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Author: David Blunt
Week 7: City Politics Podcast, Internships, The Interview, and More!
Hope you had a good reading week and are ready to get back into the mix, because we are mixing it up. City Politics Podcast: COP26, The Climate Emergency, and Civil Disobedience The CPP is back with its first episode this season. David Blunt and Konstantin Vössing are joined by Bill Scheuerman, Rudy Professor at […]
Week 5: Royalty, Nato, and Women in War
It’s almost reading week, but the fun never ever stops. Tomorrow: The Departments of Journalism and International Politics invite you to an in-person roundtable discussion on on Thursday 4th November 2021 at 6.00pm in the Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre, followed by a drinks reception. Please register here. Overview The British monarchy have a complex relationship […]
Week 4: Opportunities, Webinars, and Events!
Have a look at all these great opportunities: Opportunity: WMGIC x NATO ACT Cybersecurity Challenge William & Mary and NATO ACT invite undergraduates from around the world to compete in an international cybersecurity case competition William & Mary’s Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC) will partner with the Whole of Government Center of Excellence and NATO […]
Week 3: Cynthia Enloe, Black History Month, Webinars and More!
Week 3? I guess we are out of things to do. No wait, there’s even more. TODAY! Webinar: Cynthia Enloe, ‘Feminist Analysts and Strategizers Inside Masculinized Organizations: Do They Matter?’ Date: Wed 20 October 2021 at 16:00-17:30pm (London time), via Zoom More details and how to register can be found here. Professor Cythia […]
Week 1: Micro-Placements, Book Launches, and Webinars
Hello there. It’s the start of term and there are some great things to participate in at City and in London Student Opportunity: Micro-Placements Programme Have you started to think about your career options? Do you want to explore potential career paths open to you? Then look no further, the Micro-Placements Programme provides professional experience to students […]
Welcome Week 2021: Webinars, Good News, and Book Launches!
Hi and welcome to the City Politics Blog, where you can find out about events and activities related to the Department of International Politics at City, University of London! It is the start of a new academic year and we have a wide array of activities that will tantalise new and returning members of our […]
Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: All for one but not one for all: How Arab Nationalism Rose and Fell by Kelly van Roy
Congratulations to the winner of the graduate section of the Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: Kelly van Roy! ‘Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first’. —Charles de Gaulle In this essay, I explore what factors caused the rise and decline of Arab […]
Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: ‘Encounters in and between the West and the Middle East’: (Re)constructing Identities by Sasha Bukhari
Congratulations to Sasha Bukhari for winning second prize in the undergraduate section of the Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize! Introduction The West has its history etched into foreign sands, its achievements laboured by foreign hands, but its legacies sung with only whispered mentions of their foreign names. Discussing the history of the Middle East is to […]
Weekly Update: Diplomacy, Antiracism, Confucianism, and More!
It’s Tuesday and the football may be done, but politics never stops. Diplomacy and Leadership in a Democracy 14 July, 17:00 BST With the continual rise of authoritarian leadership around the world, it may seem that democracy is in peril. How will this global shift impact diplomacy and international relations for the US and other […]