Departmental news
Professor Emejulu on Radio Scotland
Sociology's Professor Akwugo Emejulu was on BBC Radio Scotland Tuesday 7th February talking about racist violence in Scotland - available on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08c3wgg
Dr Thom Davies article in the Guardian
Finger on the button: should Trump's nuclear weapons access be restricted?
US congressmen are proposing a bill to restrict President Trump’s access to nuclear weapons. As ‘chaotic’ as he may be, is this fair or rational?
read the article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2017/jan/30/should-donald-trumps-access-to-nuclear-weapons-be-restricted?CMP=share_btn_link
On the radio...
Our Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Catherine O'Flynn, and Sarah Moss, were both guests on the Saturday Review, BBC Radio 4, Saturday 28 January. Items discussed included Death Takes A Holiday (on at the Charing Cross Theatre now), and The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Dr Eylem Ozaltun
The First Person, Action, and Perception: Dr Eylem Ozaltun, Koc University, Istanbul, is visiting the Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre until the end of May, to work on a project with Prof Naomi Eilan, funded by a Newton Mobility grant.
University of Sanctuary
The Journey to Protection and the University Experience
for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Thursday 2nd February 5:00 - 6:30 pm
International Digital Laboratory - University of Warwick
www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/vco/events/universityofsanctuary/
Followed by wine reception
Two Warwick Sociology academics nominated for Sage Prize
We are all proud that two of our academics have been nominated (out of 7) for the Sage Prize 2017 British Sociological Association:
Gurminder Bhambra, Postcolonial Reflections on Sociology
Lucy Mayblin, Aneta Piekut, and Gill Valentine, ‘Other’ Posts in ‘Other’ Places: Poland through a Postcolonial Lens?
https://www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunities/sage-prize-for-innovationexcellence/
We wish them good luck in the results announced later this year
Professor Keith-Ansell Pearson on BBC Radio 4
On January 12th Keith Ansell-Pearson took part in a BBC Radio 4 ‘In Our Time’ programme devoted to Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality. The host was Melvyn Bragg and the other guests were Fiona Hughes (Essex) and Stephen Mulhall (Oxford). You can listen to the programme here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b087rt4z
Understanding Brexit event
Professor Gurminder Bhambra has received Public Engagement funding for the upcoming "Understanding Brexit" event to be held in Birmingham at the end of January. More details to follow
Dr Hannah Jones awarded ESRC Impact Accelerator Award
Dr Hannah Jones has been awarded an ESRC Impact Accelerator Award for the project 'Tate Exchange Year 1: Who are we?' building on the established collaboration between Warwick and The Tate
Dr Ana Chamberlen in The Conversation
Dr Ana Chamberlen article 'The real prison crisis is the damage the system does to its prisoners' has been published on The Conversation.