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Ben Clift Co-edits another Journal Special on the Hollande Presidency
Ben Clift has co-edited a second journal special issue, this time of Modern and Contemporary France, on the Hollande Presidency with Raymond Kuhn (Queen Mary). It is entitled ‘The Hollande Presidency, 2012–14’
Read the new special issue of Modern & Contemporary France: ‘The Hollande Presidency, 2012–14.’ Enjoy free online access to the entire issue until the end of January 2015.
Start reading at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/22/4
GR:EEN High Level Policy Workshop
On Tuesday 28th October 2014 the GR:EEN project, a European Commission FP-7 funded collaborative research project managed by the Centre of the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick, held a high-level policy workshop at the House of Lords in London, sponsored by The Lord Purvis of Tweed.
The workshop, entitled ‘Responding to Crises: Perspectives on the European Union’ brought together a select audience of parliamentarians, officials, academics, and other key stakeholders with interests and expertise in the European Union, in order to consider the role of the EU in a changing world, and to address its response to crises.
Roundtables were focused upon four core themes, each addressing different elements of crisis and challenge currently facing the EU, including on global trade policy, energy insecurity, global tax policy, and integration, devolution and regional leadership.
Speaking after the event, Dr Megan Dee, postdoctoral research fellow for the GR:EEN project at Warwick University and workshop organiser said, “GR:EEN has developed a wealth a policy-relevant research over its last four years of collaborative research activity. This workshop was a really exciting opportunity to disseminate that GR:EEN research to a policy audience and to generate a dialogue between academic and policy spheres in areas of shared interest. That we can now take forward those workshop deliberations and the discussions that we had in order to fine-tune our research is particular testimony of its success.”
For more information about this event please visit http://www.greenfp7.eu/newsandevents/houseoflords
PAIS helps bring acclaimed Film Director Ken Loach to Warwick Arts Centre
This year, the PAIS Film Club has collaborated with the Cinema at the Warwick Arts Centre on a series of documentary films and talks focusing on major themes relating to our research pathways.
On Thursday, November 6th, we are proud to be co-sponsors of the visit of acclaimed British film director, Ken Loach, who will introduce his film The Spirit of '45 and then take part in an exclusive Q&A with the Cinema's film programmer John Gore.
Loach is the director of a host of challenging and provocative films including Kes, Riff-Raff, Land and Freedom, Carla's Song, Bread and Roses, and It's A Free World. In his 2013 documentary, The Spirit of '45, he uses film from Britain's regional and national archives, alongside sound recordings and contemporary interviews, to create a rich political and social narrative that addresses how the spirit of unity which buoyed Britain during the Second World War carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society in the postwar period. The Spirit of '45 seeks to illuminate and celebrate a period of unprecedented community spirit in the UK, the impact of which, Loach argues, endured for many years and which may yet be rediscovered today.
Trevor McCrisken, co-convenor of the PAIS Film Club, says: "This is a unique opportunity, not only to see a fascinating documentary film about politics and society in Britain, but also to meet one of Britain's greatest filmmakers. I encourage our students and colleagues to come along and ask Ken Loach questions not only about this film, but the whole body of his work and its political significance."
General sale tickets have already sold out for this event, but members of the PAIS department - UG, MA, and PhD students, Post-Docs, faculty and staff - can claim one of 100 free tickets available through the department from Sue Davies or Jess Phillips in S1.62, while stocks last.
Paid Internship Opportunity: Pre-chewed Politics
Pre-chewed Politics is now recruiting paid MA or PhD student Research Assistant Interns with an American Government and Politics specialism.
Contact Sue Davies, Departmental Administrator (Teaching), for further details.
Deadline 7th November
PPE Student Awarded British Council Scholarship for Excellence
Congratulations to Mr Thomas Wilson, a Philosophy, Politics and Economics student at Warwick, who has been awarded a Scholarship for Excellence (SfE). He is currently studying at the University of Hong Kong.