Research Institute for Social Sciences
Dr Dana Rosenfeld's project featured in 'The Sentinel'
Posted on 05 January 2012
Dr Rosenfeld award of £200,000 to study how people cope with HIV featured in 'The Sentinel' on Tuesday 3 January 2012
Professor Rajmil Fischman - a composition prize for publication
Posted on 05 January 2012
Ets HaDa’at (The Tree of Knowledge), a music composition by Professor Rajmil Fischman, Research Institute of Humanities, was a winner in the highest category of the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition 2011 (www.musicprizes.com)
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2012
Posted on 09 January 2012
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Keele University has committed resources to support two applications to the 2012 Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship competition.
New book - Work, Health and Wellbeing
Posted on 12 January 2012
Professor Chris Phillipson, Centre for Social Gerontology and Dr Ross Wilkie, Research Institute for Primary Care Sciences, together with Sarah Vickerstaff (University of Kent) have published an edited collected of papers entitled Work, health and well-being: The challenges of managing health at work (Policy Press, 2012).
Life after PhD for Researchers on Ageing and Later Life
Posted on 12 January 2012
The Centre for Social Gerontology (CSG) in collaboration with the Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA) group of the British Society of Gerontology, hosted a one-day conference in the Moser Research Centre for 30 students, post-doctoral researchers and staff.
Dr. Axel Schäfer has been awarded a second doctorate
Posted on 19 January 2012
Dr. Axel Schäfer has been awarded a second doctorate (Habilitation) by the University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany for his research on religion and politics in the United States
Dr Mo Ray awarded a £3,000 grant
Posted on 24 January 2012
Dr Mo Ray, RI for Social Sciences, and Mary Pat Sullivan (Brunel University) have been awarded a £3,000 grant by the Averil Osborn Fund
Robin Hadley interviewed on Radio Manchester
Posted on 06 February 2012
On the 2nd February Robin Hadley, a PhD research candidate in the Centre for Social Gerontology, was interviewed about his research on Radio Manchester’s ‘Heather Stott Show’.
Postgraduate Research Symposium - Call for Papers
Posted on 14 February 2012
The RI for Social Sciences will host this year's PGR Symposium on 13 March. PGR students are welcome to submit paper and panel proposals by 16 February.
Professor Alex Sharpe presents a lecture to police officers
Posted on 14 February 2012
Professor Alex Sharpe presented a lecture titled 'Trans Awareness' to 150 police officers at the North Staffordshire Police LGBT 'Listening to You' Awareness Conference on Thursday 9th February 2012, Tony Waddington Suite, Britannia Stadium, Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke on Trent, ST4 4EG.
Professor Stephen Wilkinson receives prestigious Wellcome Trust Award
Posted on 20 February 2012
Stephen Wilkinson and Rosamund Scott (King’s College, London) have jointly been awarded a Senior Investigator Award in Ethics and Society by the Wellcome Trust.
Professor Mihaela Kelemen and Dr Anita Mangan have been awarded a research grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Posted on 20 February 2012
Professor Mihaela Kelemen and Dr Anita Mangan, RI Social Sciences, have been awarded a research grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a nine-month project entitled 'Exploring Personal Communities: A Review of Volunteering Processes'. The funding comes from the Connected Communities programme, a major new cross-council research initiative, led by the AHRC.
Dr Rosie Harding and Dr Ruth Fletcher have been awarded an AHRC Research Networking grant
Posted on 06 March 2012
Grant Success: AHRC ReValuing Care International Research Network
Dr Mark Featherstone gave an invited public lecture
Posted on 07 March 2012
Dr Mark Featherstone gave an invited public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Tuesday, on the relationship between conspiracy theory and global health.
Dr Sorin Baiasu has been promoted to Reader in Philosophy
Posted on 07 March 2012
Dr Sorin Baiasu, who came to Keele in 2007 following a Simon Research Fellowship and Lectureship in Philosophy at Manchester University, has been promoted to Reader in Philosophy in recognition of the excellence of his research, within the Kantian tradition, on the questions of the normativity and justification of moral and political standards.
Fulbright Scholar to come to Keele
Posted on 13 March 2012
Dr. Mary Brydon-Miller, from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, has recently been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholar award to come to Keele to work with Professor Michael Murray (Centre for Psychological Research) and Professor Stephen Wilkinson (Centre for Law, Ethics and Society).
