Social Rights and Social Assistance in Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Turkey

The Department of Politics is proud to announce the speakers for the Autumn 2015 Graduate Colloquium. Attendance is open to all. The Series takes place in the Derwent College Room D/L/116. A 20 minute presentation covering core aspects of a PhD project will be followed by 30 minutes of Q & A.

The autumn term schedule is:

• Week 3: Thursday 15th October, 12.05-12.55 - Nihan Toprakkiran -‘Social Rights and Social Assistance in Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Turkey’

• Week 4: Thursday 22nd October, 12.05-12.55 - ‘Special Session of Postgraduate Colloquium: Review of Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) 2015’

• Week 5: Thursday 29th October, 12.05-12.55 - Urban Jaksa -‘Non-Recognition and State Identity in Abkhazia’

• Week 6: Thursday 5th November, 12.05-12.55 - Phohnthip Smithsarakarn -‘Pension Reform in Thailand: Institutional Change and Economic Security for Informal Workers’

• Week 7: Thursday 12th November, 12.05-12.55 -Hannah Kershaw -‘“If you have a history, you see, you have a pride”: History and Migration in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane’