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Another wave of discussion on capitalism and the sea from Alex Colas' recently co-authored book - listen to Alex and his co-author Liam Campling on the State of Power podcast:
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Capitalism and the Sea ( Mads Barbesgaard in Conversation with Liam...
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Capitalism & the sea: the maritime factor in the making of the modern world.

Hear Alejandro Colás (BBK Politics) and Liam Campling (QMUL) in conversation with Jeffery R. Webber, York University

Friday December 3rd 12:30-2:00pm EDT. Register here

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Seminar Series - December 3 with speakers Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Seminar Series - December 3 with speakers Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Don’t miss this year’s annual Political Quarterly lecture on 6 Dec!

Professor Anne Phillips on ‘Why Equality Needs No Justification’

Free tickets are available:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-equality-needs-no-justification-with-professor-anne-phillips-tickets-181815092837

Two upcoming events featuring Professor Alex Colas: University of Manchester webinar next week info: https://bit.ly/3C2T4Jl or scan QR code, and accompanying in-person Birkbeck event 5th November details and signup: https://bit.ly/3pqOi4S

If you care about the environment and sustainability, we have the right programme for you! Find out more about the new MSc Global Environment and Sustainability from Dr Izabela Delabre. Access the full article with Programme Director on our website

Your planet needs you: join a new generation of sustainability leaders Our new MSc Global Environment and Sustainability programme equips environment and sustainability practitioners with the skills to take on urgent global issues.

Our applications will soon be opening to the new MSc Global Environment and Sustainability course. Act to address our urgent environmental crises. Learn how to tackle global problems in an effective and strategic way. Register your interest:

Global Environment and Sustainability This degree offers students modules covering pressing global contemporary environmental problems including climate change and environmental hazards.

Happy to announce the publication of 'Capitalism and the Sea, a brilliant book co-authored by Prof Alex Colas & Liam Campling - published by Verso Books where there is currently a 20% discount on the price: versobooks.com/books/3647-cap…

Verso Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world.

In August Dr Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos was awarded the Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration at Birkbeck, University of London, on a competitive basis for a period of three years (Decision Nr. 620445 of the EU’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency). This is the first Jean Monnet Chair in Birkbeck’s history.

This project (which is supported by the EU’s Erasmus+ programme) includes a whole range of activities related to teaching on the politics of European integration, plus a series of events that are open to the public and research.

UPCOMING EVENTS

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/departments/politics/jean-monnet-chair/events-and-audiovisual

In light of COVID-19, these events will be held online. Access to them is free but registration is required. To register, please click on the title of the event that interests you.

The UK, the EU and parliamentary democracy. Saturday school for Politics & Government A-level teachers and their pupils

Saturday 9 January 2021, 9.15am - 1pm
Speakers:
Dr D. G. Dimitrakopoulos (Jean Monnet Chair)
Mr Matthew Bevington (researcher in the UK in a Changing EU think tank and doctoral student at Birkbeck’s Politics Department).
Register for this event: The UK, the EU and parliamentary democracy. Saturday school for Politics and Government A-level teachers and pupils.
Inaugural Jean Monnet lecture: Ms Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman. EU accountability: an Ombudsman perspective

Tuesday 23 February 2021, 6.15pm
Ms Emily O’Reilly - first elected by the European Parliament in 2013 and re-elected in 2014 and 2019 - has been instrumental in improving transparency in EU decision making and promoting higher ethical standards in EU administration. We are delighted that she has agreed to give the inaugural Jean Monnet lecture.
Register for this event: Inaugural Jean Monnet lecture: Ms Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman. EU accountability: an Ombudsman perspective.
Reform inside Economic & Monetary Union and the limits of parliamentary government: the case of Greece

Thursday 25 February 2021, 6.15pm
Speakers:
Mr Declan Costello, Deputy Director General, DG ECFIN, European Commission
Ms Georgette Lalis, European Commission (ret.), former deputy head of the Athens office of the European Commission’s Task Force for Greece
Dr George Chouliarakis, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard University and former Alternate Finance Minister in the second Tsipras government (2015-2019)
Professor Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Chair, London School of Economics & Political Science.
Register for this event: Reform inside Economic and Monetary Union and the limits of parliamentary government: the case of Greece.

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Audiovisual material from the events that will be held under the auspices of the Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration will be made available on this page in due course.

