ANARCHISTS ORGANISE PISS-UP IN BREWERY

To celebrate the second birthday of the establishment of ASN in November 2007, members organised a tour of Nottingham's Castle Rock Brewery. Hangovers contributed to it taking this long to post up the announcement.

PHD SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE IN ANARCHIST STUDIES

The Department of Politics, IR and European Studies (PIRES), Loughborough University, has just announced the availability of a fully funded, three-year PhD scholarship beginning in 2008. For more details contact Dr Dave Berry, PIRES, Loughborough University ( d.g.berry@lboro.ac.uk)

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR MASTERS IN ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE

The masters programme in activism and social change at the Department of Geography, Leeds University is preparing to go into it's second year. You can find all the details, including information on scholarships here

I was born an anarchist but didn't know it at the time. I enjoy reading most books about anarchism, but particularly those that deal with its relationship to utopianism, art, ecology, gender and sexuality, psychology, and revolutionary politics. One of my favorite anarchist authors is Ursula K. Le Guin. I recently edited a collection of original essays about her marvellous anarchist utopian novel, The Dispossessed. You can read more about my book here:

The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed

Although I did not grow up in an academic environment, I like libraries and have spent a good deal of my life studying or teaching at Universities. I earned my doctoral degree in politics at Oxford University, and have taught political and social theory at Oxford University, Ruskin College, and University Colleges Galway and Dublin.

Other interests include hiking, cycling, travelling, doing volunteer work, and meeting fellow anarchists. I currently live in Dublin, Ireland.