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A r t s & H u m a n i t i e s
G r a d u a t e S t u d i e s N e w s l e t t e r
WELCOME to the second issue of the School of Arts and
Humanities Graduate Studies Newsletter.
For many postgraduate students
at Stirling, March is the mid-point
of their learning experience at
Stirling. Studies are in full swing,
they are working closely with their
tutors and the various student
services, and new friendships are
firmly in place. Amid the hectic
pace of graduate life at Stirling,
thoughts might also turn to what
happens next.
Responding to the varied needs of
our students, and connecting their
learning to future employment
and the changing needs of the
modern creative and cultural
industries features strongly in
much of the activity across the
School. In this issue of our
Graduate Studies Newsletter we
have a number of fascinating
examples of how graduate study
in Arts & Humanities links to
future careers or continuing
research in related subjects areas.
Claire Squires, Professor of
Publishing, informs us of exciting
opportunities for creative writing
and publishing students, who will
have the chance to engage with,
and learn from, leading writers in
a new international festival
dedicated to crime fiction, Bloody
Scotland.
Cristina Johnston, Director of the
MRes and MSc in Translation
Studies recounts a field trip to the
Royal Observatory in Edinburgh
where students had the
opportunity to meet practitioners
and learn some of the modern
techniques of cultural translation.
We also have two feature articles
from our graduate alumni, Suti
Sahariah and Stefanie Van Der
Peer, about their post-Stirling
careers in both industry and
academia. Both Suti and Stefanie
are among a growing network of
international alumni associated
with Arts & Humanities at Stirling,
and Tim Fitzgerald discusses what
internationalisation means for
both staff and students at the
university.
We encourage our research
students to engage with a wider
academic community wherever
possible. In this issue we feature a
range of research symposia and
activities involving our students.
This includes a short report from
our first Postgraduate Research
Conference held in January. Run
by students for students, the
event proved a huge success, and
involved students from other
Scottish universities.
I hope you enjoy reading our
second issue.
With best wishes,
Dr Richard Haynes
Director of Graduate Studies
School of Arts and Humanities
E-mail: [email protected]
IN THIS ISSUE
Bloody Scotland, and
AHRC Digital Transformations
Project: The Book Unbound
Claire Squires
MLitt Modern Scottish Writing
Scott Hames
MLitt English Language and
Literature
Andrew Smith
Translation Studies at the Royal
Observatory
Cristina Johnston
ASMCF, ADEFFI and SSFH
Postgraduate Study Day
Cristina Johnston
What kind of Internationalization?
Tim Fitzgerald
Digital Media, Publishing and Law
Media and Culture
Graham Meikle
New Research in Revolutions
Launched at Stirling
Kevin Adamson & Mike Rapport
Arts & Humanities Alumni
Stephanie Van De Peer, Suti
Sahariah, Sophie Jones
New Law Appointments
Postgraduate Conference Report
MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
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Bloody Scotland
Claire Squires
Staff and students at Stirling will
be teaming up with Bloody
Scotland a new international
crime festival to be held in Stirling
from 14-16 September 2012. The
festival will feature some of
Scotland’s biggest crime writers,
including Ian Rankin, who spoke
at the recent press launch of the
festival revealing that the climax
of his new novel The Impossible
Dead takes place in Stirling. A
number of international crime
writing stars will also be joining
the Scottish contingent in Stirling.
Bloody Scotland is going to be
working in collaboration with
Stirling’s Creative Writing courses
and the Stirling Centre for
International Publishing and
Communication for ‘Creative
Friday’: a series of creative
writing events including
workshops, masterclasses, and a
publishers’ and agents’ forum.
There will also be internship
opportunities for our students at
the festival. More details to
come… but don’t go down any
dark alleyways in the meantime.
AHRC Digital
Transformations
Project: The Book
Unbound
We’ve just heard that the Stirling
Centre for International
Publishing and Communication
has been awarded a grant from
the AHRC in its Digital
Transformations Research
Development call.
