Join us in Taylor A08 for a reading seminar led by Dr Erin Ferguson (Law) - open to staff and PhD students in all disciplines. The readings are: The following questions can be used to guide reading and to help get us started in our discussion: This list is not intended as prescriptive, but can … Continue reading Reading Seminar on ‘Environmental Constitutionalism’
Join us in Taylor A08 or on Teams for a talk by Nevena Jevremović (Law) on 'Global Value Chain Governance: A Socio-Legal Study of Voluntarism in the European Context.' Drawing on a range of interventions from law, political economy, and development studies, the seminar will explore the exercise of discursive power that resulted in a shift of … Continue reading Seminar on ‘Global Value Chain Governance: A Socio-Legal Study of Voluntarism in the European Context’ (Dr Nevena Jevremović)
Join us in Edward Wright F61 for a talk by Trevor Stack (Spanish & Latin American Studies) on 'Beyond Pax Mafiosa: Apparent Peace, Human Rights, and Organised Crime in Mexico.' This paper compares three Mexican municipalities where residents claimed to live in peace despite the enduring presence of organised crime. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, Stack proposes a … Continue reading Seminar on ‘Beyond Pax Mafiosa: Apparent Peace, Human Rights, and Organised Crime in Mexico’ (Professor Trevor Stack)
Join us in Taylor A08 or on Teams for a talk by Gearoid Millar (Sociology) on '21st Century Challenges to Peace: Theory, Pedagogy, Policy, Practice in Peace Work.' As a field, Peace Work holds the twin aims of understanding and working to overcome violent conflict. In the past, as understandings of the challenges to peace evolved, so too did … Continue reading Seminar on ’21st Century Challenges to Peace: Theory, Pedagogy, Policy, Practice in Peace Work’ (Professor Gearoid Millar)
Join us in Taylor A08 or on Teams for a talk by Owen Walsh (History), who will present his brand new book 'Frontiers of Black Freedom: Internationalism, Americanism, and Anti-racist Solidarity during the 1930s.' In the aftermath of the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings, anti-racism appears as a key dynamic in global politics. This book examines how, in … Continue reading Seminar on ‘Frontiers of Black Freedom: Internationalism, Americanism, and Anti-racist Solidarity during the 1930s’ (Dr Owen Walsh)
