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Commentissue 196 | June 2011
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Africa Conference17 June (09.30-18.30), Council Room, Strand Campus
The Cherry Orchard30 June (18.30), Anatomy Theatre & Museum, Strand Campus
Annual Education Lecture16 June (17.30), The Great Hall, Strand Campus
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Introducing King’s WorldwideKing’s Worldwide has been formed to oversee the development and implementation of King’s International StrategyKing’sinternationalstrategyaimstopositiontheCollegeasoneoftheworld’sleadinguniversitiesforresearch,teachingandinternationalcollaboration.Itaimstobringlong-termimprovementinKing’sinternationalprofileandtoembedaninternationalperspectiveintheveryfabricoftheCollege.Allinternationalactivityacrossacademicandprofessionalserviceswillbeintegratedandco-ordinatedbytheKing’sWorldwideteam,undertheleadershipofProfessorKeithHoggart,VicePrincipal(ExternalRelations),withtheWorldwideOfficeledbyAnnaDebska.Highereducationinthe21st
centuryisalreadyatrulyglobalphenomenon–leadinguniversitiesattractthebeststudents,teachersand
researchers,withbrandsrecognisedfortheirqualitytheworldover.TheKing’sWorldwideteamaimstobuildonKing’sexistingstrengths–likeitsresearchexcellenceandpositionintheheartofLondon,toco-ordinateinternationalpartnershipsthatstrengthentheCollege’spositionasaworld-classinstitution.TheKing’sWorldwideofficewillactasacentralhubtoorganiseinternationalactivityacrosstheCollege,makingiteasiertopromotetheexchangeanddisseminationofinformationoninternationalissues.‘Ourinternationalisationagenda
attemptstoderiveawiderinstitutionalbenefitfromourgrowingglobalreputation,’saysKeithHoggart.‘Thenextphaseoftheinternationalstrategywillcontinuetodevelopthe
themesofthefirstphase,withacontinuingemphasisonreciprocityandmutualityinrelationshipswithpartners.WehavehadfantasticlevelsofinvolvementandcommitmenttothisagendafromcolleaguesthroughouttheCollege.Wehopethiswillcontinue.’King’shasadistinguished
reputationforresearchexcellenceandcollaborativethinking,showcasedbyanalreadydiverserangeofglobalactivity.KeyelementsoftheinternationalstrategyrevolvearoundthethreeGlobalInstitutes:theBrazilInstitute(seepage10),ChinaInstituteandIndiaInstitute,eachprovidingafocalpointforinterestonthesecountriesacrossarangeofacademicdisciplines.Eachoftheinstitutesishiringacademicandprofessional
servicesstaff,andrecruitingtoMastersandPhDProgrammesfor2011entry,withresearchandteachingfocusedontheroleoftheseemergingnationsas21stcenturypowerhouses.ExistingprogrammesontheMiddle
East,NorthAmericaandAfrica(throughtheAfricanLeadershipCentre)willalsobesupportedthroughtheOffice,aswillourkeyglobalpartnershipswithHongKong,JawaharlalNehru,NationalUniversityofSingapore,NorthCarolina,Renmin,SãoPauloandUCSF.TheKing’sWorldwideteamwillworkparticularlycloselywithstaffinvolvedintheseinitiatives,toensurefuturedevelopmentsgainfromandembracewiderinstitutionalstrategyandobjectives.‘Ourapproachisdistinctive’ 2
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DearcolleaguesWesubmittedourAccessAgreementtotheOfficeofFairAccess(OFFA)inAprilandmadepublicourproposaltocharge£9,000tuitionfeesforallnewfull-timeUK/EUundergraduatestudentsfromSeptember2012.Intandemwiththisweproposedthatourwideningparticipation(WP)andfairaccessinitiativesincludebothenhancedfinancialsupportandincreasedinvestmentinacademicinnovation,outreach,partnershipandretention.Ourproposalsforfees,financialsupportandoutreachactivitiesaresubjecttoapprovalbyOFFAandweanticipateinitialfeedbackinmidJuly.King’sisproposing,inthefirst
