Hey All,
Here’s the scoop on events coming up this week in the Department.
NSS, NSS, NSS, NSS, NSS!
The Memes won’t stop, they can’t stop.
But I haven’t forgotten about you other students
There are other student surveys:
1st Year Undergraduates: Your Voice 1
2nd Year Undergraduates: Your Voice 2
PG Students (Taught): Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES)
PG Students (Research): Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES)
So I can start nagging you about surveys as well!
Wait, why is readership collapsing?
LSE Summer School Scholarships
Friday, 16 April, 2021
LSE is delighted to announce the launch of the Academic Director’s Scholarships for Summer School applicants who have shown a passion and exceptional promise in the areas of:
- Sustainability and Development;
- Responsible Leadership; or
- Technology, Media & Society
These scholarships are designed to help students wishing to broaden and enrich their university career with the opportunity to participate in the LSE Summer School. The scholarships aim to help recipients gain a global perspective, achieve academic excellence, and develop civic leadership skills.
Find out more about eligibility and how to apply here.
Webinar: New Research in Comparative Politics
Wednesday March 17, 2021, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Book presentation: The Persistence of Slavery: An Economic History of Child Trafficking in Nigeria
Robin P. Chapdelaine, Assistant Professor of History, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Duquesne University
Despite efforts to abolish slavery throughout Africa in the nineteenth century, the coercive labor systems that constitute “modern slavery” have continued to the present day. To understand why, Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine explores child trafficking, pawning, and marriages in Nigeria’s Bight of Biafra, and the ways in which British colonial authorities and Igbo, Ibibio, Efik, and Ijaw populations mobilized children’s labor during the early twentieth century. The Persistence of Slavery provides an invaluable investigation into the origins of modern slavery and early efforts to combat it, locating this practice in the political, social, and economic changes that occurred as a result of British colonialism and its lingering effects, which perpetuate child trafficking in Nigeria today.
Webinar Series: International System of Power
Friday 19 March: 4:00pm – 5:45pm GMT
Study Abroad: Turing Scheme
The UK Government has launched the programme guide for it’s new scheme for studying abroad that has replaced the Erasmus Scheme.
This has all the relevant information for students wishing to participate. There are also online webinars being run for more informaiton. If you are interested look at the Turing Scheme Website.
Inderjeet Parmar: America’s Crisis is Biden’s Opportunity – Unity with GOP or Radical Change?
Inderjeet Parmar has contributed a great article to Deciphergrey, a website founded by City Students.
Opportunity: Laura Bassi Scholarship
Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which awards a total of $8,000 thrice per annum, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding will be awarded in April 2021.
All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of full-time employment. Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by the relevant deadline.
Further details, previous winners, and the application portal can be found at here.