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Director
Professor Philip Murphy, BA (Oxford), PhD (Oxford) - philip.murphy@sas.ac.uk
Professor of British and Commomnweath History
Philip Murphy was appointed director of the Institute of Commonwealth studies in September 2009. His work has concentrated on post-war British decolonization and the history of the British and Commonwealth intelligence communities. He is the author of Party Politics and Decolonization: The Conservative Party and British Colonial Policy in Tropical Africa 1951-1964 (1995) and Alan Lennox-Boyd: A Biography (1999), and editor of British Documents on the End of Empire: Central Africa ( 2005). He is currently writing a book for Oxford University Press on the British Monarchy and the post-war Commonwealth. Philip Murphy's work on intelligence history has included a number of articles examining intelligence liaison as an aspect of Commonwealth relations. He is currently co-editor of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.
Director, Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (CPSU) and Lecturer in Commonwealth Policy Studies
Dr Victoria Te Velde, PhD (London, ICwS) - victoria.tevelde@sas.ac.uk
Dr Victoria teVelde has led CPSU (www.cpsu.org.uk) since 2007 and oversees all aspects of the think tank's work. Prior to this she has specialised in foreign affairs research for several organisations including the House of Commons and the Financial Times Group. Victoria holds a PhD from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and has published numerous articles and reports on foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.Academic Staff
Professor James Manor, BA (Yale), DPhil (Sussex) james.Manor@sas.ac.uk , Emeka Anyaoku Professor of Commonwealth Studies at the Institute, Convenor and Lecturer on the MSc in Globalisation and Development
James Manor, the second Emeka Anyaoku Professor at the Institute. holds a D.Phil. from the University of Sussex, and is the co-author of Against the Odds: Politicians and Institutions in the Struggle against Poverty, and with Professor Crook of Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa (see just above); the author of The Poltiical Economy of Democratic Decentralisation (World Bank, Washington, 1999); and the editor of Aid that Works: Successful Development in Fragile States (World Bank, Washington, 2006), along with several other books. Between 2006 and 2008, he was also the V.K.R.V. Rao Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India; and has previously taught at Yale, Harvard, London and Sussex Universities . He was the Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies for four years during the 1990s.Dr Damien Short, LLB (University of Wales), MA, PhD (University of Essex), damien.short@sas.ac.uk
Course Convenor and Senior Lecturer in Human Rights on the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights.Damien Short was a Senior Lecturer in human rights at Roehampton University , London and Convener of the Erasmus Mundus MA Human Rights Practice. Prior to that he was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of sociology and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex . He has published many articles on indigenous peoples, reconciliation and on the social construction of land rights. His interests include sociological and anthropological approaches to human rights, indigenous rights, reconciliation initiatives and genocide studies. A monograph titled Reconciliation and Colonial Power: Indigenous Rights in Australia ( Aldershot : Ashgate) was published in March 2008. He is currently working on a new monograph titled ‘Genocides?' for Zed Books.
Dr David Cantor, BA (Cantab), MSc (London, SOAS), PhD (Essex), david.cantor@sas.ac.uk
Lecturer in Human Rights on the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights
David Cantor teaches the Translating Human Rights into Law modules. His doctorate in international law at the University of Essex focused on the return of internally displaced persons to their homes during situations of armed conflict and involved in-depth field research across rural Colombia . In 2008-09, he taught refugee and human rights law on the Masters programs at University of Essex . In 2007-08 he was a Visiting Research Professor in Law at Javeriana University , Bogotá. Until 2006, David was Legal Officer at the Refugee Legal Centre, London, and has also worked within UNHCR. He is a graduate of King's College Cambridge and SOAS. He has also worked in Papua New Guinea , North America and Ecuador .
Dr Corinne Lennox, BA (McMaster), MA (Essex), MSc, PhD (LSE), corinne.lennox@sas.ac.uk
Lecturer in Human Rights on the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights
Corinne Lennox is responsible for the Securing Human Rights modules in the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights. Her research focuses on issues of minority rights protection, and on human rights and development. As an ESRC scholar, she completed her PhD in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2009 with a focus on the transnational mobilisation and norm entrepreneurship of Roma, Afro-descendants and Dalits. She holds an MSc in International Relations from the LSE, an MA in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex, and a BA (Honours) in Political Science and Human Rights from McMaster University in Canada . She has worked for many years as a human rights practitioner and trainer with various NGOs, including at Minority Rights Group International from 2001-2006. She has been a consultant on minority rights for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Swiss government. She has been a visiting lecturer in human rights for the Open Society Institute, Roehampton University and at the University of Essex, where she co-designed the undergraduate programme in human rights.
