{"id":3640,"date":"2021-10-04T08:25:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T08:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2021-10-05T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:03:20","slug":"september-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2021\/10\/04\/september-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"September News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">While the UK battles with a transport crisis and party conference season has been in full swing, we were enjoying a very busy return to Canterbury campus. It&#8217;s been absolutely buzzing with life this past few weeks. Catch up with all our latest news here. <\/p>\n<h2>Welcome!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>After a quiet year on campus with most learning and working from home, it was amazing to see the Canterbury campus come back to life this Welcome Week. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/3948\/welcome\">See what&#8217;s been going on<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Congratulations!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2270\/pabst-adrian\">Professor Adrian Pabst<\/a> has\u00a0been elected Fellow of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/acss.org.uk\/\">Academy of Social Sciences<\/a>. New Fellows are recognised \u2018for the excellence and impact of their work and their wider contributions to the social sciences for public benefit\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/3942\/professor-adrian-prabst-fellow-of-the-academy-of-social-sciences\"><strong>See more about the Fellowship<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/brussels\/people\/2607\/azmanova-albena\">Dr Albena Azmanova<\/a> won the Michael Harrington Book Award with her book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azmanova.com\/books\/capitalism-on-edge#:~:text=How%20Fighting%20Precarity%20Can%20Achieve%20Radical%20Change%20Without%20Crisis%20or%20Utopia,-Columbia%20University%20Press&amp;text=The%20wake%20of%20the%20financial,is%20not%20in%20the%20cards.\">Capitalism on Edge: How Fighting Precarity Can Achieve Radical Change Without Crisis or Utopia\u201d<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/3939\/albena-azmanova-wins-the-micheal-harrington-book-award\">Read more about the award and book<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/gcrf-compass\/\">Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) COMPASS<\/a>\u00a0project, led by the universities of Kent and Cambridge has been shortlisted for the International Collaboration of the Year at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/the-awards.co.uk\/2021\/en\/page\/shortlist\">Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2021<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/3882\/kent-and-cambridge-collaborative-project-shortlisted-for-the-awards-202\">Find out more about the collaboration<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the future of Afghanistan?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2275\/toros-harmonie\">Dr Harmonie Toros<\/a> took part in two recent radio programmes &#8211; BBC Radio Wales and Radio 5, discussing the future of Afghanistan, discussing ISIS-K and the potential terror threat, along with President Biden\u2019s decision to withdraw the military from Afghanistan. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/3890\/the-future-of-afghanistan\">Read more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Merkel era came to an end<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A roundtable with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/504\/ansorg-nadine\">Dr Nadine Ansorg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-marburg.de\/en\/conflict-studies\/center\/staff-pages\/dr-werner-distler\">Werner Distler<\/a>\u00a0(University of Marburg),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/gcdc\/person\/theresa-bachmann\/\">Theresa Bachmann<\/a> and Thorsten Bonacker (University of Marburg) took place to discuss what the end of the Merkel era will mean for EU and global politics. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/3934\/german-elections-2021\">See here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>We reflected on the 20-year anniversary of 9\/11<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2275\/toros-harmonie\">Dr Harmonie Toros<\/a> reflected on the terror attack\u2019s impact on international relations. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/3886\/expert-comment-9-11-anniversary-war-on-terror-was-not-the-only-possible-response\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>And what we are looking forward to&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Schools of Anthropology and Conservation, Economics, Politics and International Relations and Psychology met to discuss their many dynamic research groups, with a view to potential interdisciplinary collaboration.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/3865\/the-division-of-human-and-social-sciences-hybrid-research-away-day\"><strong> Find out more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\">Keep up to date with the latest news from the School of Politics and International Relations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the UK battles with a transport crisis and party conference season has been in full swing, we were enjoying a very busy return to &hellip; 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