Our continued list of new books added to the collection and catalogue last month:
Candlin, Kit. The last Caribbean frontier, 1795-1815. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Caribbean Reasonings Conference (6th : 2008 : University of the West Indies Mona). M.G. Smith : social theory and anthropology in the Caribbean and beyond. Kingston, Jamaica ; Miami [Fla.] : Ian Randle Publishers, 2011.
Mukherji, Nirmalangshu. The Maoists in India : tribals under siege. London : Pluto, 2012.
Sandgren, David P. Mau Mau's children : the making of Kenya's postcolonial elite. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2012.
Jonathan Crush et al. Migration-induced HIV and AIDS in rural Mozambique and Swaziland. Cape Town, South Africa : Idasa ; Kingston, Ont. : Southern African Research Centre, 2010.
Tinker, Keith L. The migration of peoples from the Caribbean to the Bahamas. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2011.
Vanuatu. Millennium Development Goals 2010 report for Vanuatu. [Port Vila, Vanuatu : Office of the Prime Minister], 2010.
Young, Lisa and Harold J. Jansen (eds). Money, politics, and democracy : Canada's party finance reforms. Vancouver : UBC Press, c2011.
Haines, Chad. Nation, territory, and globalization in Pakistan : traversing the margins. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Vanuatu. Department of Strategic Policy, Planning & Aid Coordination. National population policy : 2011-2020. Port Vila, Vanuatu : Department of Strategic Policy, Planning & Aid Coordination, Ministry of the Prime Minister, 2011.
Tonga. Ministry of Finance and National Planning. National strategic planning framework (NSPF) : next 5-10 years. Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ministry of Finance and National Planning, 2010.
Masters, Lesley and Emmanual Kisiangani (eds). Natural resources governance in southern Africa. Braamfontein, Johannesburg : Africa Institute of South Africa, c2010.
Maina, Grace (ed). Opportunity or threat : the engagement of youth in African societies. Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa : ACCORD, c2012.
Pollecoff, Eve. Pioneer merchant trader : the life and times of Otto Markus. London ; New York : Radcliffe Press, 2012.
Forti, Daniel R. A pocket of stability : understanding Somaliland. [Durban] : African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), c2011.
Kahn, Borhan Uddin and Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman. Protection of minorities : regimes, norms and issues in South Asia. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (Organization). Public financial management performance report : Kingdom of Tonga : final report. [S.l.] : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability, 2010.
Singh, Sherry-Ann. The Ramayana tradition and socio-religious change in Trinidad, 1917-1990. Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, 2012.
Cooper, Daisy, David Seddon and Tim Sheehy. Review of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group : on the side of the people. London : Commonwealth Advisory Bureau, 2011.
Skanthakumar, Balasingham (ed). Rights, remittances, and reintegration : women migrant workers and returnees in Sri Lanka. Colombo : Law & Society Trust, 2011.
Kymlicka, Will and Kathryn Walker (eds). Rooted cosmopolitanism : Canada and the world. Vancouver : UBC Press, 2012.
Rostek, Michael and Peter Gizewski (eds). Security operations in the 21st century : Canadian perspectives on the comprehensive approach. Kingston, Ont. : Queen's Centre for International Relations, c2011.
Lewis, Patsy. Social policies in Grenada. London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010.
Ministry of Finance and National Planning. Social protection issues paper : report / prepared for the Government of Tonga. Tonga : Ministry of Finance and National Planning, 2010?
Hague, Cliff and Will French. The state of the cities : Why, and how, the Commonwealth must address the challenge of sustainable urbanisation. London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010.
Mangaliso, Mzamo P. Strategic choice under uncertainty : multinational corporations and the pressure to disinvest from South Africa . Lanham, Md. : University Press of America c2010.
Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics. A study of the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries, 2008. Suva, Fiji : Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics, 2011.
Allen, Liz. Sustainable population strategy : public policy and implementation challenges. Canberra, ACT : Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 2011.
Tonga. Ministry of Finance and National Planning. Tonga strategic development framework (TSDF) : 2011-2014. Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ministry of Finance and National Planning, 2011.
Kaviraj, Sudipta. The trajectories of the Indian state : politics and ideas. Ranikhet : Permanent Black ; Bangalore : c2010.
