{"id":2953,"date":"2021-03-24T10:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2021-04-06T17:20:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T17:20:05","slug":"spirrs-a-core-part-of-the-intellectual-life-of-the-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2021\/03\/24\/spirrs-a-core-part-of-the-intellectual-life-of-the-school\/","title":{"rendered":"SPIRRS, back for 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The School of Politics and International Relations Research Seminar Series (SPIRRS) programme is UP for 2020. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SPIRRS is the research seminar for the School of Politics and International Relations and a core part of the intellectual life of the School. It brings together speakers from inside the University with those from outside, to present cutting edge research on politics and international relations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It has a friendly and welcoming vibe and we encourage MA students, research postgraduates as well as academic and professional service colleagues to attend.&#8217; Richard Whitman explains &#8216;Everybody has a chance to have their say and the speakers really welcome the feedback they get on their research and work in progress.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily we would meet in Woolf and have a post seminar social over drinks afterwards, but for the time being we&#8217;ll be holding these on Teams.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>24 March 2021 \u2013 15.30-17.00<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2018Sound and Sense: Phonology and Human Difference in late Ming China\u2019<br \/>\nDr Leigh Jenco, London School of Economics<br \/>\nChair: Ben Turner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3a74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078%40thread.tacv2\/1612545549099?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2251a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667%22%7d\">Click here to join the meeting<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/JoinTeamsMeeting\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meetingOptions\/?organizerId=a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667&amp;tenantId=51a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a&amp;threadId=19_74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078@thread.tacv2&amp;messageId=1612545549099&amp;language=en-GB\">Meeting options<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>7 April 2021 \u2013 15.30-17.00<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2018Dynamic Federalism\u2019<br \/>\nProfessor Patricia Popelier, University of Antwerp<br \/>\nChair: Neo Loizides<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3a74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078%40thread.tacv2\/1612545660761?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2251a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667%22%7d\">Click here to join the meeting<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/JoinTeamsMeeting\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meetingOptions\/?organizerId=a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667&amp;tenantId=51a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a&amp;threadId=19_74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078@thread.tacv2&amp;messageId=1612545660761&amp;language=en-GB\">Meeting options<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>19 May 2021 \u2013 15.30-17.00<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8216;Anticolonial Afterlives in Egypt: The Politics of Hegemony&#8217;<br \/>\nDr Sara Salam, London School of Economics<br \/>\nChair: Nadine Ansorg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3a74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078%40thread.tacv2\/1612545808063?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2251a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667%22%7d\">Click here to join the meeting<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/JoinTeamsMeeting\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meetingOptions\/?organizerId=a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667&amp;tenantId=51a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a&amp;threadId=19_74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078@thread.tacv2&amp;messageId=1612545808063&amp;language=en-GB\">Meeting options<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2 June 2021 \u2013 15.30-17.00<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2018NATO, Gender, and the Military: Women organising from within\u2019<br \/>\nDr Katherine AM Wright, University of Newcastle<br \/>\nChair: Nadine Ansorg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3a74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078%40thread.tacv2\/1612545901429?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2251a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667%22%7d\">Click here to join the meeting<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/JoinTeamsMeeting\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meetingOptions\/?organizerId=a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667&amp;tenantId=51a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a&amp;threadId=19_74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078@thread.tacv2&amp;messageId=1612545901429&amp;language=en-GB\">Meeting options<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>16 June 2021 \u2013 15.30-17.00<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2018Capitalism on Edge: will \u2018progressive neoliberalism\u2019 survive the Covid pandemic?\u2019<br \/>\nDr Albena Azmanova, BSIS<br \/>\nChair: Richard G. Whitman<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3a74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078%40thread.tacv2\/1612546132283?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2251a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667%22%7d\">Click here to join the meeting<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/JoinTeamsMeeting\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meetingOptions\/?organizerId=a90951a3-a1e5-4c9e-ad9b-44e050341667&amp;tenantId=51a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a&amp;threadId=19_74c01ca2d6d747cba1a6a8b0ea94d078@thread.tacv2&amp;messageId=1612546132283&amp;language=en-GB\">Meeting options<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Politics and International Relations Research Seminar Series (SPIRRS) programme is UP for 2020. 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