Mo Ray awarded a NICE Fellowship
Posted on 15 March 2012
The National Centre for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has expanded its role into social care standards and to acknowledge and support this role, has extended its Fellows programme to include a Fellowship for senior social care professionals.
Dr Shain gives a keynote address
Posted on 04 April 2012
Dr. Farzana Shain recently gave the keynote address at a one-day conference on Modern Girlhoods.
Environmental Problems and Citizenship Workshop
Posted on 04 April 2012
Environmental Problems and Citizenship workshop was held in the Claus Moser Research Centre on 23 March
Low Pay Commission Research Tender
Posted on 04 April 2012
Professor Gauthier Lanot and Dr Panos Sounsounis have been awarded a research tender by the Low Pay Commission
Professor Robert Ladrech gives Inaugural Lecture
Posted on 04 April 2012
Professor Robert Ladrech, Professor of European Politics, gave the latest lecture in the University's series of professorial Inaugural Lectures for 2011 – 2012.
The Baby Gaga Saga
Posted on 04 April 2012
The Gender, Sexuality and Law research group (Centre for Law Ethics and Society) hosted a workshop, The Baby Gaga Saga which was inspired by the recent media brouhaha around the Baby Gaga (later Baby Goo Goo) ice-cream, created by London?s Icecreamist, using human breast milk.
Barbara Kelly returns from two international events
Posted on 04 April 2012
Barbara Kelly, Professor of Musicology, has returned from two international events in honour of the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy's birth
Dr Helen Oakes has received a BA small grants award
Posted on 05 April 2012
Dr Helen Oakes has received a British Academy Small Grants Award of £5,300
British Academy Small Research Grant Award
Posted on 05 April 2012
Professor Scott McCracken has received a British Academy Small Research Grant
Dr Luis Lobo-Guerrero was interviewed for podcast series
Posted on 10 April 2012
Dr Luis Lobo-Guerrero was interviewed for the podcast series ‘The Evolving Character of Power Today’ of the International Security Network at ETH Zurich
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship for Shameless Study
Posted on 10 April 2012
Dr Beth Johnson, lecturer in Film and Television Studies from the School of Humanities and Research Institute for Humanities, has been awarded an 18 month Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship for her project entitled 'Shameless: Aesthetics, Style & Putting 'cool' into the TV Classics Canon'
BBC 5 Live Discussion Guest
Posted on 10 April 2012
Dr Brian Doherty was an invited guest in a discussion on the Olympics, Security and Protest, on the Victoria Derbyshire show on BBC5 Live last week
Dr Helen Parr records a podcast
Posted on 12 April 2012
Dr Helen Parr records a podcast for the BBC History Magazine.
Upcoming event on Thursday 31 May
Posted on 20 April 2012
From Greed to Sustainability? The Corporation in an Era of Responsibility
EU Funding for Alchohol Hangover Research
Posted on 23 April 2012
Dr Richard Stephens and Dr Jim Grange have secured an EU Marie Curie Research Fellowship
Professor Robin Jeffries gives Inaugural Lecture
Posted on 23 April 2012
Professor Robin Jeffries, Astrophysics gave the latest lecture in the University's series of professorial Inaugural Lectures for 2011 – 2012 gave the latest lecture in the University's series of professorial Inaugural Lectures for 2011 – 2012
Professor Pnina Werbner gives plenary address
Posted on 23 April 2012
Pnina Werbner was invited to give a plenary address to the Association of Social Anthropologists and the Commonwealth annual conference in New Delhi.
Professor Matthias Klaes was invited to speak as an honorary participant
Posted on 23 April 2012
Professor Matthias Klaes was invited to speak as an honorary participant in a session on 'Economics and Reality' at the XIII International Conference on Economic and Social Development in Moscow.
HALL - new website is launched
Posted on 25 April 2012
HIV in Later Life (HALL) has launched it's new website. Check out the newly launched website: http://www.keele.ac.uk/hall/
Professor Chris Phillipson gave keynote address
Posted on 01 May 2012
Professor Chris Phillipson gave the keynote address to a conference on Active Ageing held in the Flemish Parliament in Brussels
Dr Anthony Carrigan grant success featured in the THE
Posted on 01 May 2012
Dr Anthony Carrigan recent grant success has featured in the THE, 28 April - 2 May edition.