Hiranandani, G. M. Transition to guardianship : the Indian navy 1991-2000. New Delhi : Published by Principal Director of Administration, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy) [in association with] Lancer Publishers, c2009.
Hayes, Geoffrey. Tuvalu national population policy 2010-2015 / prepared by Geoffrey Hayes with assistance from the Department of Planning and Budget, National Population Policy Taskforce and UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office. Funafuti, Tuvalu : Department of Planning and Budget, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, 2011.
Commonwealth Observer Group. Uganda presidential and parliamentary elections, 18 February 2011, report of the Commonwealth Observer Group. London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2011.
Sen, Purna. Universal periodic review : lessons, hopes and expectations. London : Commonwealth Secretariat, c2011.
Osumanu, Kanton I et al. Urban water and sanitation in Ghana : how local action is making a difference. London : IIED, 2010.
The 'Westminster model' and representative government in the era of decolonisation : a transcript of the proceedings of the seminar held on 25 May 2011. London ; Tonbridge : Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London : Overseas Service Pensioners' Association, 2012.
Commonwealth Observer Group. Zambia General Elections, 20 September 2011 : Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group. London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2011.
Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J. The Zimbabwean nation-State project : a historical diagnosis of identity and power-based conflicts in a postcolonial State. Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2011
Friday, 12 October 2012
Thursday, 11 October 2012
New books - September 2012 (Part 1)
Selected titles added to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library in September (the first of two parts) included the following titles. Notable this month are included a number of Pacific governmental publications, and titles on Canada and India:
Tonga. Ministry of Finance and National Planning. 2nd national millennium development goals report : Tonga : status and progress between 1990-2010. Tonga : Ministry of Finance and National Planning, 2010.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer. 2010 annual report of the Chief Electoral Officer : the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act for the calendar year 2010. Edmonton, Alb. : Chief Electoral Office, 2011.
Broome, Richard. Aboriginal Australians : a history since 1788. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010.
Prince, Michael J. Absent citizens : disability politics and policy in Canada. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2009.
Pillay, Gerald J. Albert Luthuli. Cape Town : HSRC Press, 2012.
Bachan, Keshet et al. Because you're a girl : growing up in the Commonwealth. London : Royal Commonwealth Society : Plan UK, [2011]
Brown, Walton. Bermuda and the struggle for reform : race, politics and ideology, 1944-1998. [Bermuda] : Cahow Press, 2011.
Taylor, Christopher. The Black Carib Wars : freedom, survival, and the making of the Garifuna. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Ghandhi, Sandy (ed). Blackstone's international human rights documents. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Bowen, H.V., Elizabeth Mancke, and John G. Reid (eds). Britain's oceanic empire : Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds, c. 1550-1850. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Commonwealth Observer Group. Cameroon presidential election : 9 October 2011. Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group. London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2012.
Hynek , Nik and David Bosold (eds). Canada's foreign & security policy : soft and hard strategies of a middle power. Don Mills, Ont. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Forkey, Neil S. Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2012.
Rumney, Thomas A. Caribbean geography : a scholarly bibliography. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.
Cao, Huhua and Vivienne Poy (eds). The China challenge : Sino-Canadian relations in the 21st century. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2011.
Jones-Parry, Rupert et al. Commonwealth good governance : democracy, development and public administration. Cambridge, UK : Nexus, 2011.
Cooper, Daisy. The Commonwealth in denial. London : Commonwealth Advisory Bureau, 2011.
Okia, Opolot. Communal labor in colonial Kenya : the legitimization of coercion, 1912-1930. New York, N.Y. ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Harding, Andrew. The constitution of Malaysia : a contextual analysis. Oxford : Hart, 2012.
Behiels, Michael D. and Matthew Hayday (eds). Contemporary Quebec : selected readings and commentaries. Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011.
Gourevitch, Peter A., David A. Lake and Janice Gross Stein. The credibility of transnational NGOs : when virtue is not enough. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Keating, Michael and Caroline Smith. Critical issues facing Australia to 2025 : summary of a scenario development forum. Canberra : Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 2011.
Beidelman, T. O. The culture of colonialism : the cultural subjection of Ukaguru. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2012.
Bryant, Rebecca and Yiannis Papadakis (eds). Cyprus and the politics of memory : history, community and conflict. New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Theron, Jenny and Dorcas Ettang. Developing the mediation and post-conflict reconstruction and development pools of the African union peace and security department civilian standby roster : a research report based on a workshop held in Durban, South Africa from 14-15 April 2011... Durban : African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), 2011.
