Podcasts
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies regularly records podcasts and videos of high-profile events, enabling those who are unable to attend to listen to the discussions taking place at the Institute on the contemporary and historic Commonwealth.
2022
- Is the End in Sight? The Monarchy and Commonwealth Realms
Speaker(s):
Event date(s): Thursday 26 May 2022
- The Commonwealth and media freedom: Where do we stand
Speaker(s): William Horsley, Zaffar Abbas and Professor Jackie Harrison
Event date(s): Wednesday 27 April 2022
- Comparative Histories of the Development of Social work across the Commonwealth: Day 2
Speaker(s):
Event date(s): Friday 1 April 2022
- Comparative Histories of the Development of Social work across the Commonwealth: Day 1
Speaker(s):
Event date(s): Thursday 31 March 2022
- China and media in Africa
Speaker(s): Professor Chris Alden (London School of Economics), Dr Iginio Gagliardone (University of Witwatersrand) and Kayode Soyinka (Editor and founder, Africa Today)
Event date(s): Monday 28 March 2022
2021
- Legacies of Trade and Empire - Session 2
Speaker(s): Beheroze Shroff, Dr Xin Li and Dr Marie-Christine Parent
Event date(s): Wednesday 21 April 2021
- Legacies of Trade and Empire - Session 1
Speaker(s): Dr Tom Hoogervorst , Dr Shihan de Silva and Dr Frederick Noronha
Event date(s): Wednesday 21 April 2021
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Empire into Commonwealth: The Past, Present and Future role of Britain's royal family in a global context
Speaker(s): Anna Whitelock (RHUL), Alice Hunt (University of Southampton), Harshan Kumarasingham (University of Edinburgh), Kate Quinn (nstitute of the Americas, UCL), Ed Owens and Philip Murphy (ICwS)
Event date(s): Monday 8 March 2021 -
Business and the Commonwealth (I): The African Continental Free Trade Area
Speaker(s): Arif Zaman (ICwS), Dr. Brendan Vickers (International Trade Policy Section, Trade, Oceans and Natural Resources Directorate, Commonwealth Secretariat), Frank Matsaert (CEO, TradeMark East Africa), Karishma Banga (Overseas Development Institute) and Dr. Nnamdie Madichie (Bloomsbury Institute)
Event date(s): Tuesday 23 February 2021 - China’s Global Media and the Commonwealth
Speaker(s): Professro Daya Thussu, Stephen Vines and Sally - Ann Wilson
Event date(s): Friday 19 November 2021
2020
- Legacies of Colonialism in Modern World series
Speaker(s):
Event date(s): Thursday 13 February 2020
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Media Freedom in the Commonwealth
Speaker(s): David Robie; Peter Greste; Cédric AlvianiChair; Najam Sethi; Rajdeep Sardesai; Daya Thussu; Ismail Einashe; Dapo Olorunyomi; Rodney Sieh; Peta Thornycroft; Damian Tambini; Dr Anne T. Gallagher AO; James Wilson; Kiran Maharaj; Aurora Herrera; Steffon Campbell
Event date(s): Wednesday 18 November 2020
2019
- ICWS@70 - Judge Albie Sachs former ANC activist returns to the ICWS
Speakers: Judge Albie Sachs, Former ANC activist and member of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and Mr Martin Plaut, ICWS Senior Research Fellow and former BBC World Service Africa
Event date: 25 March 2019
2018
- Britain, BREXIT and The Future of The Commonwealth
Speaker: Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP
Event date: 08 October 2018
- American Empire: A Global History
Speaker: Professor Tony Hopkins
Event date: 06 June 2018
- Commonwealth, Media and Elections
Speakers: Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow ICWS, and former BBC World Service Africa Editor; Kayode Samuel, former government official in Nigeria; Martin Kasirye, Head, Election Support Section, Commonwealth Secretariat; Dr Sue Onslow Acting Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (Chair)
Event date: 03 May 2018