Press Releases

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 07 December 2011

• Professor John North appointed Acting Director of the Institute of Classical Studies

  

  Distinguished classical scholar Professor John North has been appointed as the Acting Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, one of the 10 prestigious research institutes that make up the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. Professor North, who is Emeritus Professor of... read more

Wednesday 26 October 2011

• Marine protection expert Jonathan Gardner arrives in London as the NZ-UK Link Foundation Visiting Professor for 2011/12

  

  There is widespread recognition that the world’s oceans are under increasing threat from human activities including overfishing, pollution and coastal development. One important form of marine biodiversity protection is the establishment of marine protected areas. New Zealand is generally... read more

Monday 17 October 2011

• Richard Bourne’s latest publication ‘Catastrophe: What went wrong in Zimbabwe?’ investigates the causes of Zimbabwe’s ongoing crisis

  

  In this book, Richard Bourne reveals how Zimbabwe, a country that had every prospect of success when it achieved independence in 1980 from British colonial rule, had within thirty years become a brutal police state suffering from hyperinflation, collapsing life expectancy, and abandonment by a... read more

Wednesday 21 September 2011

• Seminar launching the publication of the Hamlyn Lectures Series on 'Lawyers and the public good: democracy in action?' by Professor Alan Paterson OBE 3 October 2011

  

  The publication of the 2010 Hamlyn Lectures by Cambridge University Press will be launched on 3 October 2011 in a critical seminar at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.  The seminar brings together four of the UK's leading experts on the justice system to... read more

Friday 08 July 2011

• Dr Paul Archbold appointed Director of the Institute of Musical Research

  

  Dr Paul Archbold has been appointed as the new Director of the Institute of Musical Research (IMR), one of the 10 prestigious Institutes that make up the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. Dr Archbold, who is currently Reader in Music at the School of Performance and Screen... read more

• Professor Bill Marshall appointed Director of the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies

  

  Professor Bill Marshall has been appointed as the new Director of the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, one of the 10 prestigious Institutes that make up the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. Professor Marshall, who is currently at the School of Languages, Cultures... read more

Friday 01 July 2011

• New publication ‘Democracy promotion and conflict-based reconstruction’ investigates US foreign policy and the American mission to establish liberal democracy around the world with particular reference to Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq

  

  Democracy promotion and conflict-based reconstruction: The United States and democratic consolidation in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq by Dr Matthew Alan Hill (Institute for the Study of the Americas) is published by Routledge on 1 July 2011. In this book, Dr Hill investigates US foreign policy and... read more