Kapur, Devesh. Diaspora, development, and democracy : the domestic impact of international migration from India. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2010.
National Council of Welfare. The dollars and sense of solving poverty. Ottawa, Ont. : National Council of Welfare, c2011.
Shizha, Edward and Michael T. Kariwo. Education and development in Zimbabwe : a social, political and economic analysis. Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense, c2011.
Forsythe , David P., (editor in chief). Encyclopedia of human rights. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Fiji. Bureau of Statistics. Fiji classification of individual consumption according to purpose, 2010. Suva : Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics, 2010.
Paquette, Jerald E. and Gérald Fallon. First Nations education policy in Canada : progress or gridlock? Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2010.
Konings, Piet. Gender and plantation labour in Africa : the story of tea pluckers' struggles in Cameroon. Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa groupe d’intiative commune en recherche et publication, 2012.
Ackah, Charles and Ernest Aryeetey (eds). Globalization, trade and poverty in Ghana. Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan, 2012.
Balachandran, G. Globalizing labour? : Indian seafarers and world shipping, c.1870-1945. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Chew, Emrys and Chong Guan Kwa (eds). Goh Keng Swee : a legacy of public service. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2012.
Sturman, Rachel. The government of social life in colonial India : liberalism, religious law, and women's rights. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Grönwall, Jenny T., Martin Mulenga and Gordon McGranahan. Groundwater, self-supply and poor urban dwellers : a review with case studies of Bangalore and Lusaka. London : IIED, c2010.
Pushpangadan K. and V.N. Balasubramanyam (eds). Growth, development, and diversity : India's record since liberalization. New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Nagaraj, R. (ed). Growth, inequality and social development in India : is inclusive growth possible? Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Foxhall, Katherine. Health, medicine, and the sea : Australian voyages, c.1815-60. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Hevia, James. The imperial security state : British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Shah, Alpa. In the shadows of the state : indigenous politics, environmentalism, and insurgency in Jharkhand, India. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
Gandhi, Ankita et al. India human development report 2011 : towards social inclusion. New Delhi : Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission, Govt. of India : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Lockwood, David. The Indian bourgeoisie : a political history of the Indian capitalist class in the early twentieth century. London; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Mujumdar, N. A. India's new development agenda : building a value-based society. New Delhi : Academic Foundation, 2011.
Douglas, Heather and Mark Finnane. Indigenous crime and settler law : white sovereignty after empire. Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Francis, Suzanne. Institutionalizing elites : political elite formation and change in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2011.
Dowell, J. A. E. K. Intelligence for the Canadian Army in the 21st century : "enabling land operations". [Ottawa] : Dept. of National Defence, c2011.
Tonga. Ministry of Finance and National Planning. 2nd national millennium development goals report : Tonga : status and progress between 1990-2010. Tonga : Ministry of Finance and National Planning, 2010.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer. 2010 annual report of the Chief Electoral Officer : the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act for the calendar year 2010. Edmonton, Alb. : Chief Electoral Office, 2011.
Broome, Richard. Aboriginal Australians : a history since 1788. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010.
Prince, Michael J. Absent citizens : disability politics and policy in Canada. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2009.
Pillay, Gerald J. Albert Luthuli. Cape Town : HSRC Press, 2012.
Bachan, Keshet et al. Because you're a girl : growing up in the Commonwealth. London : Royal Commonwealth Society : Plan UK, [2011]
Brown, Walton. Bermuda and the struggle for reform : race, politics and ideology, 1944-1998. [Bermuda] : Cahow Press, 2011.
Taylor, Christopher. The Black Carib Wars : freedom, survival, and the making of the Garifuna. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Ghandhi, Sandy (ed). Blackstone's international human rights documents. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Bowen, H.V., Elizabeth Mancke, and John G. Reid (eds). Britain's oceanic empire : Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds, c. 1550-1850. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Commonwealth Observer Group. Cameroon presidential election : 9 October 2011. Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group. London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2012.
Hynek , Nik and David Bosold (eds). Canada's foreign & security policy : soft and hard strategies of a middle power. Don Mills, Ont. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Forkey, Neil S. Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2012.
Rumney, Thomas A. Caribbean geography : a scholarly bibliography. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.