The Talking Europe video blog – whose original objective was and remains to showcase Europe-related research conducted at Birkbeck – is curated by the Jean Monnet Chair holder and will also be used to inform the wider public about activities organised under the auspices of this Monnet Chair

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/departments/politics/jean-monnet-chair

Dr Dionyssis Dimitrakopoulos awarded a Jean Monnet Chair – the first in the College’s history

The Jean Monnet Chair is a prestigious European Union specialised teaching post, funded by the Erasmus+ programme.

Dr Dionyssis Dimitrakopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Programme Director of the MSc European Politics and Policy, has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration. The corresponding funding will cover teaching and research activities in the field of European integration over the next three academic years.

Jean Monnet Chairs are awarded through a highly competitive process by the European Commission through the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme. The position is awarded based on promoting excellence in teaching and research on EU studies, fostering debate around European issues, encouraging active citizenship, and disseminating knowledge to the wider public, in a critical and objective manner.

Dr Dimitrakopoulos commented: “I am immensely proud to be the first holder of a Jean Monnet Chair at the unique institution that is Birkbeck. It will enable me to further teaching and research in the politics of European integration at Birkbeck, both at postgraduate and undergraduate level. The Monnet Chair will help Birkbeck foster knowledge generation and dissemination, promote enlightened dialogue and engage students, researchers and the public in debates on issues such as the future of an integrating Europe that has a direct bearing on the lives of people up and down this country.”

Professor David Latchman CBE, Master of Birkbeck, commented on Dr Dimitrakopoulos’s achievement: “This is excellent news; a really significant recognition for Dr Dionyssis Dimitrakopoulos and marvellous for the College.”

Dr Dimitrakopoulos holds degrees from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the University of Hull. Dr Dimitrakopoulos is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has held fellowships at Oxford University and London School of Economics. He is an active researcher, with research interests in the politics of European integration at the European as well as the domestic levels. Dr Dimitrakopoulos is currently researching the EU’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Jean Monnet Chair is named after French diplomat Jean Monnet (1888-1979), a key figure in the founding of the European Union. Dr Dimitrakopoulos’ Jean Monnet Chair activities will commence in September.

Further Information
• More information on Jean Monnet Chairs:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-chairs_en
• Study MSc European Politics and Policy:
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2020/postgraduate/programmes/TMSEUPOP_C
• Study Politics at Birkbeck
http://search.bbk.ac.uk/search/courses/?q=Politics
• Watch Dr Dimitrakopoulos’ Talking Europe vlog series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Fy-5oxIlb5J0rQY5XWiR-c9UWXPN5IH

If you missed any of our online staff debates they are all available to catch up on here:

COVID-19 and the future of politics: https://10-gower-street.com/2020/04/28/birkbeck-politics-online-staff-debate-covid-19-and-the-future-of-politics/

COVID-19 and food: https://10-gower-street.com/2020/05/15/birkbeck-politics-online-staff-debate-covid-19-and-food/

COVID-19, surveillance, big data and behavioural science: https://10-gower-street.com/2020/05/29/staff-debate-on-surveillance-big-data-and-behavioural-science-governing-population-in-the-age-of-covid-19/

COVID-19 and global political economy: https://10-gower-street.com/2020/06/04/fourth-birkbeck-politics-online-staff-debate-covid-19-and-global-political-economy/

COVID-19 and inequalities: https://10-gower-street.com/2020/06/12/fifth-online-staff-debate-far-from-a-great-leveller-covid-19-and-its-impact-on-inequalities/

Birkbeck Politics Online Staff Debate: COVID 19 and the Future of Politics – 10 Gower Street Birkbeck Politics Online Staff Debate: COVID 19 and the Future of Politics Posted on April 28, 2020 by Dr Ben Worthy Birkbeck Politics held its first online staff debate on 23rd April at 6pm, where three academics discussed the impact of COVID 19 on the EU, UK and the future of policy-making and res...

Check out our Events page for details of our upcoming webinars:

18 May MSc Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict, MSc Politics of Population Change with Professor Eric Kaufmann http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_view?id=13010

20 May MSc Food, Politics & Society with Professor Alex Colas
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_view?id=13009

27 May MSc Global Political Economy with Dr Ali Burak Guven
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_view?id=13370