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Peace and Sport International Forum in Monaco
Richard Giulianotti is an invited participant at the Peace and Sport International Forum in Monaco, 25-27 November 2009. The event is being staged by the Peace and Sport organization, which is based in Monaco under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II. Richard will be moderator of the session on ‘Sport as a tool at the service of peace-keeping and armed forces’.
(20 Nov 2009)
New from the Economy and Society Research Group
. Books about the financial crisis are appearing with some regularity, and this review article deals with two books on Lehman.
. Roy Boyne presented a seminar to the group, and the text (still very much a working document) on which his talk was based is here.
(18 Nov 2009)
Monday 23 November 2009
- 3rd North East Conference on Sexual Violence 9:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday 9 December 2009
- the discourse of regeneration post-recession/post growth. 4:30pm to 6:00pm , Room 113, 32 Old Elvet , Paul Jones, University of Liverpool.
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