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School of Advanced Study, University of London
Founded in 1994, the School exists to protect, foster and develop an approach to advanced study which was evolved by its constituent institutes, many of which have long and distinguished histories. It is the only institution in the UK that is nationally funded to promote and facilitate research in the humanities and social sciences and receives special funding for its mission from Research England.
The School of Advanced Study (SAS) is a postgraduate institution of the University of London and the UK’s national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities and social sciences. Based in Senate House, in Bloomsbury, central London, close to the British Museum, British Library and several of the colleges of the University of London, the School brings together nine research institutes, many of which have long and distinguished histories, to provide a wide range of specialist research services, facilities and resources.
Its constituent institutes are:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Institute of Classical Studies
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Institute of English Studies
- Institute of Modern Languages Research (including the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies)
- Institute of Historical Research
- Institute of Philosophy
- Warburg Institute
It offers taught master’s and research degrees in humanities and social science subjects (MA, MRes, LLM, MPhil, and PhD).
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When people think about the Windrush generation, they are unlikely to imagine someone like my father, who was not black but a person of Indian-Caribbean heritage.
John Chilembwe features on Malawi’s banknotes and is remembered in a public holiday every year. But he is little-known elsewhere.
Parties to the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have agreed to end hostilities after two years. Here is a selection of previously published articles on its devastating consequences.
Fanon left a remarkable imprint, his views influencing many in the field of mental illness as well as pan-Africanist and anti-colonialism thinkers.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kigali, Rwanda will be complicated by the UK’s plan to send refugees to Rwanda.
Internal affairs of the bloc may dominate the summit which seeks to address a wide range of international issues.
The origins of Ethiopia’s food crisis can be traced to a bitter feud between Eritrean and Tigrayan liberation fighters.
A series of misfortunes and bad decisions led to the untimely death of the arctic explorer Captain Scott and his team.
In an era before clinical trials, medical writers drew on the stories of explorers as evidence about the health effects of different foods and drinks.
When it comes to civil registrations, some states are using exclusionary mechanisms to block anyone it considers undesirable, as happened to Dominicans of Haitian descent.
Burkina Faso is still in the throes of chaos decades after the assasination of the charismatic president
Despite its Imperial origins, the Commonwealth has a strong radical tradition. If it wants to remain relevant to Africa in the 21st Century, that radicalism needs to be rediscovered.
The audio version of a long read on the forgotten history of the man who invented Durex condoms.
This is the story of Lucian Landau, the forgotten man who invented the technology that made Durex boom.
He’s a brooding, taciturn figure, who has dominated Eritrean politics since the 1970s, and there are few signs of an effective challenge to his rule.
The April 1994 election proved to be a watershed for South Africa.
It’s unclear how relations between Addis Ababa and Asmara will develop but the warmth has largely gone.
Al-Bashir’s ability to play a skillful combination of internal and external balancing acts, plus ruthless repression and a divided opposition, kept him in power for three decades.
Concern at the role of fake sites in influencing South African public opinion has been growing over time.
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Professor in the History of People, Place and Community, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of Hispanic and Latin American Studies and Director, Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Lecturer in French Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Research Fellow, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Visiting Scholar, Stanford University and Teaching Fellow, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Associate Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Research Assistant, Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Reader, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
