The online newsletter for the Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Spring/Summer Issue 2007
After five years trying to do 'Kenny' in London: Onto really doing 'Kenny' on the Pacific Rim
Cataloguing our past for the future: The postgraduate seminar papers cataloguing project
This issue of Commonwealth Matters, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies online newsletter, celebrates the multidisciplinary activities of its staff, students, fellows and graduates. From writing the No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights to working with an NGO in Kenya; from the international experiences of our MSc in Globalization & Development students to the insight afforded into the intellectual history of the Institute by the Library's project to catalogue past seminar papers from the 1950s to 1999.We hope you enjoy reading Commonwealth Matters. Please forward any comments, suggestions or ideas for future articles to dee.burn@sas.ac.uk marked "Newsletter".
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MA Human Rights graduate, Olivia Ball, writes about her experience as co-author (with Paul Gready) of the recently published No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights.
Maryinez Lyons, a Senior Fellow of the Institute, describes how Pathfinder International is helping to improve health care for people affected by HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
Barrie Ireton, a Fellow at the Institute, describes his forthcoming book on the history of DFID since its formation in 1964. Barrie has worked at DFID for over 40 years.
Sarah Chandler, a graduate of the first year of the MA in Human Rights, talks about her career in human rights so far - from the Quaker Aboriginal Affairs Committee of the Canadian Friends' Service Committee, to the Equitas International Centre for Human Rights Education.
Ivor Wells, a part-time student of the MSc in Globalization & Development, writes about his motivation to study while working full-time in a busy role developing international partnerships for Lewisham Borough Council.
Professor Tim Shaw, Director of the Institute 2001-06, looks back at his five years in London from his new base at Royal Roads University in British Columbia, where he is Professor of Human Security and Peacebuilding.
Lisa Jenkins, who is coordinating the Library's Postgraduate Seminar Papers project, funded by the Vice Chancellor's Development Fund, explains the insight these invaluable papers provide into the intellectual history of the Institute.
Jake Allen, a 2006 graduate of the MSc in Globalization & Development, describes his first visit to Africa: a research trip to Ghana for his master's dissertation.
A fond farewell to Professor Tim Shaw, Director of the Institute 2001-2006, and Denise Elliott, Registrar and Administrative Manager. Appreciations of their hard work and achievements are given by Professors Tony Payne and Tim Shaw respectively.
A round-up of past and forthcoming events at the ICwS, including: the One-Day International Cricket Conference; the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's annual meeting on Governance in the Commonwealth: Respecting Difference, Promoting Understanding; the Commonwealth History Conference: ‘Freedoms at Midnight’: The Iconography of Independence; and a Workshop on the ESRC-NGPA programme research project on how non-governmental public actors involved in North-South networks influence policy processes and their outcomesCommonwealth Matters home page
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