‘Contesting the myth of youth cosmopolitanism: are young people really more tolerant or have the boundaries of exclusion merely shifted?’ 27 January 2022, 5.00 PM - 27 January 2022, 6.30 PM Professor Germ Janmaat (University College London) and Dr Avril Keating (University College London) Online

Why does Latin American interculturalism oppose multiculturalism? 10 February 2022, 5.00 PM - 10 February 2022, 6.30 PM Dr Alexandra Avena Koenigsberger (Independent Researcher) This is an online event - please see link below for sign up

Racial Formation in England: A critical analysis of the Sewell report 24 February 2022, 5.00 PM - 24 February 2022, 6.30 PM Professor Leon Tikly (University of Bristol) This event will be online - see link below for sign up

'Muslims, Migrants & the "Left Behind": On the relational politics of crisis in Brexit Britain' 19 May 2022, 5.00 PM - 19 May 2022, 6.30 PM Dr Jan Dobbernack (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Venue to be confirmed or online

GIC seminar - The EU's shifting geopolitical identity - and what it means for the Ukraine crisis 16 March 2022, 1.00 PM - 16 March 2022, 2.00 PM Richard Youngs Fry Building G10 Lecture Theatre

Democracy Lives in Darkness: Discussion with Professor Emily Van Duyn 9 February 2022, 3.00 PM - 9 February 2022, 4.00 PM

Poisons and Podcasts 7 March 2022, 1.00 PM - 7 March 2022, 2.00 PM Dr Brett Edwards

GRC - Gender Question Time 8 February 2022, 5.00 PM - 8 February 2022, 7.00 PM Terrell Carver, Peace Medie, Rosie Nelson, Rosa Targett, Junko Yamashita ADA LOVELACE BLDG SM1

Book Launch of ‘Childcare Struggles, Maternal Workers and Social Reproduction’ 7 March 2022, 3.00 PM - 7 March 2022, 4.30 PM Chair, Dr Junko Yamashita (Bristol), Maud Perrier (Bristol), Bridget Anderson (Bristol), Susan Ferguson (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Helen Penn (UEL)

SPAIS Consolidating a Culture of Impact Series Perspectives on Transformation and Policy: Gender, Conflict and Equality 11 March 2022, 11.30 AM - 11 March 2022, 12.45 PM Rosy Cave, Senior Analyst, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Professor Roberta Guerrina, Director of the Gender Research Centre, SPAIS and Dr. Roddy Brett, SPAIS Impact Director

Book discussion - Violent ignorance: confronting racism & migration control 6 April 2022, 2.00 PM - 6 April 2022, 3.30 PM Hannah Jones, Chloe Peacock, Julia O'Connell Davidson Online event

Why do ‘anti-gender’ governments promote gender equality?: The WPS agenda in Brazil and Poland 24 February 2022, 12.30 PM - 24 February 2022, 2.00 PM Jennifer Thomson and Sophie Whiting (University of Bath) Woodland Road 12 1G5 or join with the Zoom link below

GRC Annual Lecture - Hijacking Women’s Health 8 March 2022, 2.00 PM - 8 March 2022, 4.00 PM Prof Sophie Harman (Queen Mary University of London) Ada Lovelace SM2 or online (see below for sign up datails)

Global Insecurities Centre (GIC) Special Event: Exploring the humanitarian impact of the conflict in Ukraine 9 March 2022, 1.00 PM - 9 March 2022, 2.30 PM Dr Sean Loughna (International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ukraine), Dr Roddy Brett, Professor Tim Edmunds and Dr Ana Juncos. Venue is currently PRIORY RD CMPLX D BLK 2D1. [If numbers are very high, we will move to PRIORY RD COMPLX LT (the large lecture theatre) instead and notify you in good time]

SPAIS Lunchtime Talk: Joe Lin ‘Challenges and Progress in Two Decades of Gramscian Scholarship in China’ 15 March 2022, 1.00 PM - 15 March 2022, 2.00 PM Dr Joe Lin Room G.1, 7 Priory Road