Cao, Huhua and Vivienne Poy (eds). The China challenge : Sino-Canadian relations in the 21st century. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2011.
Jones-Parry, Rupert et al. Commonwealth good governance : democracy, development and public administration. Cambridge, UK : Nexus, 2011.
Cooper, Daisy. The Commonwealth in denial. London : Commonwealth Advisory Bureau, 2011.
Okia, Opolot. Communal labor in colonial Kenya : the legitimization of coercion, 1912-1930. New York, N.Y. ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Harding, Andrew. The constitution of Malaysia : a contextual analysis. Oxford : Hart, 2012.
Behiels, Michael D. and Matthew Hayday (eds). Contemporary Quebec : selected readings and commentaries. Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011.
Gourevitch, Peter A., David A. Lake and Janice Gross Stein. The credibility of transnational NGOs : when virtue is not enough. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Keating, Michael and Caroline Smith. Critical issues facing Australia to 2025 : summary of a scenario development forum. Canberra : Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 2011.
Beidelman, T. O. The culture of colonialism : the cultural subjection of Ukaguru. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2012.
Bryant, Rebecca and Yiannis Papadakis (eds). Cyprus and the politics of memory : history, community and conflict. New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Theron, Jenny and Dorcas Ettang. Developing the mediation and post-conflict reconstruction and development pools of the African union peace and security department civilian standby roster : a research report based on a workshop held in Durban, South Africa from 14-15 April 2011... Durban : African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), 2011.
Kapur, Devesh. Diaspora, development, and democracy : the domestic impact of international migration from India. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2010.
National Council of Welfare. The dollars and sense of solving poverty. Ottawa, Ont. : National Council of Welfare, c2011.
Shizha, Edward and Michael T. Kariwo. Education and development in Zimbabwe : a social, political and economic analysis. Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense, c2011.
Forsythe , David P., (editor in chief). Encyclopedia of human rights. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Fiji. Bureau of Statistics. Fiji classification of individual consumption according to purpose, 2010. Suva : Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics, 2010.
Paquette, Jerald E. and Gérald Fallon. First Nations education policy in Canada : progress or gridlock? Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2010.
Konings, Piet. Gender and plantation labour in Africa : the story of tea pluckers' struggles in Cameroon. Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa groupe d’intiative commune en recherche et publication, 2012.
Ackah, Charles and Ernest Aryeetey (eds). Globalization, trade and poverty in Ghana. Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan, 2012.
Balachandran, G. Globalizing labour? : Indian seafarers and world shipping, c.1870-1945. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Chew, Emrys and Chong Guan Kwa (eds). Goh Keng Swee : a legacy of public service. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2012.
Sturman, Rachel. The government of social life in colonial India : liberalism, religious law, and women's rights. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Grönwall, Jenny T., Martin Mulenga and Gordon McGranahan. Groundwater, self-supply and poor urban dwellers : a review with case studies of Bangalore and Lusaka. London : IIED, c2010.
Pushpangadan K. and V.N. Balasubramanyam (eds). Growth, development, and diversity : India's record since liberalization. New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Nagaraj, R. (ed). Growth, inequality and social development in India : is inclusive growth possible? Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Foxhall, Katherine. Health, medicine, and the sea : Australian voyages, c.1815-60. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Hevia, James. The imperial security state : British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Shah, Alpa. In the shadows of the state : indigenous politics, environmentalism, and insurgency in Jharkhand, India. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
Gandhi, Ankita et al. India human development report 2011 : towards social inclusion. New Delhi : Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission, Govt. of India : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Lockwood, David. The Indian bourgeoisie : a political history of the Indian capitalist class in the early twentieth century. London; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Mujumdar, N. A. India's new development agenda : building a value-based society. New Delhi : Academic Foundation, 2011.
Douglas, Heather and Mark Finnane. Indigenous crime and settler law : white sovereignty after empire. Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Francis, Suzanne. Institutionalizing elites : political elite formation and change in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2011.
Dowell, J. A. E. K. Intelligence for the Canadian Army in the 21st century : "enabling land operations". [Ottawa] : Dept. of National Defence, c2011.
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Bridget Jones Travel Award: Call for Applications
Bridget Jones Travel Award: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Travel Award, the deadline for which is the 14th January 2013. The winner of the award will present their work at the 37th Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference, which is scheduled to be held at the University of Warwick from the 3rd - 5th July 2013.
