News Archive

Thursday 26 July 2012

• Research published by Susan Williams results in new international inquiry into death of UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld

  

  A fresh international inquiry is to be opened into the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed the UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld. This follows the emergence of new evidence over the past year and, in particular, a book published in 2011 by Susan Williams, a Senior Research Fellow at... read more

Monday 23 July 2012

• Dr Julian Burger joins the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

  

  Visiting Professor at the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex joins the Institute’s human rights team The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, a member institute of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, is delighted to welcome Julian Burger to its human rights... read more

Friday 20 July 2012

• British Academy honours for Professors Peter Mack and Warwick Gould

  

  Professor Peter Mack elected to Fellowship of the British Academy The School of Advanced Study offers its warmest congratulations to Peter. Election to Fellowship of the British Academy is a signal mark of academic distinction in the humanities and social sciences. It is rare – only a... read more

Thursday 19 July 2012

• The Warburg Institute Library included in OEDb’s Top 25 Libraries That Changed the World

  

  The Online Education Database (OEDb) has compiled a list of the top 25 libraries that have played a role in both changing the shape of libraries and the world completely. The Warburg Institute Library is listed at no 21. In introducing this list, the OEDb describes libraries as the embodiment of... read more

Wednesday 18 July 2012

• Call for nominations to the Trevor Reese Memorial Prize at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

  

  The Trevor Reese Memorial Prize, of £1,000, is awarded every three years to the author of a work which has made a wide-ranging, innovative and scholarly contribution in the broadly-defined field of Imperial and Commonwealth History. A public call for nominations for books in the relevant... read more

Thursday 12 July 2012

• Commonwealth Advisory Bureau releases Opinion Piece on why the Queen should be the last head of the Commonwealth

  

  Released today, the latest Opinion Piece from the Commonwealth Advisory Board - Queen Elizabeth II should be the final Head of the Commonwealth - concludes that the interests of the Commonwealth would be best served if the post of Head of the Commonwealth were not passed to Prince Charles at the... read more

Wednesday 11 July 2012

• Human Rights Consortium launches project to investigate Ecocide as an international crime

  

  The Human Rights Consortium (HRC) at the School of Advanced Study is delighted to announce the launch of the Ecocide Project on 19 July 2012.  The HRC's Ecocide Project is a unique academic forum that will provide a national focal point for leading, facilitating and promoting research... read more

Tuesday 03 July 2012

• Opportunity: Graduate Fellowship at the Refugee Law Initiative

  

  Advanced PhD students are now invitied to apply for a Graduate Fellowship with the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the School of Advanced Study. The recipient(s) will work with the Director of the RLI, Dr David James Cantor, contributing to the convening of conferences and seminars, and producing... read more

Friday 29 June 2012

• School e-newsletter June-July 2012 now available

  

  The June-July 2012 e-newsletter of the School is now available. The latest issue includes news about events, digital resources, fellowships, publications, and graduate study opportunities in the School. View e-newsletter June-July 2012 Subscribe via sas.info@sas.ac.uk  read more

Monday 25 June 2012

• Institute of Commonwealth Studies secures major AHRC research grant to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965

  

  The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, a member institute of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, has secured a major grant of £398k from the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council to fund its ‘An Oral History of the Modern Commonwealth, 1965-2010’... read more