GRC Roundtable: Where are the women? Gender, Peace & Security in Ukraine. 15 March 2022, 4.30 PM - 15 March 2022, 6.00 PM Dr Jenny Mathers (Aberystwyth University) Dr Katharine Wright (Newcastle University) Dr Graziella Piga (Independent Consultant/University of Surrey) Online

GIC Seminar - Small Arms and Light Weapons: Challenges to Global Development and Security 4 May 2022, 1.00 PM - 4 May 2022, 2.00 PM Paul James and Callum Lloyd Priory Rd. Complex Room 3F9

SPAIS Lunchtime Talk: Sam Appleton ‘Polanyi and Streeck: How Capitalism will (not) End’ 23 March 2022, 1.00 PM - 23 March 2022, 2.00 PM Dr. Sam Appleton Priory Road Complex 2D2 Lecture Theatre

Nuclear aspects of Putin’s 2022 campaign against Ukraine 27 April 2022, 1.00 PM - 27 April 2022, 2.30 PM Paul Schulte Room 4.10, School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square.

SPAIS Lunchtime Talk: Lucas de Abreu Maia ‘Mass Politics and Identification in US Politics’ 27 April 2022, 1.00 PM - 27 April 2022, 2.00 PM

Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship event - Multiracism 28 April 2022, 5.00 PM - 28 April 2022, 6.30 PM Prof Alastair Bonnett Online

Seminar Series - Are the Foreign Born 'on Board’?: Secessionism and Immigration in Catalonia in times of institutional rupture 5 May 2022, 5.00 PM - 5 May 2022, 6.30 PM Xavier Escandell, Associate Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College In person - G1S Hepple Lecture Theatre (School of Geographical Sciences) or on Zoom (link below)

The UK Indo-Pacific ‘tilt’ and Southeast Asia: New Perspectives and Directions 10 June 2022, 10.00 AM - 10 June 2022, 5.00 PM tbc Room 4.10, School of Education, 35 Berkely Square, Bristol, BS8 1JA

SPAIS Online Writing Retreat 21 June 2022, 9.30 AM - 21 June 2022, 2.30 PM

SPAIS Research Conversations with... Scott Edwards and Jack Nicholls Postponed 8 June 2022, 1.00 PM - 8 June 2022, 2.00 PM G2, 10 Priory Road

Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship Seminar - Culture as Politics in Contemporary Migration Contexts: The Invisibilisation of Power Relations 14 June 2022, 5.00 PM - 14 June 2022, 6.30 PM Professor Janine Dahinden and Professor Anna C. Korteweg Online

Decolonising and mobility: decentring the “foreign” and liberating movement 4 July 2022, 5.00 PM - 4 July 2022, 7.00 PM Professor Nandita Sharma, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship event - Migration as debt Postponed 23 June 2022, 5.00 PM - 23 June 2022, 6.30 PM Professor Willem Schinkel (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)

Secrecy and Ignorance: SPIN Colloquium 2022 19 September 2022, 9.00 AM - 19 September 2022, 6.00 PM We are delighted to announce SPIN’s exciting upcoming event co-hosted with the South West Doctoral Training Partnership.

SPAIS annual lecture: The Corporeal Life of Commerce at Sea 19 October 2022, 5.00 PM - 19 October 2022, 6.30 PM Professor Laleh Khalili, Queen Mary University of London Priory Road Complex D Block, Lecture theatre 2D1

SPIN book launch - Performing deception 12 October 2022, 5.00 PM - 12 October 2022, 6.30 PM Prof Brian Rappert

A conference in honour of Tariq Modood 28 September 2022, 5.30 PM - 28 September 2022, 7.00 PM Zara Mohammed, Gary Younge and John Denham Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol

