Announcing a one-day conference: speaker sessions and roundtable discussion on:
Competition Policy: serving the public interest?
Venue: Canada House, Trafalgar Sq., London
21 June 2010 (10am for 10.30)
Keynote speaker: Professor John Bridgeman CBE (Formerly Director General of Fair Trading, MD Alcan)
Contributions from:
Bert Foer : President, American Antitrust Institute
Professor John Kay : London Business School/Director: Institute for Fiscal Studies/London Economics
Professor Alan Riley : City University Law School/ Res Publica
Dr Paul Gorecki : Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin (formerly with Economic Council of Canada)
James Lowman : Association of Convenience Stores
Barry Lynn: New America Foundation
Michael Hallsworth: Institute for Government, London
Courtesy of kind support of the Federal Government of Canada, cost per delegate is held at £100 ea (to include buffet lunch). However, seating capacity is strictly limited
Please email Professor Alan Hallsworth
to reserve your place and for updates, additional speakers etc.
Please put COMPETITION EVENT in the subject line
Purpose of the day
In addressing rising concerns about the environment, sustainability and resource depletion, analysts turn increasingly to behavioural economics for interpretations of the human factor. Critics argue, fairly or otherwise, that Competition Policy, conversely, remains dependent upon Chicago-School visions of market competition. Some who accept the broad sphere of rational choice nevertheless argue that there should at least be US-style routes to contesting the power of market-dominant firms. Others question the metrics and the evidence base that underpin specific decisions about the competitiveness of markets. It can also be argued that any wider vision of a public interest (dropped from Competition policy by the 2002 Enterprise Act) has been reduced to consumer interest.
Who, then, is best placed to define or defend the consumer interest?
Leading speakers will offer a range of perspectives on these topics. Following a networking lunch, the afternoon will include a roundtable session to extend the debate more widely.
The event seeks to appeal to all who have an interest in how consumer markets are, could, or should be regulated.
Supported by LoCSA and the BACS Business group
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
In Search of the Sources: Canadian Legal History in British Collections
In Search of the Sources: Canadian Legal History in British Collections
Canada House, London, 24th June 2010, 14:00 - 17:00
The historical development of Canada, from colonies to nation, means that many of its most important early historical sources reside in British repositories. An examination, or in some cases a re-examination, of these materials is essential to a proper understanding of the Canadian past. It is evident, however, that in many important areas, Canadian writers have not had access to, or known of, these essential source materials, scattered as they are across the collections of a number of institutions of which the relevance is not always obvious. The seminar will bring together archivists and researchers to identify and explore these hidden sources, to evaluate how they relate to each other, their uses in research, and the methodological issues arising from their use. It aims to promote and enhance the use of Canadian sources of legal history in British Collections and to build links between interested archivists and researchers.
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS INCLUDE:
The Bentham Project, the British Library, the National Archives, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library
For further information or to register please contact
Dr. Charlotte Smith at c.l.smith@rdg.ac.uk
Canada House, London, 24th June 2010, 14:00 - 17:00
The historical development of Canada, from colonies to nation, means that many of its most important early historical sources reside in British repositories. An examination, or in some cases a re-examination, of these materials is essential to a proper understanding of the Canadian past. It is evident, however, that in many important areas, Canadian writers have not had access to, or known of, these essential source materials, scattered as they are across the collections of a number of institutions of which the relevance is not always obvious. The seminar will bring together archivists and researchers to identify and explore these hidden sources, to evaluate how they relate to each other, their uses in research, and the methodological issues arising from their use. It aims to promote and enhance the use of Canadian sources of legal history in British Collections and to build links between interested archivists and researchers.
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS INCLUDE:
The Bentham Project, the British Library, the National Archives, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library
For further information or to register please contact
Dr. Charlotte Smith at c.l.smith@rdg.ac.uk
Friday, 28 May 2010
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History: Tamerlane Award
The Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, an online-only journal published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, has announced it will award a prize for an outstanding article by a young scholar.
The Tamerlane Award will be given every three years to a contributor who has never published a full book or monograph. Academics from the Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia will be eligible for the honor.
“We want to encourage scholars from developing countries to submit articles to the journal in hopes of winning this award,” said Towson University history professor Patricia Romero, founder and editor of the journal. “Our focus of colonialism and imperialism opens the doors for all sorts of topics from across the world.”
The award takes its name from Tamerlane, a 14th-century conqueror of much of western and central Asia. Also known as Timur, he was a patron of the arts and much of the architecture he commissioned remains today in modern Uzbekistan.
The first award will be announced in 2011 for articles published between 2008 and 2010. The winner will receive a small honorarium.
A committee of editorial board members will choose the winning essay. Committee members will be Johns Hopkins University professor Franklin Knight, Antoinette Burton, former co-editor of Journal of Women’s Studies, and History Chair at the University of Illinois, and John Lonsdale, Emeritus Professor of Modern African History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Founded in 2000, the interdisciplinary journal features essays covering the period from the tenth century to modern times that deal with broad aspects of colonialism and imperialism. The journal is published three times a year.
