A new series of lunchtime social science seminars will be getting underway at BU this autumn. Featuring academics from all areas of social sciences, the programme will tackle important and topical issues and showcase some of BU’s excellent research.
The seminars will take place at 1pm and will last for around 50 minutes – please feel free to bring your lunch.
All staff and students are welcome.
| Date and Venue | Speaker & Title |
| 30 September 2015
R301 |
Ann Brooks
‘Sex, Lies and Videotape’: Sex and the Politics of Organizational Identity in the US – The Case of David Petraeus |
| 28 October 2015
R301 |
Dan Jackson
Journalism and Public Relations: shifting boundaries, shifting power relations |
| 18 November 2015
R303 |
Stephanie Schwander-Sievers
Ethnographies of Memory – the cultural reproduction of militancy in post-war Kosovo |
| 2 December 2015
R303 |
Anna Feigenbaum and Daniel Weissman
Vulnerable Warriors: Counter-terrorism and the rise of Militarised Policing |
| 20 January 2016
R301 |
Kip Jones
Performative Social Science: What it is, What it isn’t, and Where it is now |
| 17 February 2016
R301 |
Sarah Scarfe
How do you exercise with epilepsy? Insights into the psychosocial impact of exercising with epilepsy? |
| 16 March 2016
S206 |
Hyun Joo Lim
Voices of the secret state: human rights activism among North Korean defectors in the UK |
| 20 April 2016
R303 |
Edwin Van Teijlingen
Maternal health research in Nepal |
| 18 May 2016
R301 |
Deborah Gabriel
Inside the Ivory Tower: Narratives Women of Colour Surviving and Thriving in British Academia |
| 15 June 2016
R301 |
Marcellus Mbah
An exploration into the dynamics of being an international student and the complexities surrounding their placement and employability prospects |
| 6 July 2016
R301 |
Ann Luce
Journalistic Representations of Suicide and the Discourses Created |
Nepal maternity care paper online yesterday
Conversation article: Fossil footprints reveal what may be the oldest known handcarts – new research
Update on UKRO services
European research project exploring use of ‘virtual twins’ to better manage metabolic associated fatty liver disease
BU Professor has been invited to a series of plenary and invited lectures.