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Patience Agbabi (1983) elected to Honorary Fellowship at Pembroke College

We are delighted to announce that renowned poet and novelist Patience Agbabi (1983) has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her distinguished writing career.

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Pembroke Behind the Scenes: Meet the staff who keep the College running

For our 400 Hours series, Lodge Porter Adam Berry undertakes a behind-the-scenes investigation at Pembroke. Hear from Lodge Porter Spencer Solomon, long-serving Scout Mrs Singh and Deputy Butler Jamie Tricker about life behind-the-scenes.

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Cedric Smith prize presented to Dr Annette Idler for Peace and Conflict Research

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Dr Annette Idler – Director of Studies of the Changing Character of War Programme at Pembroke – is the 2015 recipient of the Cedric Smith prize.

The Cedric Smith prize is awarded annually by the Conflict Research Society for the best piece of UK-based peace and conflict research.

Dr Idler’s paper, 'Complex Cooperation: Shifting Alliances among Rebels, Paramilitaries and Criminals', is based on over one year of fieldwork in Colombia's war-torn border areas.

She explains: “It helps understand the security dynamics in these regions, and can be used as a starting point to help understand conflict dynamics resulting from fragile alliances among violent non-state groups in places such as Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo or Afghanistan”.

The judging panel included editors of major political science journal and stated that although there were a record number of entries for 2015, the winning paper “breaks new ground in the field of peace and conflict research and the analysis”.

Dr Idler, also a research associate for the Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding, attended the CRS Annual Conference on 14th-15th September and addressed the plenary with a talk on her research.