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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hannah Jones, has been shortlisted for the 2014 British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize; for her book Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change: Uncomfortable positions in local government.

Previous winners within the Department have included Alice Mah in 2013 and Gurminder Bhambra in 2008.

The winner will be announced on the week commencing 24th March 2014

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Sociology PhD student, Joanna Cuttell, discusses whether or not higher resolution equals a better gaming experience, and more pleasure for the gamer.

Read More Pixels, More Pleasure? on the Kowledge Centre website.

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The workshop will bring together scholars, media and creative practitioners, NGO spokespersons and policy-makers in a dialogic format in order to understand the complex dimensions of the practices of sovereignty in relation to security, state and sectarian violence, religious nationalism, human rights, and a distinctive Kashmiri cultural history and identity.

Research questions driving the workshop are: What forms of knowledge regarding contested sovereignty may be generated through a dialogue between scholars, media and creative practitioners, human rights organizations, and policy makers? How can this knowledge be used to inform UK policy and create public awareness about the Kashmir issue?

To book your place, please email Reva Yunus, Doctoral Researcher (R.Yunus@warwick.ac.uk) or Dr. Goldie Osuri (G.Osuri@warwick.ac.uk) by the 27th February.

For more information, visit the webpage

Tonight at 6:30pm in Ramphal R0.12

The second part of the international documentary film “What does it mean to be young in Modern Europe?”: “Our former NASHI”

The youth movement “NASHI” (trans. – “Ours”) is one of the most visible and contradictory projects on the stage of youth politics. In 2005, on the wave of growing radicalism, Russian authorities decided to organize an active youth base under its own leadership. Provided with both financial and ideological support from the government, the movement was given the opportunity to realize diverse social, activist, and political projects. Today parts of this movement are trying to distance themselves from their NASHI origins. We bring to your attention a firsthand story about past and present of pro-Kremlin movements.

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An invitation for all University of Warwick students, with an interest in education in its broadest sense, to attend the University of Warwick annual Centre for Education Studies Postgraduate Conference.

The theme of the conference is Crossing Boundaries and a key aim of the conference is to provide a platform for sharing experiences of education sense with colleagues from across the whole university.

The conference will be held on Saturday 10 May 2014 in the Westwood Lecture Theatre on Westwood Campus. The conference is free and open to taught postgraduate and undergraduate students. Reserve your place by emailing Asima Iqbal at a.b.iqbal@warwick.ac.uk 
 
Abstracts for papers are invited from research postgraduates across the university whose research or interests connect with education. This might include research on professional learning; teaching and learning across age groups and contexts; informal community and social participation; the teaching of particular subjects; the experience of learning; learning theories and learning inventories; equity and social exclusion; technology and learning; teaching and learning with second or additional languages and so on.

Please submit an abstract of 200-300 words by Monday 17 March 2014. Presentation slots will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.

For more information, visit the website

Elena Omelchenko, Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg

Gillian Rose Room, 3rd floor, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry

5:00–6:30pm, followed by a drinks reception in the foyer of the Ramphal Building

For more information, visit the Sociology Seminars webpage.