instance,toreinvest30percentofitsadditionalfeeincometowardsits
wideningparticipationinitiativesandfinancialsupport,withinvestmenttotalingover£6millionin2012-13,risingto£8millionby2014-15.Itisanticipatedthataboutathirdofourhomeundergraduatestudentswillreceivesomefinancialsupporttowardsfeesorlivingcosts.Somestudentswillnothavetopaytuitionfeesatall.King’shasalongstanding
commitmenttowideningparticipationandwillcontinuetomakeasignificantcontributiontosocialmobilityandraisingaspirations.Wehaveagreednewstrategicpartnershipswithneighbouringuniversities,schoolsandcharitiestobroadenouraccessinitiatives.ProfessorEevaLeinonen,VicePrincipal(Education),wholeadsourWPstrategy,andIlaunchedthefirstofthesewiththeHarrisFederationofSouthLondonSchoolson10May.Finally,wehavecommenced
workonarevisedgeneralstrategyfortheCollege.ItwillnotbeafullyfledgedStrategicPlanlikethatproducedin2006fortheperiodto2016.Muchofthatplanremainsrelevantbutmuchhaschangedinternallyandexternallysince2006.RatherthansettingoutdetailedtargetsandproposalscoveringthefullrangeofCollegeactivities,thenewstrategywilldescribetheCollege’srelationshiptoitsoperatingenvironmentatatimeofsignificantchange,inordertohelpguideinvestmentdecisions.Therevisedstrategywillbeamajortopicofdiscussionthisterm,bothatmyForaandatAcademicBoard,beforeCollegeCouncilconsidersadraftinlateJune.rick trainor, principal
About a third of our home undergraduate students will receive some financial support towards fees or living costs
A word from the principal
Sir Peter Baldwin memorial lecture
HisMajestySultanHajiHassanalBolkiahreceivedanhonorarydegreefromtheChairmanoftheCollegeCouncil,theMarquessofDouro, infrontofanaudiencewhichincludedmanyKing’sstudentsfromBruneion14April.HisMajestyascendedtothethrone
in1967tobecomethe29thSultanofBruneiDarussalam.Throughouthisreign,hehasemphasisedtheneedtoraiseeducationstandardsinordertoproduceknowledgeableandskilledcitizenswhocanenhancetheircompetitivenessintheglobaleconomy,whilemaintainingtheir
Introducing King’s Worldwide continued
Sultan of Brunei awarded honorary degree
His Majesty sultan Haji Hasanal Bolkiah receiving his Honorary degree
traditionalIslamicvaluesandculturalheritage.In1992,hefoundedtheSultan
HajiHassanalBolkiahFoundation,whichfundsscholarshipsforexceptionalBruneianstostudyatworld-renowneduniversities.King’shasbeenpersonallychosenbyHisMajestyasoneoftheuniversitieshisscholarsmayattend,andsince2006theCollegehaswelcomedsome25scholarssupportedbytheFoundationandHisMajesty’sGovernmenteachyear,primarilyinmedicineanddentistry.Withinthelastfiveyears,
HisMajestyhasalsoestablishedtwonewuniversitiesandoneuniversitycollegetomeettheincreasingdemandfortertiaryeducation.ThegovernmentinBrunei
providesfreeeducationfromprimarytotertiarylevel,andthishasresultedina94percentliteracyrateamongthelocalpopulation.HisMajesty’sconnectiontoKing’s
alsoextendstohisfamilymembers.Hisdaughter,HerRoyalHighnessPrincessHajahMajeedahNuurulBolkiah,wasawardedtheCollege’sMAinEnvironment&Developmentin2005,andhisnieceiscurrentlyanundergraduateatKing’s.ThroughtheBruneiMinistryof
Health,HisMajestyisverysupportiveoftheworkbeingundertakeninBruneibytheKing’sDentalInstitute,andtheDean&HeadoftheInstitute,DeputyVicePrincipalProfessorNairnWilson,isaregularvisitortothecountry.TheDentalInstituteannounced
the renewalofanagreement withtheGovernmentofBruneithatseesthreemoreyearsofcollaborationaimedatthedevelopmentofthedentalworkforceinBruneiDarussalam.
