Institute of Commonwealth Studies

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This article is about a graduate research centre of the University of London. For the former graduate research centre with the same name at the University of Oxford, see Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford.
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Established1949 (1949)
Parent institution
School of Advanced Study, University of London
DirectorKingsley Abbott
Location
London, England
,
United Kingdom
CampusUrban
Websitecommonwealth.sas.ac.uk

The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, founded in 1949, is the sole 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-oriented human rights MA programme in the UK.

The Institute is a national and international centre of excellence for policy-relevant research, research facilitation and teaching. As a member of the University of London's School of Advanced Study, the Institute aims to address the challenges confronting the modern Commonwealth through the development of effective, evidence-based policy solutions with a focus on human rights, the rule of law, media freedom and climate change.

The institute's library is an international resource holding more than 190,000 volumes, with particularly impressive Caribbean, Southern African and Australian holdings and over 200 archival collections.

Notable academics

See also: Category:Academics of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London

List of directors

  • 1949–1957: Keith Hancock
  • 1957–1965: Kenneth Robinson
  • 1966-1983: WH Morris-Jones
  • 1983-1993: Shula Marks
  • 1998–2000: Professor Pat Caplan
  • 2009–2022: Professor Philip Murphy
  • 2022–2023: Professor Sue Onslow
  • 2023–Present: Professor Kingsley Abbott

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Alumni of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

References

  1. ^ "About Us". commonwealth.sas.ac.uk. The Institute of Commonwealth Studies.

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