Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)

Dr Finbarr Livesey 1972-2019

Obituary of Dr Finbarr Livesey 1972-2019

Dr Aaron Rapport 1980 - 2019

Obituary of Dr Aaron Rapport, 1980 - 2019

This year’s lecture, titled “Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Europe and the United States” was given by Professor Erik Jones, Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy and Director of European and Eurasian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

2019 Antcliffe Lecture

The title of the 2019 Antcliffe Lecture was “Thirty Years On: Thatcher, 1989 and the Fall of the Berlin Wall”. The Lecture was given by Dr Robert Saunders, Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Queen Mary, University of London.

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TALKING POLITICS is the podcast that will try to make sense of it all. Each Thursday, in Cambridge, David Runciman will talk to his regular panel along with novelists, comedians, historians, philosophers, and even a few politicians to ask them what they think is going on. It’s the political conversation everyone is having: please join us.

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El-Erian Institute Studentships fr 2021-22

Aug 11, 2020

El-Erian Institute Studentships 2021-22

Dr Andrea Binder is the winner of the Körber Foundation's German Dissertation Award 2020 in the social sciences.

Jul 29, 2020

Dr Andrea Binder is the winner of the Körber Foundation's German Dissertation Award 2020 in the social sciences. The prize honors excellent PhD research with a high relevance for society. The annual competition is held under the auspices of Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble. The award is endowed with EUR25.000.

Winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize 2020

Jul 22, 2020

Professor Jude Browne is the inaugural winner of the Aaron Rapport prize in 2020