Press Releases

Wednesday 29 June 2011

• Monica Green and Samuel Cohn are just two of the seven headline speakers at this week’s Anglo-American Conference on Health in History. 29 June-1 July 2011

  

  Monica Green, Samuel Cohn and Joanna Bourke will be among the seven plenary speakers to headline this year’s Anglo-American Conference. The forthcoming conference, on the subject of Health in History, is hosted by the Institute of Historical Research, a member Institute of the School of... read more

Monday 27 June 2011

• Conference on open access publishing will examine the wider economic, public policy and academic conditions that are of particular concern to the arts and humanities. 15 July 2011

  

  This one-day symposium, entitled ‘Open Access publishing in the arts and humanities’, will be held at the School of Advanced Study, University of London in association with SAS-Space on Friday 15 July 2011. The symposium will bring together academics, journal editors, publishers,... read more

Thursday 16 June 2011

• Lord Rees to be awarded honorary doctorate at the School’s 2011 graduation ceremony

  

  The Rt Hon Professor Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow, OM FRS will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Literature honoris causa at the School of Advanced Study’s graduation ceremony on Friday 9 December 2011. This honour recognises a lifetime of academic achievement by Lord Rees. He is... read more

Wednesday 15 June 2011

• Human Rights Consortium welcomes Thomas Pegram as the 2011 Visiting Fellow in Human Rights

  

  Dr Thomas Pegram holds a DPhil in Politics from Nuffield College, University of Oxford.  His doctorate research was on National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in democratizing political systems, with a particular interest in their human rights and political accountability function.  He... read more

Tuesday 07 June 2011

• The University of London launches its iTunes U platform

  

  Learning content also shared through new YouTube EDU channel The University of London on iTunes U, an initiative led by the School of Advanced Study, enables researchers, students, and the public to download lectures, recitals, and other informative podcasts produced by or in association with the... read more

Thursday 02 June 2011

• New ‘Refugee Law Initiative’ will provide a national focal point for leading and promoting the refugee law research agenda

  

  The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the Human Rights Consortium of the School of Advanced Study, University of London will be the only academic centre in the UK to focus specifically on international refugee law. It will be formally launched in October 2011. The RLI aims to function as a national... read more

Wednesday 25 May 2011

• First international conference to bring together high-level representatives to discuss Colombia and the International Criminal Court will also have relevance to Libya and the Middle East. 26-27 May 2011

  

  On 26-27 May 2011, the University of London will host the first major international conference on Colombia, the only Western Hemisphere country to have attracted the attention of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo. The two-day conference In the Shadow of the ICC... read more

Thursday 19 May 2011

• First international conference to bring together high-level representatives to discuss Colombia and the International Criminal Court will have relevance to Libya and the Middle East. 26-27 May 2011

  

  On 26-27 May 2011, the University of London will host the first major international conference on Colombia, the only Western Hemisphere country to have attracted the attention of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo. The two-day conference In the Shadow of the ICC... read more

Wednesday 20 April 2011

• Stefan Collini to give public lecture on ‘The Idea of the University: Newman and Now’ 3 May 2011

  

  The Institute of Historical Research - a member institute of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study - will host the John Coffin Memorial Lecture by Professor Stefan Collini on ‘The Idea of the University: Newman and Now’ on 3 May 2011. In this lecture, Stefan Collini... read more

Thursday 17 March 2011

• Public lecture to be held on the implications of the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East for Commonwealth Africa, 18 March 2011

  

  The Institute of Commonwealth Studies - a member institute of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study - will host a public lecture on Friday 18 March 2011 on ‘Winds of change 2011: the implications of the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East for Commonwealth Africa... read more