News Archive

Tuesday 27 March 2012

• Professor Philip Murphy gives evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on the role and future of the Commonwealth

  

  Professor Philip Murphy, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, gave evidence today on the role and future of the Commonwealth to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. The session, which was held in Portcullis House, forms part of the Committee's inquiry on the future and... read more

Friday 23 March 2012

• The Refugee Law Initiative’s ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’ series concludes with open debate between MPs, Lords and refugee experts at Portcullis House

  

  The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, concluded its collaborative seminar series ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’ with a well-attended open debate at Portcullis House on 15 March 2012. The seminar series, which was held in... read more

Monday 12 March 2012

• Institute for the Study of the Americas to appoint Acting Director

  

  In July 2012 UCL will build on its existing strength in teaching and research on the Americas by establishing the UCL Institute of the Americas as part of the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences. The new Institute will be headed by Professor Maxine Molyneux. Professor Molyneux is currently... read more

Monday 27 February 2012

• The second Diamond Jubilee Seminar on ‘The monarchy, the Commonwealth and the media’ will be held on 20 March 2012

  

  The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is pleased to announce the second seminar in its Diamond Jubilee Series: ‘The monarchy, the Commonwealth and the media’ will be held on 20 March 2012. The shedding of media light on the mystery of the monarchy has sometimes been engineered and... read more

Wednesday 22 February 2012

• Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe (CHASE) to be launched at The Warburg Institute

  

  The Warburg Institute will launch its new Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe (CHASE) on 16 March 2012. The Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe (CHASE) is dedicated to the study of the reception and understanding of Arabic and Islamic culture, science and religion in... read more

Tuesday 21 February 2012

• Refugee Law Initiative holds workshop on refugee law and policy for high-level officials of Commonwealth governments

  

  The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, has just held the first-ever inter-governmental workshop on refugee law and policy aimed specifically at Commonwealth governments. The workshop was held at the RLI on 14-16 February 2012 and was attended by... read more

Thursday 16 February 2012

• Forthcoming conference on ‘Learning from Latin America: Debt crises, debt rescues and when and why they work’, 20 February 2012

  

  The Institute for the Study of the Americas (School of Advanced Study, University of London), with generous support from the Latin American Development Bank/CAF, is holding a conference on ‘Learning from Latin America’, which will examine the topical subjects of national debt and... read more

Wednesday 01 February 2012

• SAS-Space Collection of the Month for February is the recently digitised collection of research papers on the Americas

  

  The SAS-Space Collection of the Month for February is a growing collection of recently digitised occasional research papers from the Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA), and the Institute of Latin American Studies (one of the two institutions that came together to form ISA). Once the... read more

Friday 27 January 2012

• New School Visiting Fellow: Professor Lisa Lowe

  

  Professor Lisa Lowe arrived on Monday, 16 January to take up her post as the School’s Visiting Fellow for 2011/12.  Professor Lowe is from the Departments of Literature and of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego and will be with us for six months. She will be most closely... read more

Friday 20 January 2012

• Princess Anne launches new Diamond Jubilee Seminar Series on the Monarchy and the Commonwealth

  

  On 11 January 2012, the Chancellor of the University of London, the Princess Royal, visited the Institute of Commonwealth Studies to launch a series of seminars for the Diamond Jubilee Year exploring the relationship between the monarchy and the Commonwealth. She participated in the first seminar... read more