Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway

Ben O'Loughlin's book "Strategic Narratives: Communication, Power and the New World Order" is out now in Chinese! 🎉🎊🇨🇳
Hard copies have been sighted in the wild so get your orders in!
https://m.bookschina.com/9237766.htm

Join us and the Gender Institute next Monday at 4:15 in EWD 1-04 to hear from Professor Susan Franceschet on "Parenthood Dilemmas in Parliaments: New Realities and Old Institutions"

Join us for a public talk next Wednesday 9th October, 6:15pm in the Windsor Building Auditorium by the Rt Hon Justine Greening, former MP and cabinet minister under Theresa May and David Cameron on 'The new 'Social Compact': How Higher Education’s role in social mobility and social purpose can shape Britain’s future success'.
Admission is free but booking is essential: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/events/rt-hon-justine-greening-the-new-social-compact/

Kat Osborne is looking to hear from PGR students about gender inclusion and equity within LSS for the school's Athena Swan application.
Join her in person on 3-4:30pm on the 16th October, online on the 8th or 10th October 2-3pm, or drop her an email to arrange a meeting.
Refreshments provided at the in person meeting!

Ben O'Loughlin is back in The Conversation UK this week with his analysis of Keir Starmer's party conference speech 👓👓

Keir Starmer’s party conference speech – what he said and what it meant The prime minister was under pressure to shift the mood at party conference and he appears to have met the brief.

Join us at 6:15pm on the 14th October for Jennifer Piscopo's inaugural professorial lecture "The women's rights era: 50 years of gender equality advocacy and reform across the globe"
The lecture is followed by a reception 🥂🎉

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-womens-rights-era-inaugural-lecture-by-professor-jennifer-piscopo-tickets-957344000677?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

"to sell a political narrative to the public, you need a sprinkle of Batman"
- Ben O'Loughlin in The Conversation UK on the uncertainty in Keir Starmer's narrative to the public 🦇📰

Starmer is the police commissioner in his Gotham City vision of British decline – but we want Batman The prime minister doesn’t have to mislead the public by pretending that everything is fine when it isn’t, but they need a reason to buy into his project.

Check out the fantastic range of speakers we'll have at our research seminar this term, every Wednesday on our Egham campus at 1pm 👩‍🏫🧑‍💼
All are welcome!