Dr. Axel Schaefer has published a new book
Posted on 03 May 2012
Dr. Axel Schaefer has published Piety and Public Funding: Evangelicals and the State in Modern America
Grants for Kantian Philosophy Research
Posted on 09 May 2012
Dr Sorin Baiasu has made a successful application, with Christine Lopes, from the University of Southampton, for a grant to fund the United Kingdom Kant Society's (UKKS) Annual Conference.
Top Prize in Composers Competition
Posted on 15 May 2012
Sohrab Uduman's Breath across autumnal ground for harpsichord and live electronics has won first prize in the first Prix Annelie de Man 2012 Composers Competition in the Netherlands. The jury consisted of the composers Roderik de Man, Liza Lim and Wim Henderickx.
Invited speaker at an event to mark the inauguration
Posted on 15 May 2012
Professor David Amigoni was an invited speaker at an event to mark the inauguration of the Reminiscence Theatre Archive at the University of Greenwich.
Latest Inaugural Lecture
Posted on 16 May 2012
Professor Carole Thornley delivered the latest lecture in the University's series of professorial Inaugural Lectures for 2011 – 2012.
Interdisciplinary conference Two Cultures or Co-Evolution? Science and Literature 1800-Present
Posted on 16 May 2012
On Saturday May 12th 2012, Keele University hosted the interdisciplinary conference Two Cultures or Co-Evolution? Science and Literature 1800-Present. The conference, which took its title from C. P. Snow's influential Rede lecture of 1959, invited delegates from across the country.
Dr Axel Schäfer gave a keynote address
Posted on 22 May 2012
Dr Axel R. Schäfer gave the keynote address at a recent conference on "Beyond the Nation Pushing the Boundaries of U.S. History from a Transatlantic Perspective" at the University of Genoa
Keynote at Underground Conference
Posted on 22 May 2012
Oliver Harris, Professor of American Literature, delivered the keynote address to open the "Underground" Conference at Koç University, Istanbul.
Viennese Workshop
Posted on 23 May 2012
Professor Robert Ladrech participated in a two-day workshop in Vienna on 'European Democracy and the Role of Euro-Parties'.
Launch of Monograph in Oxford
Posted on 23 May 2012
Dr Sorin Baiasu was invited to launch his monograph
New AHRC Award for Marie-Andree Jacob
Posted on 30 May 2012
Marie-Andree Jacob has been awarded a prestigious AHRC fellowship in the final round of the current competition.
New AHRC Award for Jim Peacock
Posted on 30 May 2012
James Peacock has been awarded a prestigious AHRC Fellowship for his research project, “Brooklyn Fictions: the Contemporary Urban Community in a Global Age.”
Sue Sherman is a guest lecturer in Sweden
Posted on 31 May 2012
Dr Sue Sherman has just returned from a two week visit to Umeå University in Sweden where she was a guest lecturer teaching Cognitive Science students on their Applied Cognitive Psychology module.
Late-Life Creativity and the New Old Age
Posted on 31 May 2012
The second research workshop arising from the AHRC-funded network, 'Late-Life Creativity and the New Old Age: arts & humanities and gerontology in critical dialogue', was held at King's College, London, last week
Prestigious HEA Grant Fund Award
Posted on 31 May 2012
Professor Clare Holdsworth is among the successful recipients of an annual funding award programme which will support the development of learning and teaching across UK higher education, announced by The Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Dr Jonathan Parker wins prestigious HEA Grant Funding Award
Posted on 31 May 2012
Dr Jonathan Parker is among the successful recipients of an annual funding award programme which will support the development of learning and teaching across UK higher education, announced by The Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Visitation Adagio receives International Award
Posted on 19 June 2012
'Visitation Adagio', a collaborative audiovisual work by Dr. Diego Garro and Richard T. Nelmes (RI Humanities - MRes Music & Music Technology) was awarded the Visionen Preis 2012 at the Festival for Sound and Moving Visual Arts in Hannover.
Chris Phillipson gives a keynote in Australia
Posted on 21 June 2012
Professor Chris Phillipson was the key note speaker at the Australian National Community Care Conference held in Adelaide.