Our project, ‘The Book Unbound:
Disruption and Disintermediation
in the Digital Age’, will be led by
the Centre’s Director, Professor
Claire Squires, with Dr Padmini
Ray Murray (Lecturer in
Publishing Studies) and Dr Paula
Morris (Lecturer in Creative
Writing) as Co-Investigators. The
staff team will be completed by
Scott Russell, as an External
Consultant. We’ll also be working
with the Electric Bookshop in
order to present some of our
findings, and there will also be
opportunities for collaborations
between creative writing and
publishing students.
The project will examine changing
business models in the digital
publishing environment and their
impact on the communications
circuit and notions of authority,
authorship, audiences and access.
It will do this both via a series of
case studies, and an experimental
mode (live publishing – watch this
space!).
We’ll have a new website up with
full details of the project soon,
but if you’d like any information
about it in the meantime, please
get in touch via our Contact page.
For more information on
Publishing programmes, visit,
http://www.publishing.stir.ac.uk/
courses/mlitt-in-publishing-
studies/ or e-mail Claire Squires,
BLOODY SCOTLAND
Staff and students at Stirling will be teaming up with
Bloody Scotland, a new international crime festival to
be held in Stirling from 14-16 September 2012.
http://www.bloodyscotland.com/
MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
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MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
Modern Scottish
Writing
Scott Hames/Suzanne
Gilbert
It’s an exciting time to study
Scottish culture. As the
independence debate intensifies,
fresh attention is being paid to
the role of Scottish writers in
shaping political identities – and
the writers themselves are being
‘claimed’ on both sides of the
constitutional question. Just
yesterday the Prime Minister
began a speech celebrating the
Union by invoking Walter Scott
and Robert Louis Stevenson;
elsewhere, James Kelman and Liz
Lochhead are positioned as
‘Braveheart’ nationalists by
media commentators who seem
not to have read much of these
writers’ work. Each of these
alignments is simplistic, and ripe
for further debate.
In this spirit Dr Scott Hames is
editing a collection of essays by
30 writers on the independence
debate, to be published by Word
Power books at the end of 2012.
Figures including Alasdair Gray,
A.L. Kennedy, Alan Warner and
Kathleen Jamie have agreed to
take part, and five writers from
the book project will publish brief
versions of their essays in The
Times newspaper in the coming
weeks.
New activity abounds. A student
reading group on Scottish
literature will be launched at
Stirling in the coming months,
and the web presence of the
Centre for Scottish studies is
being revamped to include a new
blog. Among our postgraduate
students, Meghan McAvoy
recently gave a paper on the
politics of the Scottish folksong
revival at the University of
Strathclyde, while Barbara
Leonardi is preparing for
conferences in Finland and
Malta, where she’ll present
research on James Hogg – a new
edition of whose Scottish
Pastoral will shortly be published
by Dr Suzanne Gilbert. Busy and
energising times in the study of
Scottish literature.
For more information on the
MLitt Modern Scottish Writing,
visit -
http://www.english.stir.ac.uk/po
stgraduate/taught-
degrees/msw.php or e-mail the
Programme Directors, Scott
Hames at [email protected]
or Suzanne Gilbert at
MLitt English
Language and
Linguistics
Andrew Smith
Our new MLitt in English
Language and Linguistics was
successfully launched in
September with a vibrant and
highly motivated group of part-
time students on the
foundational Structures of
Language module. We will
continue this Spring into a more
intensive examination of specific
areas of study through specialist
option modules, including
Sociolinguistics and Varieties of
English and Historical Linguistics
and the History of English.
On the research front, a very
enlightening and well-attended
symposium on Communication
and Interaction: Applications for
Healthcare was organised in
Stirling in January by Bethan
Benwell and May McCreadie,
which explored the use of
Conversation Analysis in
therapeutic and nursing contexts.
Over the next few months, ELL
staff will be presenting their
research to a variety of different
groups, including international
conferences (EVOLANG, Kyoto),
international workshops
(Bologna) and local research
groups (Edinburgh).
