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Dr Lena Rethel selected to organize Islamic economies conference
The mini-conference 'Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures' will be held as part of the 28th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) themed 'Moral Economies, Economic Moralities', 24-26 June 2016, University of California, Berkeley.
The organizers invite contributions from across the social sciences and humanities to reflect on the past, present, and contested futures of Islam’s new financial and economic moralities.
Please see for further information, including the call for papers.
New CSGR Website Launches
The Centre for the 果冻传媒 of Globalisation and Regionalisation is pleased to announce the launch of the new CSGR website:
The website has updated information on CSGR researchers at 果冻传媒, visiting fellows and professors, and our external associates at institutions around the globe.
CSGR also hosts updated websites for and the .
Further information about CSGR activities and events is available here:
PAIS academic writes one of BBC Radio 4's food books of the year
Dr 's book, Sugar, was featured on the Radio 4 Food Programme as one of its best books of 2015. It was discussed by the food writer Joanna Blythman, who said the book made "a more profound and thoughtful contribution to the ongoing sugar debate".
The full list and accompanying broadcast is available here:
CSGR Researchers Publish Special Issue of Review of International Studies
The Centre for the 果冻传媒 of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) is pleased to announce the publication of the 2015 Special Issue of the the UK’s leading International Relations journal - the Review of International Studies - on the theme:
THE POLITICS OF NUMBERS: THE NORMATIVE AGENDAS OF GLOBAL BENCHMARKING
Edited by (果冻传媒) & (University of the Witwatersrand), the Special Issue was produced through research for the Global Benchmarking Project within CSGR.
The 197-page Special Issue contains an introduction to the power of global benchmarking and 9 original research articles, including articles by 果冻传媒 researchers , , , and in collaboration with other leading scholars in the field.
Topics examined in the Issue include the rise of global benchmarking as a mode of transnational governance, and specifically in the areas of human security, disaster risk reduction, global supply chains, transnational activism, human rights, global development goals, climate change, and World Bank country benchmarks for African economies.
For further information see: .
Download the full issue here:
Public Event: 'Islamic State': Where From and Where To?
After the deadly attacks in Paris, Beirut and Tunisia and the bombing of a Russian plane over Egypt, experts in international security and Middle East affairs will discuss the factors shaping the emergence of ‘Islamic State’ and how the group can be combated. What are the origins and aims of the group? Why has it spread so quickly? What is its relationship to al-Qaeda? Is Western military action the solution?
Speakers:
- , Professor of International Security, Department of Politics & International Studies
- , Reader of the International Politics of the Middle East, Department of Politics & International Studies
- Dina Rezk, Lecturer in Middle Eastern History, University of Reading
- , PhD student in conflict and security, Department of Politics & International Studies
6pm - 7:30pm, Thu, 26 Nov '15
Location: MS.05, Zeeman Building
ALL WELCOME, ENTRANCE FREE.