Invited Speaker at Research Methods Seminar
Posted on 21 June 2012
Dr Jonathan Parker was an invited speaker at Making Methods Matter at the University of Southampton
The Enigma of Iran
Posted on 21 June 2012
Naveed Sheikh spoke this week to members of the Stone Rotary Club on "The Enigma of Iran: Seeking Sanity, Stability and Security in Troubled Time".
Chris Phillipson leads British Library Debate
Posted on 21 June 2012
Professor Chris Phillipson led a public debate in the British Library on the theme of 'Growing Old: Something to Fear or Celebrate'.
BBC Politics Show and BBC Radio Stoke
Posted on 21 June 2012
Professor Andrew Dobson has made two media appearances recently.
'Behind the Mic' Show
Posted on 21 June 2012
Dr Sorin Baiasu was interviewed by Kenny Jones, for the 'Behind the Mic' show on Talk Radio Europe, about the morality of politics.
From Greed to Sustainability
Posted on 21 June 2012
A symposium and book launch entitled 'From Greed to Sustainability? The Corporation in an Era of Responsibility' took place in the Claus Moser Research Centre
Organisation Studies Network Seminar
Posted on 21 June 2012
An Organisation Studies Network Seminar was part of the 2011-12 programme of presentations, arranged by the Culture, Organisation and Markets group, within the Research Institute for Social Sciences.
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award
Posted on 21 June 2012
Alannah Tomkins and Nigel Tringham have secured an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award to support a studentship on 'Staffordshire landed estates and the development of urban communities in the long nineteenth century'.
National Conference on Legal Education
Posted on 25 June 2012
Professor Fiona Cownie in her capacity as Chair of the Legal Education Committee of the Society of Legal Scholars, organised and spoke at a one-day conference on the future of legal education at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London.
BBC Politics Show
Posted on 04 July 2012
Dr Bill Dixon, Research Institute for Social Sciences, had a busy day of media engagements last Friday.
New Studentship for PhD in Philosophy
Posted on 04 July 2012
The Keele Philosophy Programme is to receive a new Graduate Student Teaching Scholarship from the Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation in Berlin, to fund a doctoral student researching the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
'Ages and Stages' exhibition opens
Posted on 19 July 2012
The official opening of the 'Ages and Stages' Exhibition which is on show to the public at the New Vic Theatre until July 21st
12 month follow-on funding grant for The Ages and Stages research team
Posted on 19 July 2012
The Ages and Stages research team, led by Professor Mim Bernard, has been awarded a 12 month Follow-on Funding grant by the Arts & Humanities Research Council to the value of £114,579.
Centre for Successful Schools annual conference
Posted on 19 July 2012
The Centre for Successful Schools last week held their annual conference, 'Schools and the Community' in Keele Hall.
Elected to British Academy Fellowship
Posted on 24 July 2012
Professor Peter Jackson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Keele, has been elected to the British Academy Fellowship.
Joint Funding of a PhD studentship
Posted on 24 July 2012
Law is delighted to announce the joint funding of a PhD studentship with The Honourable Society of The Inner Temple and Keele (through its ACORN doctoral award scheme).
The Falklands War and its aftermath
Posted on 24 July 2012
Dr Helen Parr has been awarded BA/Leverhulme small grant for her project on 'The Falklands War 1982 and its aftermath'.
Chomsky Acclaims SPIRE Graduate
Posted on 02 October 2012
Noam Chomsky describes Dr. Peshawa Muhammed's PhD thesis as an outstanding work on the US intervention in Iraq
Research Institutes welcome new students
Posted on 02 October 2012
The Research Institutes for the Humanities and Social Sciences have welcomed over 50 new students to the PhD, MPhil and MRes research programmes.
Invitation to a Research Reception
Posted on 02 October 2012
The Research Institutes for the Humanities and Social Sciences are holding a research reception on Wednesday 17th October, 3.30-5.00pm
UK African Studies Association Award for Dr Groves
Posted on 02 October 2012
Dr Zoe Groves, who received a PhD in History from Keele in 2011, was runner-up in the UK African Studies Association's Audrey Richards award for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies in 2010 and 2011.