For up-to-date news on English
Language and Linguistics at
Stirling, visit www.ell.stir.ac.uk
For more information on the
MLitt English Language and
Literature, visit -
http://www.ell.stir.ac.uk/English
_Language_and_Linguistics_at_St
irling/Home.html or e-mail the
Programme Director, Andrew
Smith at
SCHOOL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES www.stir.ac.uk/schools/arts-and-humanities
Translation Studies at
the Royal Observatory
Cristina Johnston
In Autumn 2011, the students on
Stirling’s MRes in Translation
Studies and MSc in Translation
Studies and TESOL travelled to
the Royal Observatory in
Edinburgh for a site visit as part
of their coursework on a module
examining Cultural Translation.
The students spent a morning at
the Observatory on Blackford Hill,
meeting first with William Taylor
and then with Karen Moran.
William is a PhD student who
works as a Science Communicator
at the Observatory and on
outreach projects, bringing
astronomy and aspects of his own
research to a wide range of
audiences. Karen is the
Observatory’s Librarian and is
responsible for the Crawford
Collection with its 15000 items
charting the history of astronomy
and the Observatory across the
centuries and across languages.
The aim of these site visits, is for
the students to get an
opportunity to meet with
practitioners whose everyday
work involves the communication
of ideas across disciplinary and
linguistic boundaries, often
having to ‘translate’ or adapt
information for non-specialist
audiences. In this way, the
students are able to reflect on
different means of
communication, different forms
that can be taken by the same
message, and ultimately on their
own practice as budding linguistic
translators.
In the Spring semester, the
students will follow up on their
Observatory site visit with a visit
of the National Library of
Scotland, where they will spend a
few hours with Chris Taylor, who
works with the NLS’s foreign
language holdings.
For further information on
Translation Studies, visit this
page -
http://www.stir.ac.uk/postgradua
te/programme-
information/prospectus/slcr/tran
slation-studies or contact Dr
Cristina Johnston,
ASMCF, ADEFFI and
SSFH Postgraduate
Study Day
Martin Verbeke and Angus
MacDonald, who are both
currently writing PhDs on aspects
of French and Francophone
culture, will be presenting papers
at the annual Study Day
organised by the Association for
the Study of Modern and
Contemporary France at the
University of Sheffield on 3rd
March. Martin’s paper will be
entitled “A Sociolinguistic
Analysis of French Rap Music: The
Importance of Teaching Familiar
and Vulgar French and French
Slang at University” while Angus
will be speaking on “New French
horror and the trauma of the
future.” The Study Day will also
include two professional
development sessions focusing
on topics such as academic
publishing and research in action
and Martin and Angus will be
presenting their work alongside
Postgraduate students from
across the UK and Ireland.
TRANSLATION STUDIES
View an introductory video on Translation Studies by the Programme Director, Dr Cristina Johnston.
MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
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MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
New Research in
Revolutions Launched
at Stirling
Kevin Adamson and
Mike Rapport
Mike Rapport and Kevin
Adamson of the University’s
School of Arts and
Humanities have launched a
research initiative in
comparative revolution
studies with a piece in
History Workshop Online
looking at the Domino
Revolutions of 1848, 1989
and 2011, of interest to
students following MRes and
PhD programmes focused on
the study of revolutions.
Further information can be
found here -
http://www.historyworkshop
.org.uk/the-domino-
revolutions-1848-1989-2011-
2/ and find our group on
[Picture above of protestors in
Tahrir Square, Cairo, 2011,
attached copyright Mostafa
Heddaya, permission kindly
given for use from American
Circus magazine amcircus.com]
What kind of
internationalization?
Some thoughts from the
Underground
Tim Fitzgerald
Tim Fitzgerald, Jamal Bahmad,
Shani Zour, Sean Frye, Martin
Verbeke and other PG's have been
asking about the concept of
Internationalization, what it means,
and how raising its profile can
enhance the position of PG's at
Stirling. There are various groups
and actions at Stirling concerned
with Internationalization but they
have very different aims from each
other. For example, the Students'
International Society is a social
student union club, which anyone
can join. Its current president is
undergraduate student Alexandra
Cron. We joined them in
Underground recently for a
welcome event and enjoyed the
social atmosphere.
However, our group has been
thinking a lot about how we can
not only encourage social
interaction but also raise the
profile of 'international' research
topics and the international
backgrounds of their researchers.
