BSC Historical Criminology Network meet the author event The aim of this series is to provide a platform to support rich discussion about historical criminology amongst those with an interest, in academia and beyond. Ultimately, we aim to promote new ideas on historical criminology, continuing to widen awareness and generate rich conversation. Historical criminology as a tool is relevant for the classroom, for research, and appeals to a wider public fascination concerning the role of history in our lives. The event offers the opportunity to meet the authors of new works (not necessarily books alone), including the possibility to pose…

Panel: Gendered-Racist Regimes of Detention and Deportation.   Speakers and Paper title: Dr Dorina Damsa: Gender, Race and Deportation in the Nordic Welfare State. Dr Francesca Esposito: Racist-Gendered Regimes of Detention Violence. Dr Dorina Damsa achieved a PhD in Criminology and the Sociology of Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway. Her research is centred around global inequality regimes, borderscapes, and im/mobility, at the intersections of citizenship status, gender, race, and class. Her approach relies on perspectives from border criminologies and feminist and post-colonial studies. Dr Francesca Esposito is a Lecturer at the University of Westminster and  Research Fellow at…

The BSC Midlands Region, in collaboration with the University of Derby's College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, will be running a seminar on Wednesday 24 May at 2pm in room 201 Friargate Squate, University of Derby. There are three really interesting speakers from both Derby and Nottingham University. Refreshments will be provided on arrival and at the end of the afternoon and we hope that you will stay and join us afterwards for further discussions in an informal social atmosphere. It will provide a good chance for colleagues to get together. If you would like further information or would…