Press Releases

Thursday 03 March 2011

• Minister of State Lord Howell to give public lecture on ‘The Commonwealth – a global network for the 21st century’, 9 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 by the Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford on Wednesday 9 March 2011. Lord Howell’s lecture, on ‘The Commonwealth – a global network for... read more

Monday 14 February 2011

• Associate Director of President Obama’s Fiscal Commission Marc Goldwein to give public lecture on ‘America’s deficit problem: can it be conquered?’

  

  Press release date: 14 February 2011 The United States Presidency Centre (USPC) at the Institute for the Study of the Americas - a member institute of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study - will host a public lecture by Marc Goldwein on ‘America’s deficit problem:... read more

Thursday 03 February 2011

• Dr David James Cantor awarded UNHCR Policy Development and Evaluation Service grant to investigate the application of international reparation principles to refugees and international protection practices

  

  Date released: 03 February 2011 Dr David Cantor, of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, has been awarded a UNHCR Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES) small grant for his project entitled “Colombia and the reparation of refugees: How should reparation be made to victims who... read more

Tuesday 01 February 2011

• State of the Union: The rise of 'we'

  

  Prepared with the help of Professor Iwan Morgan of the Institute for the Study of the Americas, a commentary is available on the BBC news website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12266198 on words that prominently feature in every US presidential State of the Union message. As... read more

Monday 17 January 2011

• United States Presidency Centre UK Survey of US Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt is first; George W. Bush in bottom ten; Barack Obama highly rated

  

  (London, January 17, 2011) – The United States Presidency Centre [USPC] of the Institute for the Study of the Americas (part of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study) has conducted the first ever UK scholarly survey of US presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush... read more

Monday 10 January 2011

• Results of first UK Scholars’ Survey of US Presidents: George Washington to Barack Obama to be released 17 January 2011

  

  The United States Presidency Centre (USPC) of the Institute for the Study of the Americas has conducted the first ever UK scholars’ survey of US presidential performance. The survey findings will be posted on the USPC website (www.americas.sas.ac.uk/research/USPC.html) on January 17, 2011... read more

Tuesday 30 November 2010

• Professor Alan Paterson OBE to give the 2010 Hamlyn Lectures Series on ‘Lawyers and the Public Good’

  

  Professor Alan Paterson OBE, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Professional Legal Studies, University of Strathclyde, will deliver three lectures in December 2010 on the theme of ‘Lawyers and the Public Good’. The lecture series will examine the relationship between... read more

Tuesday 23 November 2010

• Louise Arbour to be awarded honorary doctorate at the School of Advanced Study’s 2010 graduation ceremony

  

  The Honourable Louise Arbour CC GOQ, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group, will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa at the School of Advanced Study’s graduation ceremony on Friday 3 December 2010. This honour recognises a lifetime of achievement by Louise... read more

Wednesday 13 October 2010

• Fraternité conference will bring together wide-ranging multidisciplinary approaches from scholars, practitioners and artists to discuss justice, memory and reconciliation after mass atrocity

  

  The Human Rights Consortium and the Institutes of the School of Advanced Study are very pleased to present the concluding conference of the John E. Sawyer Seminar Series, ‘Fratricide and Fraternité: Understanding and Repairing Neighbourly Atrocity’, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 28-29... read more

Wednesday 21 July 2010

• Professor Peter Mack appointed Director of Warburg Institute

  

  Professor Peter Mack has been appointed as the new Director of the Warburg Institute, one of the 10 prestigious Institutes that make up the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. Professor Mack, who is currently at the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Warwick... read more