Thelow-levelvocationalcoursestakenbymanyyoungpeoplehavelittlevalueinthelabourmarket,suggestsanindependentreviewbyProfessorAlisonWolf.Thereportsuggestsfundingshouldbefocusedmoreonhigh-qualityapprenticeschemes,andthatallyoungpeoplewhodonothavegoodEnglishandmathsGCSEsshouldcontinuetostudythesesubjects.‘Doingagoodapprenticeship
isworthfarmoretoyouinallsortsofwaysthandoingauniversitydegreethatdoesn’tinterestyou,andwhichoftendoesn’thavethatmuchvalueeither,’saidWolf.‘Youngpeopleneedtogetintotheworkplaceandtogetsomerealskillsthatwillservethemwellinlife.Review of Vocational Education - The Wolf ReportwascompiledbyProfessorAlisonWolf,SirRoyGriffithsProfessorofPublicSectorManagementatKing’s,andwaspublishedon3MarchbytheDepartmentofEducation.
AlecturegivenbySirBertMassieCBE,formerChairmanoftheDisabilityRightsCommission,inmemoryofSirPeterBaldwin,KCB,tookplaceintheGreatHallStrandcampuson18April.Thelectureentitled,Policy
Implications of the Social Perceptions of Disabled People,wasverywellattended,andguestsincludedLadyBaldwinandmembersoftheBaldwinFamily,aswellasfriendsandcolleaguesofSirPeter’s.SirPeterBaldwin(1922-2010)was
amemberofKing’sCollegeCouncilfrom1992-2003,ChairmanoftheDelegacyfrom1991-98andamemberoftheBoardofGovernorsofUMDSfrom1993-98.Mostsignificantly,hewasacommittedandenergeticsupporterofthedisabled.Hewaschairmanofmanycharitableandvoluntaryorganisations,includingtheDisabledPersonsTransportAdvisoryCommittee(1984-93),theCharitiesAidFoundation(1994-99),HearingDogsforDeafPeople(1983-86)andRadar(1992-96).In1981,asPermanentSecretary
attheDepartmentofTransport,hewasresponsiblefortheredesignoftheLondonblackcab,alteringittohelppeoplewithdisabilities.Hewasalsoinvolvedintheintroductionoflowfloorsinbuses.Inhiswelcomespeech,
thePrincipal,ProfessorRickTrainor,calledSirPeter‘oneofKing’sheroes’.HespokeaboutSirPeter’simpactandinfluenceontheCollegesaying,“SirPetermadeenormouslyvaluablecontributionstoKing’sanditsconstituentinstitutionsovermanyyears.’SirBertMassieCBE,isaninternationalexpertinequalityandsocialpolicyandhasbeenadisabilityrightscampaignerforsome40years.Inhislecture,hespokeabouthow
attitudestowardsdisabledpeoplehavechangedovertheyears,andtheroleSirPeterplayedinthattransformation.
sir Bert Massie cBe giving memorial lecture
Vocational review
professor wolf on apprenticeships
His Majesty’s connection to King’s also extends to his family members
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addsKeithHoggart.‘Manyofouroverseaspartnersobservethatothersseetheirinternationalagendaasbeingaboutstudentrecruitment.Weseektomakelong-terminvestmentsoftimeandresourceindevelopingkeypartnersandinitiatives.Weknowthiskindofcommitmentisattractivetopotentialstaffandstudentsbutwearenotdoingthisasjustarecruitmentactivity.’
