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The inaugural annual postgraduate conference on the topic of political parties at a national, sub national and European level was held on Monday 16th February 2009 at the University of Birmingham. The AEGCPP conference sought to provide a platform for postgraduate research in the area of political parties. Given the dynamic nature of the subject area, the conference wanted to provide postgraduate students with an arena in which to discuss, challenge and interpret the changes occurring in the field.
Keynote speakers for the inaugural conference were:
Prof. Paul Webb, (Morning Session)
University of Sussex, Editor of Party Politics journal
Dr Karin Bottom, (Midday Session)
University of Birmingham, Specialist in Local / Small & Extremist Parties
Prof. Stephen Whitefield, (Afternoon Session)
University of Oxford, Project Co-ordinator of Eurequal
Dr Colin Copus, (Afternoon Session)
University of Birmingham, Editor of Local Government Studies journal
with a short departmental welcome address from:
Mark Ewbank, AEGCPP 2009 Convenor
For any queries relating to the AEGCPP Conference 2009, please contact the convenor on the details below:
M Ewbank
MXE760@bham.ac.uk
T: 0121 414 8449