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The Orthodox Neoliberal: Religious Ethics and Market Practices in Post-Soviet Russia
Victoria Fomina (PhD candidate at Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology Central European University) Thursday 22 November, 4-5.15pm, Buchanen Building, Room 216 This talk will explore how Christian Orthodox conceptions of economy come together with neoliberal visions of the market and social virtue in post-Soviet Russia. It analyzes Orthodox intellectuals’ recent attempts
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International Minority Education: Opening New Collaborative Research Possibilities
Itinerary: 26th -30th November (Week 11) *********** Subject to Change ************* 26/11 – Open Seminar at the Department of Anthropology “Indigenous and quilombola education in Brazil: an introduction” 27/11 – Invited meeting with research groups about minority education and collaborative research. 27/11 – Meeting in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Department
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The Impact of the UK Immigration Act on Housing and Public Services
Friday 8th June 2018, 10am-16.15pm University of St Andrews 9.30 – 10.00 Registration & Coffee 10.00- 10.05 Kim McKee (Chair), University of St Andrews – Welcome 10.05 – 11.00 Hannah Jones, University of Warwick ‘Go Home – whose home? How both immigration and the ‘hostile environment’ are ordinary in
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