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Leverhulme Research Fellowship awarded to Dr Michelle Bentley

Michelle Bentley has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship. The title of the project is “A New Theory of Biological Warfare: Taboo as Policy”.

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Launch of the Speaker's Corner

Event series organised by Professor Nick Allen and Professor John Bercow

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Launch of the Gender Institute

Founded in 2020 with funding from the British Academy, the Gender Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London looks to become a hub for study, teaching, learning, and activism about gender.

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  • International Relations

    3 years full time

    BA LF50

    Politics and International Relations
  • Politics

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    BA L200

    Politics and International Relations
  • Politics and International Relations

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    BA L290

    Politics and International Relations
  • Politics and International Relations and Philosophy

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    BA LV25

    Politics and International Relations
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    BA L2V5

    Politics and International Relations
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    Politics and International Relations
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    4 years full time

    BA LM12

    Politics and International Relations
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    Politics and International Relations
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    Politics and International Relations
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    Politics and International Relations
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    BA LR21

    Politics and International Relations
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    BSc (Econ) L12L

    Economics
  • History, Politics and International Relations

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    BA VLN1

    History
  • Modern Languages with International Relations

    4 years full time

    BA R9L2

    Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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    LLB MF50

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    Philosophy
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    Philosophy
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    Politics and International Relations
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    1 year full time

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    Politics and International Relations
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    Politics and International Relations
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    Politics and International Relations
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    Politics and International Relations
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    MA

    Politics and International Relations
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    Geography
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    1 year full time

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    Geography
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    1 year full time

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    Geography
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    1 year full time

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    Geography
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    Philosophy
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    Philosophy
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    MA

    Philosophy

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    ''...is giving people the tools that they need to check some of the claims people make about our society.''

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