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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

The ICWS 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-orientated human rights programme in the UK.

Future of the ICWS

Read here for an update on the future of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London

People

Institute staff are specialists in a variety of fields such as Human Rights, Refugee Law, the history of the decolonisation and the contemporary Commonwealth.

Study with us

We offer MAs in Human Rights and the histories of the modern world and research degrees (MPhil/PhD) enabling students to progress further in their careers

Media Freedom

The Institute has established a project to examine the challenges and pressures affecting journalistic freedom across the Commonwealth.

Events

14 Jul 2022

Media and Democracy in India: An Insider’s Perspective

Seminar
14 Jun 2022

Book Launch - Emily Bridger, Young Women Against Apartheid: Gender, Youth and South Africa’s Liberation Struggle (James Currey, 2021)

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30 jun

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022

30 jun

Former Secretary General Sir ‘Sonny’ Ramphal's papers released online

16 jun

What is the future of the Commonwealth? - Event recording now available online

13 jun

Call for Commonwealth Leaders to Speak Up for Rights of Rwandans

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From the blog

Recent withdrawal from public access of important ‘migrated archives’

Mandy Banton

International Interdisciplinary Symposium on 'English - The language of Economic Enhancement'

Dr Balasubramanyam Chandramohan

Understanding India's approach to the Russia-Ukraine war: realpolitik

James Chiriyankandath

The Commonwealth at a crossroads

Sue Onslow, Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies
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