Professor Michael Burleigh has won the 2012 Nonino Prize for his contribution to the study of history, joining a distinguished list of past winners including Sir Vidia Naipaul, Edward Said and Lord Hugh Thomas. Professorial Research Fellow at the Humanities … Read more
University of Buckingham Law School students Kimberleigh Malyan and Selvyn Hawkins triumphed last week against the Open University in the Quarter Final of the ICLR National Mooting Competition organised and sponsored by the Law Society. Our advocates won in by … Read more
Paroissien, D. (ed.), A Companion to Charles Dickens (Blackwell-Wiley, 2008, pbk 2011). 536 pp. ISBN: 978-0-470-65794-2 (pbk). Blackwell’s Companion to Charles Dickens was first published in 2008, and has now appeared in paperback and as an e-book. The Companion puts … Read more
For the last three months builders have been transforming the Radcliffe Centre into a first-class venue fit for the needs of both the town and University. By early February 2012 the work will be complete. With its revamped interior and … Read more
Glees, A., and Richards, J., “International terrorism: the neglected domestic dimension”, in N. Tzifakis (ed), International Politics in Times of Change (Heidelberg: Springer, 2012), 299-319. ISBN: 978-3-642-21954-2. International Politics in Times of Change is a Centre for European Studies publication, … Read more
Broadcasting is blooming as a journalistic skill at Buckingham , if the Autumn 2011 crop of TV packages is anything to go by. The numbers on the Broadcasting module have jumped from four in 2010 to to 12 in 2011! … Read more
It is with great sadness that the University of Buckingham mourns the passing of one of our most distinguished Honorary Graduates, Professor John Anthony Jolowicz, who died on 17 January 2012. Professor Anthony (Tony) Jolowicz (1926-2012) accepted an Honorary Doctorate … Read more
Edwards, S., “Loss of self-control: when his anger is worth more than her fear”, in A. Reed & M. Bohlander (eds), Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility: Domestic, Comparative and International Perspectives (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011), 79-96. ISBN: 978-1-4094-3175-6. This book, … Read more
Sargent, S., “Transnational networks and United Nations human rights structural change: the future of indigenous and minority rights”, International Journal of Human Rights 16.1 (2012), 123-151. This article examines the reasons behind the differing United Nations structural provisions for minority … Read more
Armstrong, D., “Evolving conceptions of justice in international law”, Review of International Studies 37.5 (Dec. 2011), 2121-2136. This article considers so-called ‘cosmopolitan’ ideas of justice, which argue that principles of justice should be applied not just in individual states but in … Read more
