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EDGAR GRAHAM BOOK PRIZE 2012
The Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies invites submissions for the Edgar Graham Book Prize 2012.
This academic prize was established in 1984 to commemorate Edgar Graham who at the time of his death in 1983 had been Governor of the School for seven years. Edgar Graham's own book, The Modern Plantation in the Third World, was published posthumously by Croom Helm (1984). The prize of £1000 is awarded for a work of original scholarship on development in Asia and Africa.
Authored and co-authored books published between 2010 and 2012 are eligible for the Prize. Please submit 2 copies to the following address:
Brita Pouget, Prize Administrator
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh St. Russell Sq.
London WC1H 0XG
(bp@soas.ac.uk)
You may include reviews with your submission.
The closing date is July 1st, 2012.
Professor Naila Kabeer, Chair
Edgar Graham Book Prize
BRITAIN'S MOST SECRET INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
A Knowledge Centre interview with Prof Richard Aldrich
Most people have heard of MI5 and MI6 from films such as the James Bond series, but what about Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ)? GCHQ is dubbed the most secretive of Britain's intelligence agencies, which makes Professor Richard Aldrich's 'uncensored' biography of the agency all the more fascinating. GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency
explores the work of the agency, from code-breaking in World War II to modern surveillance of the billions of texts sent in Britain each year.
DIARIES OF WAR
A Knowledge Centre article by Prof Richard Aldrich
The stories of ordinary people in times of war can often get lost in official historical records about dates, numbers and hard facts. However, what can we discover by focusing on one name from a long list of casualties? Since 2002, Professor Richard Aldrich has been investigating war diaries in order to look at the lives of everyday people in wartime. This not only involves detailed research into many unread private accounts of war, but also raises the question of why people keep diaries, particularly during times of war.
Wyn Grant appointed Chair of new Warwick Commission subject
Wyn Grant has been appointed as Chair of a new Warwick Commission on the subject of Elected Mayors and City Leadership. Further information is available on the announcement about the new Commission is available here.
Wyn has already begun to publicise the work of the Commission and it looks like it will attract considerable attention in the academic and policy spheres. More information will be available as the Commission gathers pace.
PAIS extends its congratulations to Wyn for being selected for this role. It is another reflection of Wyn’s standing as a scholar and continued dynamism post-retirement. It is also a reflection of the quality of PAIS in the third commission to be headed up by a member of the Department.
GROWING A SECURE FOOD FUTURE
A Knowledge Centre talk by PAIS alumnus Tim Gore, International Policy Adviser on Climate Change for Oxfam UK
It’s ten years since Tim Gore was a fresher at Warwick studying International Politics. Now he's putting the theory he learned into practice. Speaking ahead of today's launch of the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Durban, Gore told the Warwick International Development Summit about GROW, Oxfam’s latest campaign to highlight an impending world food crisis.