Par Engstrom, BA (UCL), MSc (London, ISA), par.engstrom@sas.ac.uk
Lecturer in Human Rights, Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study
Par Engstrom teaches Human Rights for both the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Institute for the Study of the Americas, as part of the Human Rights Consortium. Par has taught International Relations theories and International Security at various Oxford colleges, and at Oxford Brookes, SOAS, and Warwick. He is currently completing his D.Phil in International Relations at Oxford UniversityHis current research interests focus on regional human rights institutions both comparatively and with a particular reference to the inter-American human rights system and its capacity to shape domestic human rights politics in Latin America. This research contributes to our understandings of the dynamics of transnational human rights and linkages with domestic political actors and institutions. His further research interests include the relationship between human rights and democratization; judicialization of politics; transitional justice; the international relations of the Americas; theories of international relations, particularly relating to international law and institutions; and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of human rights.
Professor Robert Holland BA (Oxford), DPhil (Oxford) robert.holland@sas.ac.uk
Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth HistoryProfessor Holland's interests are principally in the fields of European decolonisation in the twentieth century, and European empires in the Mediterranean region since 1800. Amongst his chief publications are European Decolonisation: An Introductory Survey, 1918-81 (1985), The Pursuit of Greatness: Britain and the World Role, 1900-1970 (1991) and Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-59 (1998). His most recent book (with Diana Markides), The British and the Hellenes: struggles for mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1850-1960 (2006), was joint winner of The Runciman Award, 2007. Professor Holland is currently writing a book entitled The British in the Mediterranean World since 1800.
Research Fellows
The following list contains information concerning the Institute's research fellows; similiar information about the academic staff and research students is also available on this page. Further details on each fellowship please click on the relevant link below.
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies offers a number of Fellowships both funded and unfunded each year . Benefits include the use of computing facilities and desk space (if available) as well as access to the resources of the University of London. These Fellowships include the following:
All fellowship applications to be submitted to Alison Stewart
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
These are available to individuals working in an area of interest to the Institute who wish to spend a period of study leave here. The Visiting fellow can use the Institute’s facilities but we are not able to guarantee a desk. The Fellow is expected take an appropriate part in the Institute’s activities.Download Visiting Fellowships:
Application Form and Further Details For Visiting FellowsTenure: 3 Months to 1 Year
Unfunded
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWS
These are available to distinguished scholars whose work is of relevance to the Institute. Senior Research Fellows are permitted to use the facilities and in addition are offered a desk in a shared office. Senior Research Fellows are expected to take an appropriate part in the Institute’s activities. Up to 8 fellowships are offered at any one time.Download Senior Fellowships:
Application FormTenure: Up to 3 Years
Unfunded
CLOSING DATE: No closing date
CHAPMAN VISITING FELLOWSHIP
The Chapman Fellowship is awarded biennially to members of academic staff of any university for work in the social sciences and recent history relating to the countries of the Commonwealth other than Britain and which is of relevance to the research interests of the Institute. Chapman Fellows are permitted to use the Institute’s facilities and in addition to this are offered desks in a shared office. Chapman Fellows are expected to take an appropriate part in the Institute’s activities. This Fellowship is also open to academic members of staff of the University of London who have been closely associated with the Institute to carry out work overseas.
