Saturday, 18 August 2012

Institute of Commonwealth Studies - Decolonisation Workshops

The Institute of Commonwealth Studies will be running the first of the decolonization workshops for 2012-13 at Senate House on Friday 16 November. The day will run from 10.30am to 7.30pm and will culminate with the launch of Dr Harshan Kumarasingham’s new book, A Political Legacy of the British Empire: Power and the Parliamentary System in Post-Colonial India and Sri Lanka (I.B. Tauris).
As on previous occasions, there will be three panel discussions over the course of the day, followed by the launch. Each panel will consist of three papers lasting for 15-20 minutes.


The Institute welcomes offers of papers on some aspect of twentieth century decolonization, ideally by Friday 24 August and eould also be grateful for any suggestions of established scholars or research students who might be prepared to give papers.

For further information, please contact ics@sas.ac.uk


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