In this SWDTP Webinar, Phillippa Grand (Bristol University Press), will be joined by colleagues who have recently published their theses as monographs (Bowles; Carver) and Weldes (Co-Editor for two Routledge Book Series). Content will include: Why publish your PhD as a monograph; why choose a monograph vs a journal article; what makes a good monograph […]
Link to the event here Join us as we bring together PGRs and supervisors across institutions and disciplines, to explore the identities of a doctoral student. How is your doctoral journey going? Are you surviving, are you thriving, have you got your sight set on the end-point or are you enjoying the wandering? Or […]
Link to the event here September 2021 marks the first in a series of twentieth anniversaries associated with what became known as the Global War on Terror. Though the UK and US have only just withdrawn military forces from Afghanistan, bringing to a close, for some, this ‘longest war’, conflicts in new regions are ongoing, […]
Link to the event hereSPIN is delighted to host the book launch for Professor William Walters’ new book State Secrecy and Security: Refiguring the Covert Imaginary. In the book, William Walters calls for secrecy to be given a more central place in critical security studies and elevated to become a core concept when theorising power […]
Using the Understanding Society study for longitudinal research on individuals and households in the UK About this event Alexey Bessudnov (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Exeter) will share top tips on getting started with Understanding Society in your PhD/MReS research. Funded by ESRC, Understanding Society is the largest longitudinal study of its kind. It provides crucial […]
Adam Sisman, author of John Le Carre: The Biography talks about the book and writing and researching elusive subjects About this event This month, we are delighted to welcome guest author and researcher, Adam Sisman to discuss researching, interviewing and writing about the elusive David John Moore Cornwell (aka the globally successful spy fiction author […]
The first online session in the SWDTP Feminist Perspectives webinar series 2022. About this event Gendered inequality, exploitation and violence takes both new and old forms in contemporary times. Three researchers and activists talk about the feminist theories that they draw on in their research. Sian Norris will talk the insights that socialist feminism brings […]
How and Why People Keep Their Politics a Secret: A Discussion with Professor Emily Van Duyn Why Democracy Lives in Darkness About this event Emily Van Duyn, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will discuss her newly published book, Democracy Lives in Darkness: How and Why People Keep Their Politics a Secret, […]
Dr. Brett Edwards will talk through his work on poisons and pestilence as weapons, as well as his experiences recording a podcast. About this event After working on biological and chemical weapon-related issues for several years, Brett decided to develop a deeper appreciation of the history of this area. This has turned into a podcast […]
Book discussion in association with SPIN, MMB and SWDTP About this event Join us for this online event, where Hannah Jones will discuss her book Violent Ignorance: Confronting Racism and Migration Control with Chloe Peacock from the University of Bristol. About the book An elected politician is assassinated in the street by a terrorist associated with extreme political groups, […]