by Talking Humanities | Dec 3, 2015 | Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Abe Ncube has just completed the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights degree offered by SAS’s Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) for which he was awarded the Albie Sachs Prize for best dissertation. He explains how he used Zimbabwe as a case study to...
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 | May 28, 2015 | Training and Research
Studying a subject in-between traditional disciplines is often talked about, but it is not always successfully practised in reality. Interdisiplinarity nonetheless offers a laudable goal to freeing research from silos, and enabling new, interesting avenues of research...
by aseifert | May 12, 2015 | Digital, The Social Scholar, Training and Research
The final Social Scholar seminar this academic year focuses on Twitter, and in particular offers an introduction for anyone who has had only limited experience or feels that they only have a basic knowledge of using Twitter for work purposes. Matt Phillpott (SAS) will...
by aseifert | Apr 23, 2015 | Languages & Literature, Training and Research
By Katia Pizzi Welcome to a PORT for modern languages! This is your gateway to a vast and intriguing treasure trove of multi-lingual resources, from French to Spanish, from German to Polish, from Italian to Portuguese, from Russian to Lusophone, Czech and much more!...
