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Aidan Foster-Carter discusses inter-Korean relations
Inter-Korean relations are like snakes and ladders. For several years it’s mostly been snakes. But now things might just be looking up a little bit on two fronts: one familiar, the other new.
Professor Ruth Holliday comments on the cosmetic surgery boom
The number of cosmetic surgery operations in the UK hit 50,000 a year for the first time in 2013.
Professor Ruth Holliday gives talk at the V&A Museum
Links were made between the deceptions imposed by the closet on the lives of the LGBT community and the way that camp emerged as a mode of enjoyment that refused distinctions of taste.
Aidan Foster-Carter discusses North Korea
Aidan Foster-Carter, honorary senior research fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea, gives his opinion on the topic of North Korea in two articles.
Professor Tracy Shildrick wins award for her collaborative writing on poverty in Britain
Tracy Shildrick, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, has been awarded a British Academy prize for her collaborative writing on poverty in Britain