Is God Green? - A Panel Discussion
Posted on 03 October 2012
Is God Green? A panel discussion on Friday 19th October 8pm, at Keele University Chapel
Death, Memory and Loss Workshop
Posted on 10 October 2012
Professor Emma Bell recently co-organised a workshop on ‘Death, Memory and Loss’
Imperialism, Narrative and the Environment Workshop
Posted on 11 October 2012
Anthony Carrigan organises an ecological imperialism workshop, funded by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich
Sarah Watts broadcasts on the BBC
Posted on 24 October 2012
Sarah Watts (PhD, Music) did a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 with her trio Cuillin Sound
Death, Memory and Loss Workshop
Posted on 25 October 2012
Professor Emma Bell recently co-organised a workshop on 'Death, Memory and Loss' with Janne Tienari, Aalto University, Finland and Örebro University, Sweden.
A Little Act of Kindness
Posted on 25 October 2012
A documentary performance entitled 'A Little Act of Kindness' has taken place in the New Vic Theatre
Hate Crime
Posted on 01 November 2012
Dr Bill Dixon has been in South Africa this week
First Inaugural by Emma Bell
Posted on 01 November 2012
Professor Emma Bell gave the opening lecture in the University's programme of Inaugural Professorial Lectures for 2012/13. The title of the lecture was "Cults and Cultures of Management".
Conjoint Professor at New South Wales University
Posted on 01 November 2012
Professor Sue Read, Nursing and Midwifery, is now conjoint professor at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Political Economy of the Arab Spring
Posted on 01 November 2012
Professor Bulent Gokay presented one of his recent projects on the Political Economy of the Arab Spring
Yad Vashem Book Prize 2012
Posted on 06 November 2012
Dr Christoph Dieckmann has been awarded the Yad Vashem Book Prize 2012
Oxford Union Debate
Posted on 14 November 2012
Dr Phil Catney participated in a debate organised by the Oxford Union's Environment and Ethics group on mitigating climate change.
Social Sciences Roadshow
Posted on 14 November 2012
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Nick Foskett, welcomed the Campaign for the Social Sciences to Keele when it held a successful Roadshow in the Claus Moser Buildin
Keynote Lecture
Posted on 14 November 2012
Pnina Werbner, Professor Emerita of Social Anthropology, gave an opening keynote lecture
Keele academic on BBC Breakfast
Posted on 14 November 2012
Dr Jon Herbert was a guest on BBC Breakfast this week discussing the US elections.
Kitchen of an Academic Event
Posted on 22 November 2012
Prof. James Hartley gave a talk to the Perspectives
PGR report on recent International Conference from Karen Pugh-Clarke
Posted on 22 November 2012
European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association/European Renal Care Association International Conference report
Keele Academic in Shanghai
Posted on 04 December 2012
Professor Richard Luther, Research Institute for the Social Sciences and SPIRE, has returned from a week-long visit to Shanghai.
MEASURING AND EVALUATING END-OF-LIFE CARE IN SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Posted on 04 December 2012
Professor Sue Read is a collaborator on a successful grant application for a project entitled 'Measuring and evaluating end-of-life care in services for adults with learning disabilities in the UK'.
50 Years Creativity at Keele: Research and Practice in Music/Music Technology
Posted on 04 December 2012
Miroslav Spasov, Senior Lecturer in Music, and Sarah Watts, bass clarinet performer and PhD student at Keele, have returned from Brazil where they visited four well-established universities
Society for Music Analysis
Posted on 05 December 2012
Rebecca Thumpston took part in the First Society for Music Analysis Writing Group
The Beat Hotel Interview on Radio 4
Posted on 05 December 2012
Professor Oliver Harris took part in the Radio 4 programme "The Beat Hotel" presented by Professor Andrew Hussey.
Public Engagement and Humanities AHRC Award
Posted on 17 December 2012
The Humanities Research Institute has been awarded an AHRC Collaborative Skills Development Award for the student-led strand.
Research Institute for Social Sciences Hosts Joint Book Launch
Posted on 17 December 2012
The Research Institute for Social Sciences hosted a joint book launch in the Claus Moser foyer to celebrate books by three of its members.
Rajmil Fischman’s video recording
Posted on 20 December 2012
Following the completion of Rajmil Fischman’s AHRC Research Fellowship a video recording of his composition Ruraq Maki
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