• The fourth Work in Progress in the Social Studies seminar will be a talk entitled The Politics of Indignation by Peter Mayo from the University’s Department of Education Studies, on Wednesday from 6 to 7pm in Room D, Faculty of the Built Environment. The public is invited.

Prof. Mayo will provide an overview of his 2012 book, Politics of Indignation: Imperialism, Postcolonial Disruption and Social Change, which consists of a collection of journalistic writings on themes such as the state in neoliberal times, the two September 11s, postcolonial challenges over the years, Cuba and Nicaragua, representation of Muslim youth, the meaning of workers’ solidarity today, and migration in Europe.

• Frank Wiswall Jr will deliver a public lecture on Maritime Legal History on Friday from 11am to noon in Dun Mikiel Xerri Lecture Centre Room 120. Prof. Wiswall is a past chairman of the International Maritime Organisation’s Legal Committee and is currently vice-president of the Comité Maritime International, editor-in-chief of volumes 6-6F of Benedict on Admiralty.

The event, organised by the University’s Department of International Relations, is free and open to the public. For more informa-tion, call 2340 3083 or e-mail valentina.cassar@um.edu.mt.

• Challenges of Modern Technology to Law Enforcement in the EU: A Survey of Special Issues, including Cloud Computing and Transnational Evidence Acquisition is the topic of a public lecture on Friday from 4 to 6pm by Fulbright scholar Joseph Schwerha at the University’s Lecture Theatre 1, Erin Serracino Inglott Hall, Dun Mikiel Xerri Lecture Centre.

The talk is organised by the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences’s Department of Information Policy and Governance in cooperation with the US Embassy, the Attorney General’s Office and the Chamber of Advocates. Attendance is free, but those wishing to attend are to e-mail mireille.caruana@um.edu.mt.

• Estonia at a Glance: Youth Situation, Youth Policy and Youth Work is the topic of a public lecture to be held on Friday from 6 to 7.30pm by Piret Talur. The lecture, to be held by the Faculty for Social Wellbeing’s Department of Youth and Community Studies at the Old Humanities Building (OH116), is aimed at youth work practitioners, policy makers, and readers in youth studies and related sciences.

Ms Talur is a part-time lecturer in youth policy at the University of Tartu, Estonia, who has worked in the youth sector since 1997.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.