Why clientelistic politics matter for development prospects New research by Dr Miguel Niño-Zarazúa explores the complex effects of clientelism on economic development, state capacity, and governance.
Celebrating the 100th birthday of Dr Michael Loewe: alumnus, scholar and codebreaker A scholar of many disciplines, Dr Loewe is perhaps best known for his work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II, his career in sinology and his 27-year tenure teaching at the University of Cambridge.
Cordwainers Court Cordwainers Court is located in London Fields and offers low cost student accommodation. The area has several supermarkets and shops and is within easy reach of the city, Hoxton and Shoreditch, where there are plenty of popular bars and restaurants.
China’s heterosexual politics: between ambiguities of governance and everyday injustices Professor Stevi Jackson and Dr Kailing Xie's will talk about their forthcoming book, 'The Gendered Politics of Sexuality in China'.
The College of Humanities Critical Pedagogy Group The College of Humanities’s Critical Pedagogy Group operates as an experimental space for academic staff and all CoHUM students to collaborate on investigating and co-creating ways in which the activities of teaching and learning in the College can be made more innovative and inclusive with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, and disability.
Crossroads: Investigating the unexplored side of multilingualism Investigating multilingualism and language contact between three languages spoken at the “crossroads” – a group of neighbouring villages in the Casamance area of Senegal.