King’s international strategyThestrategyisbasedonmutualityandreciprocity,andfocusedonthefollowingthemes:university partners:Developinginstitution-widecollaborationswithasmallnumberoflike-mindeduniversities,basedonasharedvisionandresearchexcellencethatcontributestohigh-qualityteachingandlearning.AlimitednumberofspecialisedlinkageswillalsobepursuedatSchool/Department/Divisionleveltoenhanceresearchcapacityorthequalityofthestudentexperience.Joint teaching and research:Recognisingthatpartnershipsshouldbebasedonteachingandresearchcollaborationswiththedevelopmentofdualandjointdegreeprogrammes.Global institutes and centres:EncouraginginterestamongstKing’sstaffandstudentsinkeyoverseasnationsthroughthedevelopmentof
teachingandresearchprogrammesatKing’s,focusedonspecificnationsandregions.staff and student mobility:SupportingKing’sstudentstospendpartoftheirdegreeprogrammeatakeypartneroverseasanddevelopingopportunitiesforstaffexchange.international recruitment:Attractingthemosttalentedstaffandstudentsfromallovertheworld.overseas alumni:EngagingoverseasKing’salumniinpromotingdeeperunderstandingoftheirownnation,inassistingKing’sstudentsandinenhancingKing’sinternationalbrand.‘ThesupportandinvolvementofalumnihasenrichedourstrategyasmuchasthatofthestaffandstudentsintheCollegecommunity,’saysKeithHoggart.‘OurglobalnetworkisagreatassetfortheCollege.’developmental partnerships:Buildingaprogrammeofdevelopmentallinkages,especiallywithnationsthatarelesswellpositionedeconomicallythantheUK,inordertoenhanceresearchandteaching/learningcapacitieswithinthesenations.international media outreach:InordertoraisetheprofileofKing’sandpositiontheuniversityasaworldleaderinvariousresearchfields,andhighlightinternationalcollaborationswithkeypartnersandinstitutionsinplaceslikeNorthAmerica,India,ChinaandBrazil.
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toothcellsaremadetoregeneratethetooth.Perivascularcellsarescattered
throughoutthebloodvesselwallsandastheyarepresentinmosthumantissue,theycouldbeutilisedtoprovideaneffectivenaturalmechanismfororganandtissuerepair.
carbon ManagementKing’sbelievesthatprotectionoftheenvironmentisanintegralpartofgoodinstitutionalpractice.TheCollegeiscommittedtomaintainingand,whereverpossible,improvingitswayofoperating,toreduceitsimpactontheenvironment.Aspartofthiscommitment,the
CollegehasadoptedandpublisheditssecondCarbonManagementPlan,whichaimstoreducetheorganisation’scarbonemissionssystematicallybyreducingtheenergytooperateourbuildings.ThissecondCarbonManagement
Plancanbeaccessedbyvisitingthefollowingwebpage:https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/structure/admin/estates/sustainability/carbon-mgn.html.
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visits the Joint Services Command and Staff CollegepAGe 4
Scientists in SportGSK launches London 2012 initiative with King’s to inspire young people into science careers
Atthelaunchofthenew‘ScientistsinSport’educationprogrammedesignedtoinspireyoungpeopleintoarangeofscientificcareers,astudyfoundthateightoutof10secondaryschoolpupilsarenowworriedaboutgettingajobinthefuture.Theresultswerereleasedon
thedaythatLondon2012partnerGlaxoSmithKline(GSK)andKing’s,aWorldAnti-DopingAgency
(WADA)accreditedlaboratory,launchedanationwide‘ScientistsinSport’schoolsoutreachprogramme.Theprogrammecomprisesaseries
offreeeventsrunningbetweennowandtheOlympicandParalympicGamesin2012.Theseeventsofferlocalschoolchildrentheopportunitytoexperienceadayatauniversityandthroughaseriesofsportsbasedlecturesandinteractiveworkshopsaimstoencourage11-14yearoldstudentstotaketheirsciencestudiesfurtherandconsideracareerinscience.Theprogrammelaunchfollowed
GSK’srecentcommitmenttoencouragetheverybestgraduatesintocareersatthecompanyby
reimbursing100percentofuncappedtuitionfeesforallundergraduatesrecruitedintheUKfromSeptember2012.ProfessorRogerMorris,Headof
theSchoolofBiomedicalSciencesatKing’s,said:‘Wearedelightedtowork
Archbishop of Canterbury gives Oration
News in brief
New stem cell researchScientistsfromKing’shaveuncoveredthefirstgeneticevidencethatshowscellsfoundonthesurfaceofbloodvesselscanactasstemcells.Theresearcherscarriedout
experimentsinrodentincisorteeth,whichcontinuouslysharpenthemselvesbytheshearingactionoftheirtips.Thetissuethatislostduringsharpeningmustbecontinuouslyreplaced.Theexperimentshowedthatperivascularcellsactasstemcellsandwhenatoothisdamaged,specificnew
Blood vessel cells inside a tooth
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‘Lest We Forget’ goes live
students conduct spot tests in the lab
the Archbishop of canterbury delivering the King’s commemoration oration at the Great Hall
withGSKindevelopingthenational‘ScientistsinSport’programme.Thescienceunderlyingelitelevelsofperformance,anddetectionofdrugcheats,providesauniqueopportunitytoengagepupilswithhands-onexperiments,andmeetandhear
King’sexpertsexplainhowtheywillmonitorathletesattheLondon2012Games.Theaimoftodayistoinspirestudentstoworkforstrongscience‘A’levelsnow,inordertobeabletostudyatleadingresearchuniversitiessuchasKing’s.’