The Tamerlane Award will be given every three years to a contributor who has never published a full book or monograph. Academics from the Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia will be eligible for the honor.
“We want to encourage scholars from developing countries to submit articles to the journal in hopes of winning this award,” said Towson University history professor Patricia Romero, founder and editor of the journal. “Our focus of colonialism and imperialism opens the doors for all sorts of topics from across the world.”
The award takes its name from Tamerlane, a 14th-century conqueror of much of western and central Asia. Also known as Timur, he was a patron of the arts and much of the architecture he commissioned remains today in modern Uzbekistan.
The first award will be announced in 2011 for articles published between 2008 and 2010. The winner will receive a small honorarium.
A committee of editorial board members will choose the winning essay. Committee members will be Johns Hopkins University professor Franklin Knight, Antoinette Burton, former co-editor of Journal of Women’s Studies, and History Chair at the University of Illinois, and John Lonsdale, Emeritus Professor of Modern African History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Founded in 2000, the interdisciplinary journal features essays covering the period from the tenth century to modern times that deal with broad aspects of colonialism and imperialism. The journal is published three times a year.
Movement for Colonial Freedom
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Serving the Next Generation ‐ The Commonwealth in the 21st Century Lecture Series
The Movement for Colonial Freedom
Rt Hon Tony Benn
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Lecture to start promptly at 5.30pm and to be followed by a wine reception
Beveridge Hall, South Block, Senate House
Malet Street, University of London
London WC1E 7HU
Founded by the Labour MP Fenner Brockway in 1954, the Movement for Colonial Freedom was one of Britain’s most prominent anti‐colonial pressure groups in the 1950s and ‘60s. The Movement championed the cause of nationalist movements around the world and worked to expose human rights abuses perpetrated in the counterinsurgency campaigns that preceded the end of colonial rule. It was also a fierce critic of the racist policies of Rhodesia and South Africa. As the Movement’s Treasurer, Tony Benn, witnessed these
struggles at first hand. His lecture promises to provide unique insights into this fascinating chapter in the history of decolonization and to offer important lessons for today’s campaigners against racism and oppression.
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library holds a number of Movement for Colonial Freedom publications, including documents on Rhodesia and Swaziland. Material in the archives collection includes pamphlets relating to British Guiana and South Africa.
RSVP to Troy Rutt (troy.rutt@sas.ac.uk or 020 7862 8853)
http://www.commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/
Friday, 21 May 2010
Regitration open - Society for Caribberan Studies Conference
34th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies
University of Southampton
Wednesday 7th July - Friday 9th July 2010
Registration is now open for the 2010 Society for Caribbean Studies conference, this year taking place in Southampton.
Panels include: Writing Windrush; Health and Social Policy; the Caribbean in the UK; Regional Integration; Post-War Politics and Development; Performance; Oral Histories; Education; Migration; Material Culture and Archaeology; Literature and Imagining Caribbean Identities. All in all, a wide range of topics and perspectives will be included, as well as the usual social events, included the famed Rum Punch Reception.
The Comonwealth Studies Librarian has convened and will be speaking as part of the following panel:
Libraries and Archives
Mandy Banton (Institute for Commonwealth Studies), ‘Records relating to the Caribbean in The National Archives of the United Kingdom’
David Clover (Institute for Commonwealth Studies), ‘The West India Committee Library – The Development, Management and Legacy of a Private Association Collection’
Elizabeth Cooper (British Library), ‘The Caribbean Digitisation Project at the British Library’
Kristy Warren (University of Warwick) ‘The Colonial Archive and the formation of a ‘national’ narrative in the British Oversees Territory of Bermuda’
A full programme and registration can be found at:http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/
University of Southampton
Wednesday 7th July - Friday 9th July 2010
Registration is now open for the 2010 Society for Caribbean Studies conference, this year taking place in Southampton.
Panels include: Writing Windrush; Health and Social Policy; the Caribbean in the UK; Regional Integration; Post-War Politics and Development; Performance; Oral Histories; Education; Migration; Material Culture and Archaeology; Literature and Imagining Caribbean Identities. All in all, a wide range of topics and perspectives will be included, as well as the usual social events, included the famed Rum Punch Reception.
The Comonwealth Studies Librarian has convened and will be speaking as part of the following panel:
Libraries and Archives
Mandy Banton (Institute for Commonwealth Studies), ‘Records relating to the Caribbean in The National Archives of the United Kingdom’
David Clover (Institute for Commonwealth Studies), ‘The West India Committee Library – The Development, Management and Legacy of a Private Association Collection’
Elizabeth Cooper (British Library), ‘The Caribbean Digitisation Project at the British Library’
Kristy Warren (University of Warwick) ‘The Colonial Archive and the formation of a ‘national’ narrative in the British Oversees Territory of Bermuda’
A full programme and registration can be found at:http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/
Sri Lanka - Voices of Reconciliation VOR Radio
A useful resource of non-print material concerned with reconciliation in Sri Lanka was recently drawn to our attention.
