Latest news
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. CHASE, a ground-breaking institution in its field, is dedicated to the study of the reception and understanding of Arabic and Islamic culture, science and religion in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern period... read more
Princess Anne launches new Diamond Jubilee Seminar Series on the Monarchy and the Commonwealth
In 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... read more
Refugee Law Initiative holds workshop on refugee law and policy for high-level officials of Commonwealth governments
The Refugee Law Initiative has just held the first-ever inter-governmental workshop on refugee law and policy aimed specifically at Commonwealth governments. The workshop, held 14-16 February 2012, was attended by heads of refugee services and other high-level officials of fifteen Commonwealth governments from Asia, the Caribbean... read more
The new George Lucas film Double Victory, about the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, shown at the Institute for the Study of the Americas
This special event - The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II: a personal memoir by two of the first African-American military pilots – combined one of the first showings of the 60-minute documentary with the rare opportunity to speak with two Tuskegee Airmen to hear how America has... read more
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Event highlights
Sarah Miles in conversation with Dr Lucy Reynolds
8 March 2012, 18:00 - 20:15
Coffin Trust Screening / Discussion ...read more
Rosy Martin: On Looking Back: Photography, Memory and Forgetting
9 March 2012, 18:30 - 19:30
Coffin Trust lecture ... read more
Inscribed Images and Inspired Scribes
15 March 2012, 18:00 - 19:00
John Coffin Memorial Lecture by Dr Jennifer O'Reilly, FSA (University College Cork)...read more
Translating the Qu'ran
16 March 2012
A one-day launch conference for the newly founded Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe .... read more
Events Brochure available
The latest Events Brochure Feb-April 2012 is now available online and in print on request.
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Digital resources
SAS-Space Collection of the Month for February is the recently digitised collection of research papers on the Americas
The February Collection of the Month 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 ...read more
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Fellowships news
New School Visiting Fellow: Professor Lisa Lowe
Professor Lisa Lowe (Departments of Literature and of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego) arrived in January to take up her post as the School’s Visiting Fellow for 2011/12. Professor Lowe will be with us for six months... read more
Fellowships in the School
New publications
New book published in the IGRS series:
Writing and Muslim Identity: Representations of Islam in German and English Transcultural Literature, 1990-2006 by Frauke Matthes
 Other recent titles:
Teachers of History 2012
 New Opinion from Commonwealth Advisory Bureau:
Egypt's revolution one year on - the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak was just the start
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Research training and graduate study
Master’s and research degree studentships available
A number of studentships and bursaries for both Master’s and research degrees are available to students registered to commence their studies at the School in 2012/13... read more
School’s research training programme 2011/12
The School’s research training programme for 2011-12 includes discipline-specific research training and generic research and transferable skills. Most of the training is available to postgraduate students across the UK, much of it free of charge .... read more
School of Advanced Study and AHRC Block Grant Partnerships Consortia
The School is part of a consortium bidding to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under its Block Grant Partnerships 2 (BGP2) competition. BGP2 awards will be given to research organisations or consortia ...read more
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