The Emily Davison Lodge - "Out of the Archives"

A series of commissioned artworks (4) made with Olivia Plender in response to materials in the Women's Library, specifically recovering and re-historicising the suffragette as a militant artist and with a particular emphasis on collating existing records of suffragette attacks on art works. We produced: A video "The Argument of the Broken Window Pane" (a famous speech in court by Emmeline Pankhurst) as a quasi casting tape (to evoke the absence of any acknowledgement of the Suffragette contribution to history, social freedom of campaign artistry by the movie industry). A chapbook "The Suffragette as Militant Artist" (free to take away, contains the first comprehensive listing of suffragette attacks on works of art) Letter to Tate Britain about the pioneering work of Sylvia Pankhurst and advising that her paintings be incorporated into their British History collection, displayed alongside an original drawing by the artist from the archives. 2 x staged photographs "The Inaugural Meeting of the Emily Davison Lodge" This collaborative research and the production of related art works is being continued under the auspices of the Emily Davison Lodge</p

In the light of growing economic and financial interdependence, we need to have a better understanding of how monetary policy works in China

With the Bank of England recently establishing swap lines with the People’s Bank of China and financial linkages between Britain and China set to become more intense over time, it is important to have a good understanding of how Chinese authorities conduct monetary policy. A new report by OMFIF, outlined here by John Plender and Gabriel Stein, stresses the need for Britain to be prepared for the macroeconomic effects that a fully capital account liberalised China might have

Food Co-ops in Austerity Britain Negotiating politics, aid and care in changing times

This thesis is concerned with experiences of social, political and economic change in Britain. In an era of fluctuating food prices, precarious subjectivities and environmental concerns, everyday issues such as food (a basic human need and right) become significant sites through which to offer a grounded perspective on how everyday citizens configure their social and financial worlds in relation to these changes. By focussing on two grassroots, retail food co-ops in London which were born of different eras, this thesis explores the ways in which each food co-op negotiates different visions and values relating to food-based politics, models of aids, practices of care and community building. Within this context, contradictory visions and practices can become intertwined – some more closely aligned with the co-operative ideal of mutual aid, others with less egalitarian models of charitable giving, or individualised practices and values of politics, aid and care. While this country has been going through processes of reform (often characterised as neoliberal reform) since the 1970s, the financial crisis of 2008 and resultant period of austerity had a significant impact on the nature of politics, the economy and the lives of everyday citizens in Britain. These political economic shifts have done much to inform and adjust the ideals, practices and structures of these two food co-ops. The social histories presented here, therefore, help to contextualise how each food co-op has been structured and informed by the social worlds around them; how their foundations were moulded by a particular moment in time; and, how they sit within the present, at times a little uncomfortably. This social, cultural, political economic and historical context is, therefore, fundamental to how food co-ops operate, and how they operationalise the basic principles of co-operativism

Admission of Refugees: Draft Convention on Territorial Asylum

This article examines the plight of refugees and the international law that attempts to protect them. The author begins by discussing the rules of international law that currently govern the definition and admission of refugees for support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The author goes on to discuss defects in the conventional definition of refugee which excludes about half the world\u27s refugees from this support. Next the author addresses the Draft Convention on Territorial Asylum which is intended in part to overcome the shortcomings of previous treaties that have defined refugee . The author concludes by calling for more protection of refugees by broadening the current definition

Molecular Homology & the Ancient Genetic Toolkit: How Evolutionary Development Could Shape Your Next Doctor\u27s Appointment

Homology, i.e. the biological pattern of “sameness,” is a pervasive facet of evolution at both the organismic and molecular levels of organization. While traditionally interpreted at the anatomical scale, shared molecular phenotypes across vastly divergent species hint at the presence of a deeply conserved, ancient genetic “toolkit” characteristic of the animal kingdom. Through careful examination of the nuanced homologues implicated in comparative embryology, evolutionary developmental biologists provide a holistic approach to understanding how homologous patterns of gene regulation translate to anatomical similarities among animal species. My summer research project in the Division of Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children’s hospital aimed to investigate the molecular behavior of a novel vascular endothelial progenitor population in the zebrafish trunk vasculature. While this population of cells, named “PACs,” have only been identified in zebrafish, the presence of deeply homologous regulatory networks throughout the animal kingdom hints at the likelihood that these cells are also implicated in the circulatory development of other species. Through the lens of animal homology, my basic research investigating PAC proliferation and vascular differentiation in this model organism system has the potential to become translational in humans. In the quest to solve complex human pathologies, it seems as if evolutionary homology may be just as important as a doctor’s note