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Farhana Afrin Rahman's New Book Examines the Lives of Rohingya Women After Forced Migration

18 November 2024

The Department of Politics and International Studies is excited to announce the publication of After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh’s Rohingya Refugee Camps by Farhana Afrin Rahman . This powerful book delves into the experiences of Rohingya women who fled violence and persecution in Myanmar, seeking refuge...

Key Trends and Issues at the Intersection of Communication and Human Rights

30 September 2024

Dr Ella McPherson Reflects on her Experience as ICA 2024 Theme Co-Chair CGHR Co-Director, Dr Ella McPherson was delighted to serve as Co-Chair of the International Communication Association ’s 74th conference theme, ‘ Communication and Global Human Rights ’. The 5000-member International Communication Association (ICA)...

Dr Ilias Alami Publishes New Book: The Spectre of State Capitalism

30 September 2024

Dr Ilias Alami 's newest book, The Spectre of State Capitalism , has just been published by Oxford University Press. Co-written with Prof. Adam D. Dixon, Dr Alami's new book provides a comprehensive study of the material, discursive, and ideological dimensions of the ongoing reconfiguration of the state's role as promoter...

Author Mary Ononokpono talks about how her work has been inspired by the MPhil in African Studies programme

30 September 2024

Mary Onoŋokpono is a Nigerian-British writer with a POLIS MPhil in African Studies. Her short story 'Firewater', about a child's perspective of the Atlantic slave trade, has been awarded first prize by a competition for emerging African writers. Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie...

Dr Alina Utrata is the 2024 winner of the Lisa Smirl PhD Prize

12 September 2024

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce that Dr Alina Utrata as the 2024 Lisa Smirl PhD Prize winner. Every year, the Department of Politics and International Studies offers a prize of £200 for the best PhD thesis completed in the previous academic year. The Prize is named in memory of...

Winners of the 2024 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Announced

11 September 2024

Every year The Department of Politics and International Studies holds a competition to find the best photographs taken by our PhD students during their fieldwork. The photographs submitted to the PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition showcase images which represent the diversity and depth with which our students interact...

Dr Marthe Achtnich wins BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize

11 June 2024

Dr Marthe Achtnich has been awarded the BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize for her outstanding book Mobility Economies in Europe’s Borderlands: Migrants’ Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean (Cambridge University Press). The Susan Strange Book Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding book published in any field...

Dr James Wood 2024 Winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

Dr James Wood is the 2024 winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

6 June 2024

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the 2024 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching has been awarded to Dr James Wood . This is the second time Dr Wood has been awarded a teaching prize from the Department. He was jointly awarded the POLIS Teaching Prize in 2019...

Dr Marthe Achtnich Publishes New Book

28 February 2024

Dr Marthe Achtnich has recently published a book with Cambridge University Press: ‘Mobility Economies in Europe’s Borderlands: Migrants’ Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean.’

Professor Ayse Zarakol in black dress being awarded the Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science certificate with two formally dressed presenters

Professor Ayşe Zarakol is awarded the Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science

29 November 2023

On 28 November 2023, Professor Ayşe Zarakol was presented with the Koç University Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science in the fields of ‘Administrative Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law’ for her research at the intersection of historical sociology and international relations, focusing on East-West relations in the...

Farhana Afrin Rahman's New Book Examines the Lives of Rohingya Women After Forced Migration

Key Trends and Issues at the Intersection of Communication and Human Rights

Dr Ilias Alami Publishes New Book: The Spectre of State Capitalism

Author Mary Ononokpono talks about how her work has been inspired by the MPhil in African Studies programme

Dr Alina Utrata is the 2024 winner of the Lisa Smirl PhD Prize

Winners of the 2024 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Announced

Dr Marthe Achtnich wins BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize

Dr James Wood is the 2024 winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

Dr Marthe Achtnich Publishes New Book

Professor Ayşe Zarakol is awarded the Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science

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