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2020 Bertha Lutz Prize for research on Women in Diplomacy announced
CISD and the Diplomatic section of the International Studies Association are pleased to announce two winners this year: Dr Torild Skard and Dr Katherine Marino.
8th March 2020
Dr Avinash Paliwal co-edits special edition of India Review Journal
Dr Avinash Paliwal, in collaboration with Dr Nicolas Blarel, has edited a Special Issue of India Review.
31st January 2020
Dr Dan Plesch quoted in The Express
Dr Dan Plesch, Director of the Centre for International Studies & Diplomacy, quoted in The Express discussing the Iran's attacks on US troops.
31st January 2020
Dr Yanan Song discusses US-China Relations at the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Institute of European Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) invited Dr Yanan Song to give a talk on 'Pivot to Problem: Reconfiguration of US-China Relations' in December 2019.
20th January 2020
CISD Academics to host The Power of Sport Act 2 Roundtable in Paris
Following up on last February’s roundtable on the power of sports diplomacy at New York University, the next edition of the Sport & Démocratie “The Power of Sport” roundtable will be held at the Mairie du 5ème in partnership with SOAS University of London and others.
13th January 2020
CISD Director Dr Dan Plesch and Doctoral Student Kevin Miletic publish a chapter on humanitarian disarmament in new book on global activism
The article emphasises the similarities between United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutterres' new disarmament agenda, and the General & Completement Disarmament movement.
22nd November 2019
Dan Plesch report cited in The Express, The Irish Sun and The Star
Dan Plesch and Martin Butcher’s 2007 discussion paper “Considering a war with Iran” featured in three UK publications this weekend. The Express, The Irish Sun and The Star all refer to the paper while discussing the Theatre Iran Near Term (TIRANNT), plan for a “shock and awe” attack on Iran.
30th September 2019
Dr Ashley Cox discusses Online Learning at APSA
Dr Ashley Cox was chair and contributor to the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Teaching and Learning Conference.
20th September 2019
Dan Plesch speaks at United Nations
CISD Director Dr Dan Plesch spoke at the United Nations Office in Geneva on Tuesday 17 September. The talk and accompanying exhibition was the first in a series of events in partnership with the UN Library.
20th September 2019
CISD participates at the 5th Conference of State Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty
From the 25th to the 30th August 2019 CISD Students Anahita Ghanbari Parsa, Jacob Loose, and former student Lidia Matias participated at the Conference of State Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in Geneva.
9th September 2019
Dan Plesch to speak alongside UN Director-General Tatiana Valovaya at exhibition and lecture series launch
As part of a week-long exhibition and lecture series at the UN Library in Geneva, Dr Dan Plesch revisits the history of the creation of the UN System from the 1942 Declaration by the United Nations to the United Nations Charter of 1945.
9th September 2019
Justice Richard Goldstone participates in Beyond the Nuremberg / ICC Model of Justice events series
From the 18th to the 21st of June, SOAS’s Centre for International Studies & Diplomacy (CISD) hosted former United Nations chief prosecutor for Rwanda and Yugoslavia, and anti-apartheid judge Justice Richard Goldstone.
27th June 2019
SOAS debates Basketball Diplomacy in Africa
The Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London, hosted a roundtable workshop to discuss with internal and external partners basketball’s globalization and growth on an African plane.
27th June 2019
SOAS scholar in team awarded £300k Bloomsbury SET award for project on antimicrobial resistance
SOAS Centre of International Studies and Diplomacy’s Dr J Simon Rofe, is one of the researchers working on a two year project addressing the role of wildlife in antimicrobial resistance and ecosystem contamination.
11th June 2019
SOAS to hold events series looking at the Nuremberg-ICC Model of Justice with Justice Richard Goldstone
SOAS University of London’s Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) and the Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice (CCRJ) is holding a new seminar series exploring some of the challenges faced by the International Criminal Court (ICC), and question what accountability for war crimes would look like in a post-Nuremberg / ICC model.
10th June 2019
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