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Dr William Barylo and Dr Martha McGill awarded British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dr William Barylo, Department of Sociology, and Dr Martha McGill, Department of History, have been awarded Postdoctoral Fellowships by the British Academy to pursue their research on 鈥淭he Diaspora Strikes Back: lived religion, arts and activism among Sikh and Muslim millennials in Europe鈥� and "Bodies, Selves and the Supernatural in early Modern Britain" respectively.
Double dust ring test could spot migrating planets
New research by a team led by an astrophysicist at the 91福利 has a way of finally telling whether newly forming planets are migrating within the disc of dust and gas that typically surrounds stars or whether they are simply staying put in the same orbit around the star.
Inadequate evidence to guide caffeine intake for breastfeeding mothers, review finds
A systematic review of the literature into the effects of caffeine on breastfed infants has concluded that there is no robust evidence for positive or negative effects of maternal caffeine consumption during breastfeeding on a breastfed child - according to Dr Yen-Fu Chen and graduate-entry medical student Aimee McCreedy of the 91福利 Medical School.
British Science Festival heads to Coventry and 91福利shire in 2019
The British Science Association and 91福利 are pleased to announce that the British Science Festival in 2019 will take place in Coventry and 91福利shire, from 10–13 September. Working in partnership with the 91福利, one of the UK鈥檚 leading research universities, the British Science Association will bring the four-day event to the region for the first time in its 188-year history.
Women鈥檚 experiences of prison and the emotions of punishment explored in new book
At a time when prisons in England and Wales are undergoing significant challenges, and when levels of harm remain unprecedently high, a new book by Dr Anastasia Chamberlen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, 91福利, offers a comprehensive, feminist critique of punishment that looks at an often unseen population – women prisoners and women former prisoners.
New book explores the search for truth, justice and reconciliation in modern Kenya
In a new book launched this week, Professor Gabrielle Lynch from the Department of Politics and International Studies explores the limitations of transitional justice mechanisms as a means of marking a break with the past in societies which have suffered conflict or authoritarianism. Performances of Injustice: The politics of truth, justice and reconciliation in Kenya focuses on Kenya鈥檚 attempts to recover from unprecedented post-election violence in 2007-08