VOR Radio is part of the Voices of Reconciliation project led by the Centre for Policy Alternatives. It has created an online archive of radio programmes (including both interviews and discussion) relating to issues of
reconciliation and post conflict reconstruction in Sri Lanka. Topics covered include civil war, democracy, peace and reconciliation. It is possible to search by keyword or browse by date from 2006 onwards. At present it seems to only include programme up to and including 2008.
Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. Some materials are offered in Tamil or Sinhala languages.
http://radio.voicesofpeace.lk/
(with thanks to Intute for alerting us to this resource)
VOR Radio is part of the Voices of Reconciliation project led by the Centre for Policy Alternatives. It has created an online archive of radio programmes (including both interviews and discussion) relating to issues of
reconciliation and post conflict reconstruction in Sri Lanka. Topics covered include civil war, democracy, peace and reconciliation. It is possible to search by keyword or browse by date from 2006 onwards. At present it seems to only include programme up to and including 2008.
Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. Some materials are offered in Tamil or Sinhala languages.
http://radio.voicesofpeace.lk/
(with thanks to Intute for alerting us to this resource)
Thursday, 20 May 2010
The Round Table, the British Empire, and the Commonwealth 1910-2010
The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs
in association with the Rhodes Trust
The Round Table, the British Empire, and the Commonwealth 1910-2010
A conference to mark the centenary of The Round Table; Rhodes House, Oxford, 2 July 2010
11.00 registration/coffee
11.15 welcome: Richard Bourne (Chairman, The Round Table)
11.30- 1.00 session 1: The Round Table ‘Movement’
Chair: John Darwin (Nuffield College, Oxford)
- ‘South Africa and the Making of Milner’s Kindergarten’ – Donal Lowry (Oxford Brookes University)
- ‘The Round Table: Making Politics Imperial’– Simon Potter (National University of Ireland, Galway)
1.00 lunch
2.00-3.30 session 2: The Round Table and Imperial Policy
Chair: Wm. Roger Louis (University of Texas at Austin)
- ‘The Round Table and the Dominions: Significance and Foresight’ – Ged Martin (University of Edinburgh)
- ‘Reflections on the Round Table and India’– Chandrika Kaul (University of St Andrews)
- ‘International Political Pulpit: Lothian and the Interwar Round Table’ – Priscilla Roberts (University of Hong Kong)
3.30 tea
4.00-5.30 session 3: The Round Table and the Commonwealth
Chair: Richard Bourne (Chairman, The Round Table)
- ‘The Round Table and Decolonization’ – Alex May (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)
- ‘The Round Table and the Modern Commonwealth’ – W. David McIntyre (University of Canterbury, NZ)
5.30-6.00 summing-up and ‘round table’ discussion
Chair: Keshini Navaratnam (Commonwealth Vision Awards)
Participants: John Darwin, Wm Roger Louis, Richard Bourne
6.00 drinks and book launch (‘The Commonwealth and International Affairs: The Round Table Centennial Selection’)
Registration essential. Cost £15 (includes lunch and refreshments). Free for full-time students and unwaged.
Contact Alex May at alex.may@oup.com or 01865-774362.
in association with the Rhodes Trust
The Round Table, the British Empire, and the Commonwealth 1910-2010
A conference to mark the centenary of The Round Table; Rhodes House, Oxford, 2 July 2010
11.00 registration/coffee
11.15 welcome: Richard Bourne (Chairman, The Round Table)
11.30- 1.00 session 1: The Round Table ‘Movement’
Chair: John Darwin (Nuffield College, Oxford)
- ‘South Africa and the Making of Milner’s Kindergarten’ – Donal Lowry (Oxford Brookes University)
- ‘The Round Table: Making Politics Imperial’– Simon Potter (National University of Ireland, Galway)
1.00 lunch
2.00-3.30 session 2: The Round Table and Imperial Policy
Chair: Wm. Roger Louis (University of Texas at Austin)
- ‘The Round Table and the Dominions: Significance and Foresight’ – Ged Martin (University of Edinburgh)
- ‘Reflections on the Round Table and India’– Chandrika Kaul (University of St Andrews)
- ‘International Political Pulpit: Lothian and the Interwar Round Table’ – Priscilla Roberts (University of Hong Kong)
3.30 tea
4.00-5.30 session 3: The Round Table and the Commonwealth
Chair: Richard Bourne (Chairman, The Round Table)
- ‘The Round Table and Decolonization’ – Alex May (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)
- ‘The Round Table and the Modern Commonwealth’ – W. David McIntyre (University of Canterbury, NZ)
5.30-6.00 summing-up and ‘round table’ discussion
Chair: Keshini Navaratnam (Commonwealth Vision Awards)
Participants: John Darwin, Wm Roger Louis, Richard Bourne
6.00 drinks and book launch (‘The Commonwealth and International Affairs: The Round Table Centennial Selection’)
Registration essential. Cost £15 (includes lunch and refreshments). Free for full-time students and unwaged.
Contact Alex May at alex.may@oup.com or 01865-774362.
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