The greatest interest so far has
been expressed in favour of raising
money to invite genuinely
prominent and influential
intellectuals from non-European
countries - from Africa, Asia,
Oceania or Native America for
instance. There are high-level
debates going on around the
world, which we have much to
learn from, because researchers
and thinkers in those countries are
dealing with issues they know
about at first hand and which
might challenge and shift our
'western' theoretical perspectives.
We are interested in pursuing
further discussion with a wider
range of Stirling PG's. If anyone is
aware of other internationalization
ventures at Stirling, or would be
willing to share some ideas with us
about raising the profile of PG's
with international backgrounds or
international topics, then please
feel free to contact any one of us.
We'd be happy to hear your views
on these issues, such as which
prominent scholar to invite and
how to fund the invitation, how
and where to set it up, and how to
promote such an event. We're also
interested in hearing ideas about
how to publicise and maximise the
visibility of the international
postgraduate community and
research, and any other additional
activities we ought to consider.
Dr Timothy Fitzgerald
Reader in Religion
http://www.criticalreligion.stir.ac.u
k/
SCHOOL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES www.stir.ac.uk/schools/arts-and-humanities
MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
Digital Media,
Publishing and Law
Graham Meikle
The new MLitt in Digital Media,
Publishing and Law launches in
September 2012. This is a
Master’s degree about the
important developments that are
shaping the creative industries. It
offers students the opportunity
to explore legal, theoretical and
industry perspectives on digital
communications, on
contemporary cultural industries,
and on the law of copyright and
intellectual property. “We’re very
excited about this degree”, says
programme director Dr Graham
Meikle. “It’s an innovative and
original programme that draws
on some of the best existing
degrees we offer here at Stirling,
and combines these into a new
and flexible Master’s.”
Students will take core modules
in digital media, in the dynamics
of the publishing industries, and
in intellectual property law. They
will also take optional modules
which let them specialise in
aspects of media, and/or law,
and/or publishing studies.
Candidates for the Master’s can
choose to concentrate on media
classes, where they can learn
about advertising, about media
economics, about journalism and
digital media, or about media
policy and regulation. They might
decide to concentrate on
publishing studies, where they
will learn about marketing
management, editing, and
content creation. Or they might
decide to concentrate on law,
where they can take classes in
the law of information
technology, sports law or
intellectual property. “Or you
could combine parts of all of
these into the Master’s
programme that’s best for you,”
says Dr Meikle.
This master’s in Digital Media,
Publishing and Law is for people
who want to better understand
contemporary communication,
and its legal, regulatory and
industrial contexts. It’s for those
who work in the creative
industries or who want to work in
those industries in the future.
And it’s for those who recognise
that their careers will benefit
from gaining a competitive edge
in a market that values high-level
skills in communication, research
and critical thinking.
More details here:
http://www.fmjpg.stir.ac.uk/digit
al-media-publishing-and-law
DIGITAL MEDIA,
PUBLISHING AND
LAW
View an introductory video on Digital Media, Publishing and Law by the Programme Director, Dr Graham Meikle.
SCHOOL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES www.stir.ac.uk/schools/arts-and-humanities
MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
Media and Culture
Graham Meikle
MLitt in Media and Culture
programme director Dr Graham
Meikle published his latest book in
December 2011. Co-authored with
Dr Sherman Young of Macquarie
University in Sydney, Australia, the
book is called Media Convergence:
Networked Digital Media in
Everyday Life. This book is about
how networked digital media are
being used to bring together
people and ideas, images and
texts, industries and technologies
in new ways - media convergence.
The book explores the
development of the Internet, the
rise of social media, the global
expansion and consolidation of the
major media corporations, and the
new opportunities for audiences to
create, remix, collaborate upon
and share their own media. The
book focuses on how everyday
media - such as Facebook, iTunes
and Google - can be understood in
new ways for the twenty-first
century through ideas of
convergence.
"Media are what we do. With this
deceptively simple yet particularly
powerful assertion, Meikle and
Young successfully benchmark
contemporary media" -- Mark
Deuze, author Media Life.
"Meikle and Young's 'Media
Convergence' is intelligent,
sensible, precise and timely" --
David Gauntlett, author Making is
Connecting.