Eligibility
If you are an arts practitioner living and working in any region of the Anglophone, Hispanic, Francophone or Dutch speaking Caribbean, you may apply for the Award. The successful recipient will receive £650 towards travel expenses and, in addition, a full bursary to cover conference fees and accommodation. Applications are especially welcome from individuals with no institutional affiliations. We encourage applications from across the arts: from visual artists, performers, creative writers, film-makers, folklorists, playwrights etc.
How To Apply
To apply for the Award you must submit the following:
* A covering letter
* Curriculum vitae (no more than 4 sides of A4)
* Statements from 2 referees who are able to comment on your work
AND either
(a) A proposal for a presentation of your work in the areas of film, literature, visual or performing arts.
or
(b) A proposal for a reading of original creative work.
Presentations normally last for up to one hour, including time for questions from the audience. The most important part of your application will therefore be a full description of the proposed presentation detailing the themes and rationale behind the presentation, as well as how the presentation will be organised and any props required (e.g. if intending to screen clips of films; show slides of artwork; incorporate live performance etc).
Applications and enquiries should be sent by e-mail to Eva Sansavior on Eva.Sansavior@ul.ie
Completed applications must be received by 14th January 2013. A decision will be made by the committee in late January.
For more information on the Bridget Jones Travel Award and the Society for Caribbean Studies, visit the Society website on www.caribbeanstudies.org.
Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Travel Award, the deadline for which is the 14th January 2013. The winner of the award will present their work at the 37th Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference, which is scheduled to be held at the University of Warwick from the 3rd - 5th July 2013.
Eligibility
If you are an arts practitioner living and working in any region of the Anglophone, Hispanic, Francophone or Dutch speaking Caribbean, you may apply for the Award. The successful recipient will receive £650 towards travel expenses and, in addition, a full bursary to cover conference fees and accommodation. Applications are especially welcome from individuals with no institutional affiliations. We encourage applications from across the arts: from visual artists, performers, creative writers, film-makers, folklorists, playwrights etc.
How To Apply
To apply for the Award you must submit the following:
* A covering letter
* Curriculum vitae (no more than 4 sides of A4)
* Statements from 2 referees who are able to comment on your work
AND either
(a) A proposal for a presentation of your work in the areas of film, literature, visual or performing arts.
or
(b) A proposal for a reading of original creative work.
Presentations normally last for up to one hour, including time for questions from the audience. The most important part of your application will therefore be a full description of the proposed presentation detailing the themes and rationale behind the presentation, as well as how the presentation will be organised and any props required (e.g. if intending to screen clips of films; show slides of artwork; incorporate live performance etc).
Applications and enquiries should be sent by e-mail to Eva Sansavior on Eva.Sansavior@ul.ie
Completed applications must be received by 14th January 2013. A decision will be made by the committee in late January.
For more information on the Bridget Jones Travel Award and the Society for Caribbean Studies, visit the Society website on www.caribbeanstudies.org.
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Commonwealth Research Seminar Series: What is the Institute of Commonwealth Studies?
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies cordially invites you to attend the following event.
Wednesday 17 October, 17:30 - 18:30
Commonwealth Research Seminar Series: What is the Institute of Commonwealth Studies?
Professor Philip Murphy, Director of ICwS
Venue: Room 261 (Senate House, second floor)
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
For further information, please contact ics@sas.ac.uk
Wednesday 17 October, 17:30 - 18:30
Commonwealth Research Seminar Series: What is the Institute of Commonwealth Studies?
Professor Philip Murphy, Director of ICwS
Venue: Room 261 (Senate House, second floor)
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
For further information, please contact ics@sas.ac.uk
Monday, 8 October 2012
Disciplinarity, multi- and interdisciplinarity in Area Studies
School of Advanced Study: Dean's Seminar
Disciplinarity, multi- and interdisciplinarity in Area Studies
10 October 2012, 12:30 - 14:00
Dr Bala Chandramohan, (Institute of Commonwealth Studies)
The presentation will discuss knowledge taxonomies used in academia. How are ‘disciplines’ established and the terms multi- and inter-disciplinarity used? Is disciplinary pursuit of knowledge more rigorous than that of multi-or trans-disciplinary ones? Examples of ‘area’ studies (geographical or activity-based) would be used in the discussion. How does REF treat disciplinarity and multi/interdisciplinarity?
