Podcast: Humans of Calais

Humans of Calais Photo Exhibition shows the daily life in the refugee camp in Calais. This project aims to give migrants a voice in order to understand their experiences from their own perspective. You can visit the exhibition at the War Studies Meeting Room until the end of December. This podcast features exclusive interviews with the creators of the Humans of Calais Photo Exhibition. We interviewed recent MA graduates, Signe Sofie Hansen and Layla Mohseni, and War Studies lecturer Dr Leonie Ansems de Vries. Upcoming Events: THE ORIGINS OF ISIS: THE COLLAPSE OF NATIONS AND REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST 23rd November 2016 (17:00-18:30) K6.07 War Studies Meeting Room Book launch of The Origins of ISIS Revolution by Simon Mabon, Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Lancaster and Stephen Royle, Research Fellow at the Richardson Institute, Lancaster University. THE BLEEDING HEART OF AFRICA: CENTRAL AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS & MARJAN-MARSH AWARD 23rd November 2016 (18:00-20:00) Pyramid Room ( K4U.04) 4th floor This year's Marjan-Marsh Award will be presented at a double presentation and award ceremony titled 'The Bleeding Heart of Africa: Central Africa's Elephants'. This year Keith Somerville, a leading expert with a broad overview of 'blood ivory', will be joined by conservation practitioner and former French army officer, Stephane Crayne to explore the Central African ivory poaching crisis and receive the 2016 Marjan-Marsh Award. EUROPEAN GLOBAL SECURITY STRATEGY & THE EASTERN REGION: MORE CHALLENGES AND FEWER OPPORTUNITIES? 24th November 2016 (17:30-19:00) War Studies Meeting Room (K. 6.07) Professor Elena Korosteleva from the Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics , University of Kent will talk on bringing "the political" back in the eastern region. For more information visit kcl.ac.uk/warstudies