You can download the introduction
here, and get a good idea of what’s
involved in the core spring module
MCCPX1 Digital Cultures
http://www.palgrave.com/product
s/title.aspx?pid=344515
Two new option modules will be
offered in 2012 as part of the MLitt
in Media and Culture.
MCCPX8 News, Journalism and
Digital Media explores the news
environment of the twenty-first
century — an environment that is
both broadcast and broadband.
Content, distribution channels,
geographical constraints,
production values, business
models, regulatory approaches and
cultural habits are all changing as
new media technologies are
adopted and adapted by users,
often in unexpected ways. Cheap
hardware and software allow
anyone to blog or comment, calling
into question the distinction
between news and views.
Ubiquitous mobiles with inbuilt
cameras make everyone a
potential on-site correspondent.
Higher-quality software and
bandwidth bring near-broadcast
quality to video blogs and citizen
journalism. Platforms such as
Twitter offer a stream of tiny
headlines from news organisations,
celebrities, politicians, and your
next-door neighbour. For many
people, the news is no longer just
something they read, listen to or
watch — the news is now
something they do. This module
discusses and explores these
developments, and sets them in
the context of existing
understandings of news.
PCMPX3 Advertising introduces
students to the theory and practice
of advertising. The module begins
by focusing on the key stages in
the production of an ad campaign,
including the role of the creative
brief, the ways in which ads target
very specific audiences, and the
different media used in campaigns.
It then goes on to explore the role
of branding, how advertising
creates meaning, and issues of
regulation. You will learn how to
analyse advertisements and
evaluate critiques of advertising,
and you will learn how advertising
functions as part of an integrated
marketing communications mix.
For further information on the
MLitt in Media and Culture, visit
this page -
http://www.fmjpg.stir.ac.uk/ or
contact Dr Graham Meikle,
SCHOOL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES www.stir.ac.uk/schools/arts-and-humanities
MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
Arts and Humanities Alumni
Suti Sahariah
Graduated with MSc in
Media Management in
2009
I graduated with a master’s
degree in media management
from Stirling University in 2009.
After completing my studies I
interned with a prestigious public
relations company in London,
and soon got a full time job with
a PR company in Swindon – I
worked there for one year.
I have now returned to my home
country India, and recently joined
an English news channel as their
London correspondent. I am
currently in New Delhi; however,
I will be posted in London and my
job will involve reporting from
the UK and Europe on stories of
global importance or that have
relevance to the Indian audience
at large.
I worked as a journalist in India
before going to Stirling, but my
objective of doing a degree in
media management was to gain
an understanding of
management issues and
challenges facing the media
industry in general. I also wanted
to enhance my career prospects
by applying the knowledge
gained on degree in different
media environments. I chose
Stirling University because I liked
the course content, and also
because of the beauty and sports
facilities at the campus, which
sometimes I still miss!
My degree at Stirling not only
prepared me with the skills
needed for a global media career,
but more importantly gave me
the confidence to explore various
media related sectors where the
learning could be applied. I was
able to use my media research
and strategic management skills
– things learnt in my degree- to a
great effect whilst working in
public relations in England. Now
as a journalist, the understanding
of the UK media environment is
becoming handy to quickly nail
down the news sources.
Overall, I really enjoyed my
studies and stay in Stirling and
hope the same for present and
future students.
Alumni Careers Visit
by Sophie Jones
Former Media Management
graduate, Sophie Jones, will be
visiting the campus in April as
part of the university’s
Pathfinder Careers Event.
Sophie is Head of Corporate
Relations for the broadcaster
Channel 4 and graduated from
the online programme in 2002.
Sophie joined Channel 4 in 2008
having previously worked in
corporate affairs for ITN. She will
be giving a talk on careers in the
broadcasting industry and will be
available to talk informally to
students about opportunities in
the media during a break-out
session.
Further details of the Pathfinder
event being held on 16 April are
on the Careers Development
Centre Website:
http://www.careers.stir.ac.uk/stu
dents/pathfinder/
For further information on
Media Management, visit –
http://www.fmjpg.stir.ac.uk/
or contact Dr Richard Haynes,
SCHOOL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES www.stir.ac.uk/schools/arts-and-humanities
Arts and Humanities Alumni
MARCH 2012 GRADUATE STUDIES NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2
Stefanie Van De Peer
Graduated with PhD in
French 2011
“I did my PhD in what was the
School of Languages, Cultures
and Religions, between 2007 and
2011. I researched filmmaking in
North Africa, focusing on
documentaries made by women.