Download Henry Charles Chapman:
Chapman Fellowship Application & Further Details For Chapman Visiting FellowshipTenure: Between 3-12 Months
Funded (not more than £4,000)
SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY FELLOWSHIPSThe School of Advanced Study offers fellowships under a number of programmes: the S T Lee and School of Advanced Study professorial fellowships; the University of London Research Fellowships ; and the Distinguished Senior Fellows. Details for all these can be found on the School of Advanced Study website, at http://www.sas.ac.uk/fellowshipshome.html
Current Fellows
Mandy Banton
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: Commonwealth History
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: Policy Studies within the CommonwealthPhillip Buckner
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: Canadian HistoryJames Chiriyankandath
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Status: Indian PoliticsSatyabrata Rai Chowdhuri
Status: Visitnig Fellow
Subject: International Relations
John Cowley
Status: Visiting Fellow
Subject: Black Music History
William Crawley
Status: Senior Fellow
Subject: Co-Director of the Media South Asia Project, undertaking scoping research on media policy and law in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Status: Emeritus Professor & Senior Research Fellow Commonwealth History
Subject: Imperial and Commonwealth HistoryHoward Jones
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: Social Anthropology and Economics
Peter Lyon
Status: Emeritus Reader & Senior Research Fellow Commonwealth History
Subject: Commonwealth
Linus Okere
Status: Visiting Fellow
Subject: The media and international politics; media and conflict prevention; special educational needsDavid Page
Status: Senior Fellow
Subject: Co-Director of the Media South Asia Project, undertaking scoping research on media policy and law in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri LankaDesa Rosen
Status: Research Fellow
Subject: Constitutionalism and socio-economic rights (Canada, India and South Africa)
Jeggan C. Senghor
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject:Regional Integration in Africa
Marika Sherwood
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: Black Presence in the UKShihan de Silva
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: Migration and Identity in Indian Ocean Cultures
David Taylor
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: Politics and Recent History of South AsiaAnne Thurston
Status: Visiting Fellow
Subject: Building a network of educators to support the teaching of electronic records management in Commonwealth African CountriesMary Turner
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: History of the CaribbeanMichael Twaddle
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: East Africa and the CaribbeanSusan Williams
Status: Senior Research Fellow
Subject: British Empire, Botswana
Research Students
The following list details members of staff who are able to supervise research at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and their research interests:
Professor Robert Holland European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century, and European Empires in the Mediterranean region since 1800 Professor James Manor State-Society Relations; Democratic Decentralisation; South-Asian Politics Professor Philip Murphy Twentieth Century British and Commonwealth History, Post-War British Decolonisation Dr Damien Short Sociological and Anthropological approaches to Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Reconciliation Initiatives and Genocide Studies Dr Victoria Te Velde Commonwealth Affairs, Diplomacy, Globalisation, Governance, Multilateralism and International Organisations. Potential applicants are welcome to contact Lecturers to discuss their research proposals and to establish whether they could provide appropiate supervision. You are also advised to submit a draft proposal to the Graduate Student Officer (Marcus Erridge) who will then forward this to staff for further consideration.
The following list contains information concerning the Institute's research students; similiar information about the academic staff and research fellows is also available on this page.Mariya Ali
Title of Thesis
Impact of Islamic Law on the Implementation of the UN convention on the Rights of the Child: The Plight of Sexually Abused Children
Demtris Assos
Title of Thesis
Makarios: A Case of Anti Colonial Nationalist Leadership, 1950 - 1960Ratanasiri Chotvitayuakul
Title of Thesis
Information Technology in India's Policy MakingJustin Foxworthy
Title of Thesis
The Congo War and the Changing Dynamics of Ugandan Relations with Multilateral Agencies: Causes and Consequences of United Nations' Reportage on [Uganda's] Relations with the IMF, the World Bank and the UNDPJulian Francis
Title of Thesis
Why Did Rhodesia Feel the Need to Declare UDI in 1965?Riona Govender
Title of Thesis
Rights-Based Approach to Health Systems an Examination of National Antiretroviral Delivery in South Africa and India
Antigone Heraclidou
Title of Thesis
Education in Cyprus during British Colonial Rule, 1931-1960Andreas Karyos
Title of Thesis
EOKA, 1955-59: A Study of the Military Aspects of the Cyprus RevoltChiyuki Kozuka
Title of Thesis
An Attempt to Create a Multi-Party System and it's Impact on Democracy: A Case Study of Ethiopia 1991-2006Patrice Laird-Grant
Title of Thesis
The Effects of Jamica's WTO Obligations on the Jamaican Agricultural Sector
Shantanu Majumder
Title of Thesis
Decay of Secularism: A Study of the Main Liberal Party in Bangladesh in the Post Independent Era, 1971 - 2006Angela Melchiorre
Title of Thesis
Denied Childhood: The Minimum Age for Marriage and the Convention on the Rights of the ChildJennifer Melvin
Title of Thesis
Playing the subjective: Applying Forum Theatre to Post-Genocide Reconciliation in Rwanda
Kirrily Pells
Title of Thesis
Children and Young People: Rights-Based Approaches to Post-Conflict Life. The Contemporary African Context
Andrew Southam
Title of Thesis
British World Influence in the 1970s
Ursula Stelman
Title of Thesis
Implementing 'Community Development Plans' (CDPs) in the City of Kampala, Uganda. A Case Study of Nakawa and Kawempe Divisions: Exploring the Processes and Interactions between Local Government, Politicians, Administrators and NGO's in Transforming CDP's into actionNelson Takon
Title of Thesis
Conflicts in Nigeria: Area Study of the Political Economy of South-South Geo-Political Zone (An Interactive Approach in Conflict Management)
Anastasia Yiangou
Title of Thesis
The Remaking of Cypriot Politics: the Experience of the Second World War
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