Other News
Dr Charlotte Heath-Kelly appointed Assistant Professor & wins ESRC FRL
Dr , currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in PAIS, has won an ESRC Future Research Leader (worth £135,486.00) for her project entitled ‘Resilience at the Bombsite: Reconstructing Post-Terrorist Space’, which is for 36 months from 1 January 2016 and to be mentored by Professor .
Following this success and her earlier Leverhulme Trust award, we are also delighted to announce that the University’s Academic Resourcing Committee has approved PAIS’ bid for Charlotte to be appointed to an indefinite Assistant Professorship in the Department with effect from 1 October, 2015.
Very many congratulations to Charlotte for these outstanding achievements.
PAIS student, Chloe Wynne to present at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research
Final year PAIS and History student, Chloe Wynne, has had her URSS research on the place of women within Formula 1 accepted for oral presentation at the prestigious next March.
The annual conference, to be held next year at Manchester Metropolitan University, is the largest of its kind in the UK, and promotes undergraduate research in all disciplines. Undergraduates of all levels are invited to submit papers, posters, workshops and performances to the Conference. Abstracts are peer-reviewed and only those accepted will be invited to attend the conference.
Chloe's research focuses upon the different gendered experiences faced by women competing and working within Formula 1. As part of her URSS project, which was supervised by Dr , Chloe wrote an article that later appeared in Autosport magazine, which explored the absence of women in prominent positions within the sport.
Dr Vicki Squire Presents Research Findings to All Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy
Dr , Principal Investigator on the ESCR urgency grant , presented preliminary research findings to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy on the theme of “the migration crisis” on October 28th 2015.
Maurice Wren, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council, was presenting alongside Dr Squire to an audience of MPs and representatives from the House of Lords, as well as civil servants and representatives from different think tanks and interested organisations.
A summary of the preliminary project findings is available here.
Professor Michael Dillon lecture 'Political Spirituality'
Professor (University of Lancaster, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion) will deliver a keynote lecture on 'Political Spirituality' as part of the IAS workshop 'The Ethics and Politics of Apocalyptic Imaginaries'.
27th November 2015, 5.00-6.30pm, SO.19
Workshop: The Ethics and Politics of Apocalyptic Imaginaries
A one-day interdisciplinary workshop
Institute of Advanced 果冻传媒 Seminar Room, Milburn House, 果冻传媒, 27th November 2015
Keynote speaker: Professor (University of Lancaster, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion)
All are welcome to attend. Registration is free. Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day.
Please email m.fagan@warwick.ac.uk by Monday 9th November 2015 to register your attendance.