The staff were all very supportive
and I especially loved the
interdisciplinary nature of
everyone’s work. The
atmosphere in the corridors was
just so convivial and
collaborative. I loved being there.
Following my viva in August
2011, I travelled to the US, where
I had been awarded a semester-
long research fellowship at the
Five College Women Studies
Research Center in
Massachusetts
(http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sit
es/fcwsrc/). The experience was
amazing, not only on an
intellectual but also on a social
and an emotional level. I met the
most amazing activist feminist
women, who inspired me to keep
working really hard for what I
believe in, and to keep being an
ambitious young woman. It is
difficult to pinpoint what exactly
is the difference between British
and US-based academics, but I
feel I am now really benefiting
from having experienced
academia on both sides of the
Atlantic.
I am still working on
transnational feminist
documentary making and will
continue to do so. While in my
PhD I focused on the pioneering
women, such as Ateyyat El
Abnoudy, Selma Baccar, Izza
genini and Assia Djebar, I now
look at the younger generations
making documentaries in the
Maghreb, Egypt and also in the
Levant. I am simultaneously
anxious and excited about what
is happening in the Maghreb and
the rest of the Arab world during
the Arab Revolutions. I think it
can potentially open doors for
women documentary makers,
and indeed it is already doing so.
Nadia El Fani from Tunisia, a few
other young filmmakers in Egypt
and some women in Syria, like
Soudade Kaadan and Reem Ali,
are confronting their recent
history head on. Women in Syria
are using the revolution as a
backdrop and central theme to
new films, shot digitally and
secretly.
I have recently published a few
articles on Syrian filmmakers, and
am working on a publication that
talks about how animation is
used in documentaries from the
Middle East, confronting issues of
representability and reality. A
book on Art and Trauma in
Africa, co-edited with Lizelle
Bisshoff (University of
Edinburgh), will be published
with IB Tauris in May 2012.
I now work as a senior research
fellow at the Winchester School
of Art at Southampton University
(http://www.southampton.ac.uk/
wsa), where we are setting up a
new research centre, called the
Centre for Global Futures in Art,
Design and Media. We are
organizing exhibitions, events
and film screenings, and
attempting to bring academic
research into the wider
community, thinking about how
it can benefit society and how
society can influence research. I
find it all very exciting. Being in
an arts school is different again
from what I am used to, but it is
extremely stimulating and makes
for interesting brain gymnastics. I
am for example absolutely in the
right place to write a paper on
graphic art and animation in
documentaries – combining high
arts with activism. The rector of
the School is Palestinian artist
Bashir Makhoul, who is a total
inspiration. I am very lucky to be
here, now.”
For further information about
PhD opportunities in French,
Spanish, Global Cinema or
Religion at Stirling, please see
www.slcr.stir.ac.uk
SCHOOL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES www.stir.ac.uk/schools/arts-and-humanities
A&H New Law Appointments
Dr Raphael Heffron Raphael’s research interests are in energy and electricity policy and in particular on low carbon emitting energy. Of particular
importance is the aim to understand the legal challenges involved in planning for energy infrastructure projects focusing on the
EU and the US. Raphael's other research interests include competition, planning and public law and policy. Prior to taking up his
appointment at the University of Stirling, Raphael was a member of the Electricity Policy Research Group at the University of
Cambridge where he is in the final stages of completing his PhD. Before attending Cambridge, Raphael trained as a barrister
(Barrister-at-Law), and was called to the Bar in July 2007 in the Republic of Ireland. He holds degrees from Trinity College Dublin
(BA, MA), the University of St. Andrews (MLitt), and the University of Cambridge (MPhil). In the past he has held visiting
positions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA (visiting student), The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
(visiting scholar), and the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (visiting research fellow). Raphael has been
involved as a Teaching Assistant/Supervisor in 10 courses at the University of Cambridge, including Technology Policy, Business
Law, and Nuclear Energy Policy at Masters (MPhil and MBA) level. Raphael is a member of the International Nuclear Lawyers
Association and the International Bar Association, and European Nuclear Energy Forum – Nuclear Legal Roadmap Group.