AnewwebsitehasbeenlaunchedbyArchiveslistingCollegestaffandstudentskilledinthetwoWorldWars–accompaniedbydetailedbiographiesandphotographsofmanyofthewardead.Theongoingprojectisthe
resultofmorethanayearofresearchbyadedicatedteamofvolunteersfromtheUniversityoftheThirdAge,drawingonsourcematerialheldintheArchives.ItishopedthatthewebsitewilleventuallyprovideacomprehensivelistingofthewardeadforKing’sanditspartnerinstitutionsforall20thcenturyconflicts.Thewarmemorialwebsite
canbefoundbyvisitingthefollowingwebpage,http://www.kingscollections.org/warmemorials/.
TheMostRevdandRtHonDrRowanWilliamsdeliveredtheKing’sCommemorationOrationon21MarchattheGreatHall,StrandCampus.InhisOration,entitled‘BigSociety
–SmallWorld?’,DrWilliamstookDavidCameron’smuch-vauntedBigSocietyagendaashisstartingpointandacknowledgedthat,insomequarters,ithasbeen seenas‘aspirationalwaffledesignedtoconcealadeeplydamagingwithdrawalfromitsresponsibilitiestothemostvulnerableinsociety’.Toovercomethisscepticism,he
stressedthatitneededtobe‘amorallyrobustprogrammeforthecommongood,nationallyandinternationally’,whichwouldonlybepossiblewithsome‘sustainedthinkingabouthowcharacter,andinparticularciviccharacter,mightbedevelopedandenhancedbyaddressingthechallengessuchaprojectpresents’.HearguedthattheChurchwas
ideallysuitedtothiskindofthinkingandforbuildingthe‘capacityoflocalcommunitiestosolvetheirproblems’,andthatuniversities,withtheir‘fundamentalpassionfortruth’,hadasimilarroletoplay.Registeringhisconcernabouttheeffectofcutstohighereducationfunding,hecautioned:‘Godhelpus–literally–whenthehumanitiesandthepuresciencescometobeseenasluxuriesin
highereducation,orindeededucationatanylevel.’DrWilliamsexpressedhopethat
theglobalrecessionwouldnowleadtoanewmodelofcapitalism,citingtheexamplesofmicrofinanceschemesinthedevelopingworldandthe
coalitiongovernment’s‘RobinHoodtax’– alevyonfinancialtransactionsforwhichheofferedcautioussupport.FollowingtheOration,LordDouro,
ChairmanofCouncil,conferredanhonorarydegreeonDrWilliamswiththetitleofDoctorofDivinity.
