The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is the only postgraduate academic institution in the United Kingdom devoted to the study of the Commonwealth.
It is also home to the longest-running interdisciplinary and practice-oriented
human rights MA programme in the UK.
Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Professor Murphy's research interests lie principally the area of twentieth-century British and Commonwealth history. Much of his research to date has been on aspects of post-war British decolonization, particularly in Africa. Philip is currently writing a book about the British Monarchy and the Post-War Commonwealth for Oxford University Press. As well as a broader interest in the Conservative party, right wing politics in Britain, and the European colonial empires since the nineteenth century, he is also interested in post-war African politics. Philip's interests also extend to the field of Intelligence History with a particular interest in the activities of MI5 (the Security Service) in the colonial Empire and he maintains a general interest in the activities of the British, Commonwealth and US intelligence communities in the twentieth century. Philip is happy to supervise doctoral students in any of these areas.
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is part of the School of Advanced Study
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