Ethnicity Centre Seminar - Globalizing abolition: anti-racism and the end of neo-liberalism' 26 October 2022, 5.00 PM - 26 October 2022, 6.30 PM Dr John Narayan, King's College London 2D2, Priory Road Complex

Ethnicity Centre seminar - Migration as debt 10 November 2022, 6.00 PM - 10 November 2022, 7.30 PM Professor Willem Schinkel, Erasmus University, Rotterdam 2D2 Priory Road Complex

Religious minorities in Britain and multicultural narratives of hospitality 23 November 2022, 4.00 PM - 23 November 2022, 6.30 PM Dr Katya Braginskaia and Dr Thomas Sealy, University of Bristol 2D2 Priory Road Complex

Ethnicity Centre seminar - Everyday integration 14 December 2022, 4.00 PM - 14 December 2022, 6.30 PM Professor Jon Fox, University of Bristol 2D2 Priory Road Complex

GIC Seminar Series: All jihad is local: the micro-politics of armed Islamism 19 October 2022, 1.00 PM - 19 October 2022, 2.00 PM Raphaël Lefèvre 2D3 Social Sciences Complex, University of Bristol

GIC Seminar Series: The making of ‘Global Britain’ as a grand strategy: The Indo-Pacific Tilt 9 November 2022, 1.00 PM - 9 November 2022, 2.00 PM Professor Alessio Patalano (King’s College London) Room G2, 10 Priory Road

GIC Seminar Series, Careers Event: Working for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 16 November 2022, 1.00 PM - 16 November 2022, 2.00 PM Mr John Culley (SPAIS, University of Bristol)

Financialization of Networked Culture: From free labour to speculative investment 15 November 2022, 1.00 PM - 15 November 2022, 2.00 PM Prof Yeran Kim, School of Media and Communication, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea 43 Woodland Road, G.10LR

SPAIS research conversations with... Jack Nicholls and Rebecca Yeo 14 November 2022, 2.00 PM - 14 November 2022, 3.00 PM Dr Jack Nicholls, Senior Research Associate, SPAIS Dr Rebecca Yeo, Senior Research Associate (ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow), SPAIS

SPAIS Lunchtime Talk: Everyday Integration 2 November 2022, 1.00 PM - 2 November 2022, 2.00 PM Professor Jon Fox Banton Lecture Theatre 2D3 Priory Road Complex

SPAIS lunchtime talk - Lebanon and the politics of permanent crisis: what next? 9 November 2022, 2.00 PM - 9 November 2022, 3.00 PM Dr Filippo Dionigi Tress Lecture Theatre 2D1 Priory Road Complex

SPAIS lunchtime talk: The UN, women’s movements, and the post-conflict response to sexual violence 16 November 2022, 2.00 PM - 16 November 2022, 3.00 PM Dr Peace Medie G.01 Lecture Theatre, 43 Woodland Road

SPAIS Lunchtime Talk: Alix Dietzel 23 November 2022, 1.00 PM - 23 November 2022, 2.00 PM Priory Road Complex 2D1 Tress Lecture Theatre

Exploring the Global Politics of Conceptualising Queer Activist Critiques of Pride in Asia and Africa 21 November 2022, 1.30 PM - 21 November 2022, 3.00 PM Dan Conway Priory Rd 4 B16

“Are we ready for Preventative Diplomacy, yet” 8 December 2022, 1.00 PM - 8 December 2022, 2.00 PM Bernardo Ivo Cruz Priory Road Complex, 2D2

SPAIS Research Seminar - Comparative political economy of economic upgrading: ‘quiet’ politics, social blocks and hegemonic discourse 8 December 2022, 12.00 PM - 8 December 2022, 1.00 PM Dr Marius Kalanta, Vilnius University, Lithuania Priory Road Complex, D Block 2D3

Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment - A Transnational Critical Feminist Analysis 7 December 2022, 2.00 PM - 7 December 2022, 3.00 PM Dr Fanny Froehlich Queens Building 1.18LT