Australian content in the Bromhead Library
Staff in the Historic Collections department of Senate House Library have recently completed online cataloguing of the Bromhead Library. The Bromhead Library was donated in 1964 by the executors of the...
View ArticlePreserving and Protecting Press Freedom – Insights from the archive of the...
Senate House Library Friends Lecture: 06 February 2013, 18:00 – 20:00 David Clover (Institute of Commonwealth Studies Librarian and Head of Research Librarians – Senate House Library): ‘Preserving and...
View ArticleAustralian landscapes and visual culture
To coincide with the landmark exhibition of Australian art at the Royal Academy in London (21 September 2013 – 8 December 2013), the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King’s College London is...
View ArticleThe challenge of the traditional collection SCOLMA Seminar
Senate House Library is pleased to host the forthcoming SCOLMA Seminar – please see booking details below: The challenge of the traditional collection and the possibilities of “Tribing and Untribing...
View ArticleElection violence in Kenya?
As the counting of votes in Kenya’s latest election takes place amidst local and international concern about the threat of post-election violence it is timely to review material held in the collections...
View ArticleOpen Access and Research Publication: Making Sense of UK Government Proposals...
Open Access and Research Publication: Making Sense of UK Government Proposals in African Studies Monday 18 March 2013, 1-5pm Dr Seng T Lee Centre for Manuscript and Book Studies, Senate House Library,...
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ANZAC Day (25 April): Commemorating Australian and New Zealand Soldiers in WW1
Anzac Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in Turkey during World...
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May Day and Trade Union collections from the Commonwealth
May Day also known as International Workers’ Day is a celebration of the international labour movement. The Commonwealth Studies collection includes much material on trade unions, labour and workers...
View ArticlePatriating the Canadian Constitution
Later this month the Institute of the Americas at University College London presents an event on the patriation of the Canadian constitution. May 20: Canadian Studies Seminar – Patriating the Canadian...
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Transforming Hope
Recently added to the collection is Veront M. Satchell’s latest book Hope Transformed. A Historical Sketch of the Hope Landscape, St. Andrew, Jamaica, 1660-1960, published by the University of the...
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Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth:...
Recently added to the collection is the first book to focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people’s human rights in the Commonwealth. Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in...
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Australia in the Second World War (6AAH3019/20)
Arms of Australia, National Archives of Australia The following PowerPoint presentations has been prepared by Christine Anderson as a research guide for students in King’s course 6AAH3019/20, Australia...
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No Easy Walk to Freedom: Nelson Mandela in the Archives
Within the Institute of Commonwealth Studies collections in Senate House Library is a wealth of material relating to the struggle within, and outside of, South Africa against the apartheid system. With...
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Africa’s Literary Detectives: Cases from the South – A lunchtime seminar on...
SCOLMA (The UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) invites you to a lunchtime seminar in the Seng Tee Lee Centre in Senate House Library on Friday 14 February, 1-2 pm. This Friday’s seminar...
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WW1 and the British West Indies Regiment
(Photograph from an album of a BWIR soldier, acquired by the West Indian Contingent Committee: “BWI Regimental Crest carved in the rock by a Private” - ICS 96/3/30) The experience of World War...
View ArticleNew Commonwealth NGO archive collections available
Two newly acquired and listed archive collections are now available for researchers. The Commonwealth Studies Library is pleased to now hold the records of the Council for Education in the Commonwealth...
View ArticlePhD Research in Progress in Commonwealth Studies
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies’ Register of Commonwealth research is a list of higher degree theses conducted at UK Universities and relating to the Commonwealth of Nations, its member...
View ArticleCommonwealth Trade Union Council archives
Thanks to some outstanding work by two volunteers we know have a detailed file level list available for the Commonwealth Trade Union Council (CTUC) archives. The CTUC aimed to strengthen links between...
View ArticleThe Making of a Colonial Regime: India, 1780-1830 (6AAH3013/14)
The following Power Point presentation was prepared by Christine Anderson, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies librarian, as a research guide for the King’s College London course 6AAH2013/14, The...
View ArticleBritish Imperial Policy and Decolonisation: 1938-1964 (6AAH3017/18 )
The following post has been prepared by Christine Anderson as a research guide for students in King’s course 6AAH3017/18 British Imperial Policy and Decolonisation: 1938-1964: Senate House Library has...
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