Dr Oles Andriychuk Dr Oles Andriychuk studied law in Ukraine (Lutsk, Kyiv), the Czech Republic (Charles University in Prague) and Italy (European
University Institute, Florence). His main research is focused on the philosophical aspects of European competition law, exploring
the phenomena of economic freedom and competition from the perspective of legal, political and moral philosophy. He has also
published articles in the area of jurisprudence and legal theory, European law, antitrust law, constitutional law, media law and
the theory of adjudication. Before moving to Stirling he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the ESRC Centre for Competition
Policy (University of East Anglia). He also taught Competition Law; Law and Morality (Jurisprudence) and EU Law at the UEA Law
School. His research has been recently presented at the various international (Bonn, EUI Florence, Frankfurt, Tilburg) and
domestic (KCL, Oxford, UCL, QMUL) forums. The most representative publication, which outlines his main normative and
methodological research questions is Oles Andriychuk, 'Rediscovering the Spirit of Competition: On the Normative Value of the
Competitive Process', European Competition Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2010
(http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1781512).
Dr Belén Olmos Giupponi Dr Belén Olmos Giupponi is an Assistant Professor of International Law and International Relations at Rey Juan Carlos University
in Madrid. She was born in Argentina, where she worked as an attorney and taught International Law during the period 1998-
2000. In 2004 she earned a Ph.D. in Law from the University Carlos III. She holds an M.A. in Human Rights (University Carlos III)
and a Magister in International Relations (Advanced Studies Centre, Argentina). Author and editor of various books: Human
rights and regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean (2006), New Perspectives of Democratic Principle in America
(2007), The Law of MERCOSUR/Edited with M. Franca Filho and L. Lixinski (Hart, 2010) and Climate change, human rights and
the environment (2011). She has also published fifteen articles in peer-reviewed science journals. Her research has been
featured in journals in economic integration and cooperation, human rights, environmental law and international migrations.
She was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute (2007/2009) and, previously, a Research Fellow
at the Istituto di Studi Giuridici Internazionali (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) in Rome in 2006 and at the Centre de
Recherche sur les Identités Nationales et l'Interculturalité (CRINI) of the University of Nantes - France- in 2005.
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APRIL
23rd – World Book Night book
domino rally. For more details
contact [email protected]
MAY
3rd - Industry Advisory Board,
Publishing Showcase and 30th
Anniversary Alumni Event For
more details contact
SEPTEMBER
The Bloody Scotland Masterclasses, in association with crime writing festival Bloody Scotland For more details go to http://www.bloodyscotland.com/
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Postgraduate
Conference
On January 27th, 2012 over 40
postgraduate students from
Scotland and beyond gathered to
take part in “Funding the Future:
Ensuring Research
Development”, a workshop
organised by Stirling PhD and
Masters students. Aimed at
broadening postgraduates’
understanding of research
funding, the workshop began
with a presentation from Daniela
Bolle, Research Development
Manager at the University of
Stirling, on the key steps to take
when applying for funding. Next,
six postgraduates discussed their
topics and spurred energetic
debate around research
methodologies, challenges for,
and interdisciplinary
opportunities. Overall the day
reaffirmed the diversity and
value of postgraduate research
whilst forging new friendships
and academic ties.
Presenters
The AHRC and the Grant
Application Process - Ms. Daniela
Bolle, Research Development
Manager (University of Stirling)
Musical Interventions in the
Treatment of Anxiety - Ellen
Spaeth (University of Edinburgh)
The Future of Food - Francesco
Buscemi (University of Stirling)
Theological Reflections on
Criminal Justice in Melville's
Bartleby - Katja Neumann
(University of Stirling)
Hyperculturality and Transparency
- Judith Kahl (University of Dundee)
Redefining Religious Concepts
through Popular Television: The
Second Coming - Gemma Carroll
(University of Stirling)
Multi-disciplinary PhD: framing
the proposal within AHRC award
scheme - Val Dufeu (University of
Stirling)
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