For further information, email sas.events@sas.ac.uk
Venue:
Room 246
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
Disciplinarity, multi- and interdisciplinarity in Area Studies
10 October 2012, 12:30 - 14:00
Dr Bala Chandramohan, (Institute of Commonwealth Studies)
The presentation will discuss knowledge taxonomies used in academia. How are ‘disciplines’ established and the terms multi- and inter-disciplinarity used? Is disciplinary pursuit of knowledge more rigorous than that of multi-or trans-disciplinary ones? Examples of ‘area’ studies (geographical or activity-based) would be used in the discussion. How does REF treat disciplinarity and multi/interdisciplinarity?
For further information, email sas.events@sas.ac.uk
Venue:
Room 246
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
Commonwealth Scholarships – Trinidad and Tobago
Commonwealth Scholarships – Trinidad and Tobago
The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has invited the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission to nominate two candidates for Commonwealth Scholarships for Master’s and PhD study.
The scholarships are tenable at the University of the West Indies at St Augustine or the University of Trinidad and Tobago for the academic year commencing September 2013.
Eligibility
Citizens of Commonwealth countries other than Trinidad and Tobago
•Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Scholarships 2013 prospectus – includes full terms and conditions and eligibility criteria
Further information can also be found on the Scholarships and Advanced Training Division website.
Please note that the 30 November deadline given in the prospectus is for nominations to reach Trinidad and Tobago, not for applications to the CSC.
How to apply
•Application form
Your application form and one copy (two in total) must be sent in hard copy with supporting documents to:
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (HA)
c/o The Association of Commonwealth Universities
Woburn House
20-24 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9HF
The closing date for receipt of applications is 29 October 2012.
Please note that candidates nominated to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago will be required to complete an online application form.
For further information about the scholarship eligibility criteria and how to apply, email csfpout@acu.ac.uk
The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has invited the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission to nominate two candidates for Commonwealth Scholarships for Master’s and PhD study.
The scholarships are tenable at the University of the West Indies at St Augustine or the University of Trinidad and Tobago for the academic year commencing September 2013.
Eligibility
Citizens of Commonwealth countries other than Trinidad and Tobago
•Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Scholarships 2013 prospectus – includes full terms and conditions and eligibility criteria
Further information can also be found on the Scholarships and Advanced Training Division website.
Please note that the 30 November deadline given in the prospectus is for nominations to reach Trinidad and Tobago, not for applications to the CSC.
How to apply
•Application form
Your application form and one copy (two in total) must be sent in hard copy with supporting documents to:
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (HA)
c/o The Association of Commonwealth Universities
Woburn House
20-24 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9HF
The closing date for receipt of applications is 29 October 2012.
Please note that candidates nominated to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago will be required to complete an online application form.
For further information about the scholarship eligibility criteria and how to apply, email csfpout@acu.ac.uk
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Institute of Commonwealth Studies Talk/Book Launch: The Overseas Territories in Focus.
Institute of Commonwealth Studies Talk/Book Launch: The Overseas Territories in Focus.
Thursday 22 November 2012, 17:30 - 19:30.
Speakers:
Alan Huckle, Former Governor of Anguilla and the Falkland Islands, and ex-Head of the FCO's Overseas Territories Directorate. Chair: Peter Clegg, Senior Lecturer in Politics, UWE.
Organised by: Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
Venue: Room STB6.
Venue Details: Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN.
In collaboration with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the University of the West of England.
This event launches the recent Institute of Commonwealth Studies publication The non-independent territories of the Caribbean and Pacific: Continuity or change? by Peter Clegg and David Killingray.
See: http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/events/forthcoming-events/
Thursday 22 November 2012, 17:30 - 19:30.
Speakers:
Alan Huckle, Former Governor of Anguilla and the Falkland Islands, and ex-Head of the FCO's Overseas Territories Directorate. Chair: Peter Clegg, Senior Lecturer in Politics, UWE.
Organised by: Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
Venue: Room STB6.
Venue Details: Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN.
In collaboration with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the University of the West of England.
This event launches the recent Institute of Commonwealth Studies publication The non-independent territories of the Caribbean and Pacific: Continuity or change? by Peter Clegg and David Killingray.
See: http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/events/forthcoming-events/
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