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Stefania Barichello (1983–2017)

Tuesday 14 March 2017
School of Advanced Study
The School of Advanced Study is saddened to hear of the sudden death on 10 March of Stefania Barichello, a research student who was well known to both the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.  Stefania’s work on refugee protection in Latin America meant that she participated in the School’s Human Rights Consortium and Refugee Law Initiative events. She was an inspiring, committed and passionate individual who cared deeply about the refugee cause. Her death affects so many of us but our thoughts are with her family and friends.

Cry freedom: long road to open journalism in the Commonwealth

Monday 13 March 2017
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Image:  © Shutterstock Hostility to press freedom and journalistic independence is growing across the Commonwealth and journalists face increasing obstruction and even physical danger. So how is this 52-nation group responding to these new threats which challenge democracy and human rights as much as freedom of speech?

ILAS unveils Latin America master’s that fills an historic gap

Monday 13 March 2017
Institute of Latin American Studies
  Graduate students considering research-based careers specialising in Latin America are being offered the opportunity to take part in a new master’s programme at the Institute of Latin American Studies ( ILAS ). A member institute of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, ILAS is providing a qualification for Latin America research that reaches parts of the subject that others don’t.

ICS director appointed to ‘Chair of Excellence’ programme

Tuesday 28 February 2017
Professor Greg Woolf  (left), director of the Institute of Classical Studies ( ICS ), has been awarded a ‘Chair of Excellence’ reciprocal grant, sponsored by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and The Santander Bank.

New report on secret sources: protecting journalistic sources and whistleblowers in a digital age

Thursday 23 February 2017
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Whistleblowers are under attack by those they report on and confidential sources are increasingly compromised by state surveillance. A new report launched today – ‘ Protecting sources and whistleblowers in a digital age ’  aims to address these issues and makes ten recommendations for policymakers, lawmakers, news organisations, researchers and NGOs on how to protect the people who provide journalists with valuable information.

‘Ich bin ein Migrant’ – meet our star student writers and authors

Thursday 16 February 2017
Institute of Modern Languages Research
Two award-winning authors – Anja Tuckermann and Ulrike Ulrich – will take part in a special celebration for the winners of this year’s German writing competition organised by the Institute of Modern Languages Research ( IMLR ) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. And you are invited too. Submissions had come from a range of learners and from all walks of life for the third annual writing challenge for all learners and lovers of German, a joint development by IMLR and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Institute of Historical Research announcement

Wednesday 15 February 2017
Institute of Historical Research
Announcement from Professor Lawrence Goldman: ‘I intend to stand down as Director of the Institute of Historical Research from 1 May 2017 and will take up the role of Professor of History in the IHR to allow me to concentrate on the Disraeli Letters Project, which I have been successful in attracting to the IHR, and on other research in the Victorian period. I will also pursue grant and funding opportunities.'

International events launch Legal Translation hub at the School of Advanced Study

Monday 30 January 2017
School of Advanced Study
An array of activities in the next few days will launch the Legal Translation hub – a cross-institute initiative by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) in collaboration with the Institute of Modern Languages Research at the School of Advanced Study. The hub will host regular events such as seminars and discussion panels, and an annual Legal Translation Day. A dedicated library section has been established within the IALS library.

IALS Information Law and Policy Centre welcomes new director

Wednesday 25 January 2017
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Dr Nora Ni Loideain (left), a scholar in governance, human rights and technology, has been appointed director of the Information Law and Policy Centre ( ILPC ) at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), one of nine research institutes of the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Currently a postdoctoral research associate for the technology and democracy project at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), Dr Ni Loideain takes up her new role at IALS in May

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