This workshop is one of a number taking place during 2017, the year of the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act. In common with … Read more
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Filmmakers nominated for international award
The world premiere of ‘Do Donkeys Act?’ takes place this month at CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. The filmmakers, David Redmon and Ashley … Read more
Future of welfare in Europe
The NORFACE WelfSOC project team led by Peter Taylor-Gooby, Research Professor of Social Policy, travelled to Gothenburg on 22 February to take part in a … Read more
The destructive life of a Mardi Gras bead
Today is Mardi Gras in New Orleans, marking the last day of their carnival season. It’s all about music, parades, picnics, floats and excitement. One … Read more
Policing Pregnancy: Who should be a mother?
Sessions at this one-day conference in May will explore changing ideas about pregnancy, motherhood, responsibility and risk, and the impact of these ideas on women’s … Read more
Understanding student protest and political participation
Paths and barriers to mobilising young people for politial action In his new book, Participation and Non-Participation in Student Activism, Alexander Hensby develops our understanding … Read more
Dr Breeze receives prize for outstanding research
Dr Beth Breeze, Director of the Centre for Philanthropy, has been selected by a panel led by Professor Philippe De Wilde, the Pro Vice-Chancellor for … Read more
Documentary films selected to premiere at international film festivals
Documentaries by Dr David Redmon, emerging from a two-year Leverhulme Trust research grant award to his project titled ‘Donkey’, have been chosen to premiere at … Read more
Criminologist joins leading US liberal-arts college
Dr Simon Cottee, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, will be working at Wellesley College in the US as a Visiting Senior Fellow from January to August this year. … Read more
Women and sex tourism landscapes
In her recently published book, Women and Sex Tourism Landscapes, Erin Sanders-McDonagh explores female tourists’ interactions with highly sexualized spaces and places in two very … Read more