by Talking Humanities | Apr 11, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
In the third of a series of scholarly articles marking the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London Dr Balasubramanyam Chandramohan, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), celebrates the resilience and relevance of this...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 10, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
In the second of a series of scholarly articles marking the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London Dr Mandy Banton, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), explore how the organisation can harness immense power for...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 9, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
As London prepares to host the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, senior research fellows at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), provide a challenging range of views on how the Commonwealth which emerged out of empire can renew itself as a...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 29, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law
Because of his ‘ubiquity in the media and his bombastic, bullying buffoonery’ it is easy to take pot shots at Boris Johnson, says Professor Keith Somerville. However, he will not let this ease of task put him off his aim to use the foreign secretary’s highly...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Chloe Pieters on how increasing attacks on journalists constitute a threat to free speech and human rights On the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed annually on 2 November, UN experts warned that the world is...