News Archive

Tuesday 16 October 2012

• Dr David Cantor awarded ESRC grant to investigate transnational responses to security and justice challenges of forced migration in Latin America

  

  Dr David James Cantor, lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, has been awarded £210,862 as part of the prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders scheme to embark on a new research project titled ‘Pushing the Boundaries: New Dynamics of Forced Migration and Transnational... read more

Thursday 04 October 2012

• Arditti Quartet to perform "Nine Memos" by Paul Archbold at musikprotokoll festival

  

  A composition by Director of the Institute of Musical Research, Paul Archbold, will be performed at the musikprotokoll festival in Graz, Austria. Nine Memos for String Quartet will be played by the Arditti Quartet alongside new works by British and Austrian composers. Nine Memos for String Quartet... read more

Monday 01 October 2012

• Professor Colin Blakemore joins the Institute of Philosophy

  

  Distinguished neuroscientist appointed as Director of the Institute’s Centre for the Study of the Senses The Institute of Philosophy, a member institute of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, is delighted to welcome Professor Colin Blakemore as Director of the Institute... read more

Thursday 27 September 2012

• MA Human Rights graduate Haifa Rashed speaks at the Human Rights Council in Geneva

  

  Haifa Rashed, who graduated from the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in December 2011, is currently the Human Rights & Refugees Programme Assistant at the Quaker UN Office, Geneva (QUNO). Haifa attended and read a statement at the 21st... read more

Wednesday 26 September 2012

• Institute of Commonwealth Studies co-hosts a series of events for the UK country visit of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

  

  The Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Human Rights Consortium will be co-hosting a series of events for the occasion of the UK country visit of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. Dr Corinne Lennox, Lecturer in human rights at the Institute of... read more

Thursday 13 September 2012

• Institute of Musical Research Fellow Richard Bernas presents BBC Radio 3 programme on John Cage

  

  In a special Sunday Feature programme for BBC Radio 3 – John Cage: Beyond Silence – Richard Bernas, a Fellow of the Institute of Musical Research, looks at the influence of composer John Cage beyond music. Richard Bernas, a conductor, pianist and Cage-collaborator, talks to contemporary... read more

Tuesday 11 September 2012

• Work begins on groundbreaking digital oral history of the Commonwealth project

  

  Work formally began this month on the Oral History of the Modern Commonwealth project at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies with the full-time appointment of Dr Sue Onslow, a leading historian of British foreign policy and the Commonwealth, as Senior Research Fellow and lead... read more

Friday 31 August 2012

• Invitation to Extreme Energy Initiative event on Extreme Coal in the UK

  

  The Human Rights Consortium will launch the Extreme Energy Initiative with an event on Extreme Coal in the UK. The event will feature presentations, films and discussion from Aidan Ricketts, author of the recently released Activists' Handbook and activist with the Lock the Gate alliance, the... read more

Tuesday 31 July 2012

• Dame Lynne Brindley to be awarded honorary doctorate at the School’s 2012 graduation ceremony

  

  The School of Advanced Study, University of London is pleased to announce that Dame Lynne Brindley, DBE will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Literature honoris causa at its graduation ceremony on Saturday 15 December 2012. This honour recognises a lifetime of achievement in the support of world-... read more

Friday 27 July 2012

• Peter Webster's article on Open Access published in Research Fortnight

  

  Peter Webster, manager of SAS-Space, the institutional repository for the School of Advanced Study, has had an article published in Research Fortnight, the magazine for research-based funding opportunities and news about research policy. Humanities left behind in the dash for open access points... read more