scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. In this seminar, Professor Pempel discusses his latest book, A Region of Regimes: Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific (Cornell University Press, 2021). The book traces the relationship between politics and economics—power and prosperity—in the Asia-Pacific in the decades since the Second World War, complicating familiar and incomplete narratives of the "Asian economic miracle" to show radically different paths leading to high growth for many but abject failure for some.

Date: 18th November 2021
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Venue: Zoom meeting

This seminar is part of the East Asia Study Group (EASG) Seminar Series. For further information, meeting link and passcode, please contact the EASG at easg@warwick.ac.uk

Warwick Interdisciplinary Centre for International Development (WICID) and the Critical South Asia Group (CSAG) at Warwick present the Inaugural Annual Critical South Asia Lecture at Warwick

"Conscience and Victorian Empire: How History Helped Make History in British India"

by PROF. PRIYA SATIA

(Dept. of History, Stanford University and author of Time's Monster)

ONLINE on Friday, Oct 22 at 5 pm

Respondents:

Prof. Anne Gerritsen (Department of History, Warwick)

Prof. Pablo Mukherjee (Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Warwick)

Dr. Aditya Sarkar (Department of History, Warwick)

Priya Satia is the award-winning author of Spies in Arabia, Empire of Guns, and Time’s Monster. The Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History and Professor of History at Stanford University, she has written for the Financial Times, The Nation, Time, the Washington Post, and other outlets.

(PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE RECORDED)

You can register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conscience-and-victorian-empire-the-inaugural-csag-lecture-by-priya-satia-tickets-185671236667

The QM alumnae(i) events series is back, Season 3! Past and current UG and PGT students share about data analysis, its quickly evolving methods and tools, and related professional prospects. Participants are (were) in one of the QM degrees , or take (took) one of our 10+ QS/POQ options.

Our first date this year is 23.11, with talks about data analysis applied to human rights (UN OHCHR in Geneva), and to OpenStreetMap data and transport (Leeds Institute for Data Analytics).

Follow us here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/currentstudents/postgraduatemasters/academicsupport/qmevents/

We are delighted to announce that the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of Warwick has moved up to 3^rd place out of 80 UK Politics Departments in The Times/The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022. This prestigious league table also continues to place us 1st in the Russell Group for both ‘teaching quality’ and ‘student experience’. This departmental success was announced just days after the news that the University of Warwick has been recognised as the best university in the UK for teaching quality and as runner up University of the Year by The Good University Guide, the internationally respected British university rankings guide published by The Sunday Times.

Professor Matthew Clayton, Head of PAIS, commented: “It is always pleasing when the collaborative efforts of staff and students to sustain an inclusive and productive learning environment are recognised in national league tables, but particularly gratifying this year given the challenges posed by the pandemic. PAIS is a special department in which every member of the community is supported to find their own voice by engaging with the best scholarship in our discipline. I congratulate colleagues and students alike for their work and look forward to our building on this consistent success in the future.”

Dr Justin Greaves, Director of Student Experience and Progression, commented: “This is brilliant news for the PAIS Department and all our students, alumni, and staff. It follows our great success in the 2021 National Student Survey (NSS) where we were 1^st out of all Politics departments in the Russell Group in all categories, including 1st for overall student satisfaction. These consistent results are a testament to the hard work and brilliance of everyone who works and studies in PAIS, along with our ethos as viewing students as partners, producers, and collaborators, and valuing and acting on student feedback. We will continue to place a strong emphasis on academic support, including on study choices, and employability and skills. I look forward to working with our incoming and returning students to ensure that the PAIS Department continues to go from strength to strength. Congratulations everyone!”

Thank you to all our students and staff for PAIS' continued success.

The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of Warwick is delighted to announce that Professor Shirin Rai, Professor of International Political Economy, has been elected to a Fellowship of the British Academy.

This prestigious award recognises outstanding research across the Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2021, the British Academy elected 52 UK Fellows; the University of Warwick's press release can be accessed here.

On receiving her award, Professor Rai said: “I am delighted to have been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy and look forward to working with colleagues in the Academy - particularly in the Politics and International Relations Section - through my research and impact work to address issues of international development, social (in)equalities and innovative methodologies. I thank colleagues in PAIS and the wider gender and politics community for supporting my work”.

Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams, Head of PAIS, commented: “Professor Rai’s election to a Fellowship of the British Academy reflects her long-standing status as a world-leading researcher in gender, political economy, and development. Her Directorship of the Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development (WICID) – hosted in PAIS – is a beacon of excellence across research, education, and impact in the Social Sciences at-large. Colleagues and I are proud of Professor Rai’s scholarly achievements, but PAIS is also very fortunate to benefit from her academic leadership and warm collegiality. Her tireless efforts to support early career scholars and embed principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion have been transformational in the Department. Very many congratulations, Shirin”.

The PAIS Department is home to two Fellows of the British Academy: Professor Shirin Rai and Professor Stuart Elden.