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Promotions for SAS experts in Commonwealth and human rights

Friday 17 August 2018
School of Advanced Study
The School of Advanced Study ( SAS ), University of London, has announced the promotion of three distinguished academics recognised for their work in law, Commonwealth studies, human rights and refugee protection.

Gender identity legal expert to join School of Advanced Study

Wednesday 15 August 2018
Professor Carl Stychin (left) has been appointed director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and professor of law with effect from 1 January 2019. He will succeed Jules Winterton who has led the institute, a member of the School of Advanced Study ( SAS ), University of London, for five years. Professor Stychin is currently professor of law at City, University of London, a position he will relinquish on 31 December 2018.

Heroes or villains: can historians decide?  

Wednesday 25 July 2018
Institute of Historical Research
How far should history be re-written in accordance with changing values? Should we apologise for historical wrongs? These are two of the issues examined by a new book written by some of the UK’s leading historians.

University of London appoints Michael Hayman as Honorary Professor of the Purpose Economy

Wednesday 18 July 2018
The University of London today announces the appointment of the entrepreneur and author Michael Hayman (left) as Honorary Professor of the Purpose Economy, working within the School of Advanced Study ( SAS ). The five-year appointment, made by the University of London’s Collegiate Council, will focus on the relationship between profit and purpose and how UK prosperity can be boosted by socially motivated businesses. Mr Hayman will also lead research into the factors that might accelerate the financial contribution and social impact of the purpose economy.

EuroHaptics 2018 award for ground-breaking new deafblind communication device

Monday 9 July 2018
Institute of Philosophy
Vincent Hayward , Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Institute of Philosophy ( IP ), School of Advanced Study, has won the best hands-on demonstration award at the 2018 EuroHaptics international conference for a device that that will help deafblind people communicate remotely.

Distant learning: objects falling slower than expected makes us feel taller

Thursday 28 June 2018
Institute of Philosophy
Believe it or not, your hearing has a lot to do with how tall you feel you are according to new research Our perceptions of our height are based on lifetimes of sensory feedback. But researchers have found that disrupting auditory feedback can confuse us into re-evaluating how tall we think we are. Sound and object motion can be used to change perceptions of our own bodies, according to a new study by an international team involving researchers from the School of Advanced Study (SAS), University of London. 

SAS academic to investigate the impacts of fracking

Tuesday 26 June 2018
Dr Damien Short, director of the Human Rights Consortium ( HRC ) at the School of Advanced Study, is part of an ambitious research project that will investigate the facts behind a controversial issue – fracking (hydraulic fracturing). The project will examine the environmental and socio-economic impacts of this gas extraction process in the UK.

The Warburg Institute and German partners receive €6.3 million grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Thursday 21 June 2018
Warburg Institute
Project will study the migration of images, objects, texts and ideas Since 2013, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF ) has funded the international research project ' Bilderfahrzeuge – Warburg's Legacy and the Future of Iconology ', which is dedicated to art historical and cultural historical research.

Honorary doctorate for Warburg professor

Tuesday 12 June 2018
Warburg Institute
Charles Burnett, professor of the history of Islamic influences in Europe at the Warburg Institute, has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The honour recognises his contribution to the knowledge of the transmission of Arabic sciences and philosophy into the medieval Latin tradition. Professor Burnett has devoted his academic life to documenting, editing and translating scientific and philosophical texts that were translated into Latin in the Middle Ages, especially those that were originally written in Arabic.

Shelley’s Frankenstein comes back to life – with a beat – at Senate House

Friday 27 April 2018
Image: @ Battersea Arts Centre’s BAC Beatbox Academy   The School of Advanced Study, University of London, will stage a frightfully good time to celebrate Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with an immersive exploration of this iconoclastic masterpiece at Senate House on 23 May (6.30–10pm). 

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