by aseifert | Jul 7, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Fellowships & Networks, History & Classics, Training and Research
Three hours exploring the dark tunnels inside a tomb, inside a castle on the banks of Rome’s River Tiber has given Professor Greg Woolf , director of the Institute of Classical studies, a whole new perspective on the Castel Sant’Angelo – the castle of the holy angel....
by aseifert | Jun 24, 2015 | Fellowships & Networks, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Soup. It’s had a bad name lately. With the growth of soup kitchens and food banks, there are negative connotations. But the Human Rights Consortium (HRC) at the School of Advanced Study (SAS), University of London, has taken an innovative Detroit idea,...
by aseifert | Mar 24, 2015 | Being Human festival, CenSes, Fellowships & Networks, Interviews, Philosophy, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
To mark the launch of our call for applications for the first SAS/Senate House Library ‘Public Engagement Innovators Scheme’, we asked some staff from across the School about their experiences of public engagement and how it has influenced their research and...
by aseifert | Jul 17, 2014 | Fellowships & Networks, History & Classics, Interviews, Training and Research
Every year the School of Advanced Study (SAS) welcomes more than 800 research fellows and associates, this year Frédérique Woerther, an international expert in ancient Greek rhetorical theories and their Medieval Arabic interpretations, was one of them. By Frédérique...
by aseifert | Jul 3, 2014 | Fellowships & Networks, Interviews, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Earlier this year Dr. Lawrence A. Joseph, constitutional law expert and now President of Grenada’s Senate, joined the School of Advanced Study as ST Lee Visiting Fellow. In this guest post Dr. Joseph tells us more about himself and his time with us. Could you tell us...
by aseifert | May 21, 2013 | Events, Fellowships & Networks, Human Rights
In her inaugural lecture last week as the School’s NZ-UK Link Visiting Professor for 2013, Anne Smith outlined how New Zealand’s early childhood system became a model of best practice for the recognition of children’s rights in early childhood education. She...