The aim of today is to inspire students to work for strong science ‘A’ levels now
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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
On29MarchHisRoyalHighnessTheDukeofEdinburghreturnedtoShrivenhamtomarkthe10thAnniversaryofhisopeningoftheJointServicesCommandandStaffCollege(JSCSC)wheretheDefenceStudiesDepartmentiscontractedtoprovideacademicsupport.AccompaniedbyAirVice-Marshal
RayLock,theCommandantoftheStaffCollege,(picturedleft),HisRoyalHighnessmetwiththeHeadofSchoolofSocialScience&PublicPolicy,ProfessorDeniseLievesley,andtheDeanofAcademicStudiesandHeadoftheDefenceStudiesDepartment,ProfessorMattUttley,(picturedwiththeirbackstothecamera),beforeundertakingashortceremonymarkingtheanniversary,andattendinganinformalluncheon.TheJSCSCwasformed
temporarilyinBracknellin1997fromtheSingleServicecollegesatGreenwich,CamberleyandBracknell,beforemovingtothenewpurposebuiltbuildingatShrivenhaminAugust2000.ItwasatthispointthattheCollegewasawardedafullacademicsupportcontractandtheDefence
TheCollegehasbegunanambitiousprojecttomoderniseFranklin-WilkinsLibrary,oneofourbusiestandmostcentrallibraries,overthesummer.Amulti-disciplinarylibrary,Franklin-WilkinsLibraryishometoNursing&Midwifery,BiomedicalScienceandasignificantproportionofthesocialsciencescollectionsincludingEducationandManagement.TheLibrary,locatedontheWaterloocampus,boastsofsome320,000visitsperyear.Therewillbeanewentranceand
receptionareaonthefirstfloor,moresocialspaces,spaceforcollaborativestudy,andawalk-inshortloanscollection.TheLibrarywillworkinparallelwiththecateringareasonthegroundandfirstfloorofFranklin-WilkinsBuilding,alsodueforrefurbishment.TheLibraryisclosedforrefurbishmentonTuesday31MayandissettoopenagainonMonday12September.Duringtheclosureperiod,alternativearrangementshavebeenmadetoensurethatstudentsandstaffhaveaccesstoresources–eitheronlineorviaasmall,temporaryFranklin-WilkinscollectionlocatedattheMaughanLibraryinChanceryLane,StrandCampus.Forfurtherinformationvisithttp://
www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/visitors/library/transform
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh pays a visit to the Joint Services Command and Staff College on the 10th anniversary of its opening
As the clock ticks, the somerset House east wing project team, headed by senior project Manager oluchi uduku, forges ahead to deliver the east wing, which will be the new home
of the school of law and King’s cultural Quarter. Much of the renovation and refurbishment reinstates the Grade i listed building to its former glory, restoring many of its lost design
features, including sash windows and original fireplaces. for further images and latest news on the project, please visit www.kcl.ac.uk/somersethouse
2010 Report published
the 2010 King’s college report, now available
All change at Somerset House
Franklin-Wilkins library refurbishment
The2010King’sCollegeLondonReport isnowavailable.Thismagazine-stylepublication,editedbyDrChristineKenyonJones,isproducedtohighstandardsofillustrationanddesignandshowcasesasampleoftheimmenserangeofresearch,teachingandinnovationundertakenatKing’s,providinganexcellentwaytodemonstratethebestofKing’stoopinion-formers,fundingcouncilsandbodies,visitorsandVIPs.Topicsinthiseditioninclude
areviewbyDrMarkMulligan,ReaderinPhysicalGeography,ofhisworkquantifyingandcommunicatingtheimportanceofglobalprotectedareas;anarticlebyProfessorAnneMarieRafferty,HeadoftheFlorenceNightingaleSchoolofNursing&Midwifery,reflectingontwoimportantNightingaleanniversariesandonwhatNightingalestillhastoteachus;around-upofaspectsof‘performance’thathaveputKing’sinthespotlightrecently,rangingfromInigoJonestoQueerStudies;researchonthenature,originsandeffectsofclassandethnicminorityinBritainbyacademicsfromEnglish,GeographyandEducation;anaccountbyDrJonathanMilloftheInstituteofPsychiatryofhowthescienceofepigeneticsiscomplicatingourunderstandingoftherolesofgenes;aninterviewwithProfessorEevaLeinonen,Vice
StudiesDepartmentwascreatedasanacademicdepartmentofKing’sCollegeLondon.TheoriginalStaffCollegescantracetheir
historybackover200yearsandthemodernCollegecontinuesthetraditionofprovidinghighqualitytrainingandeducation-howtothink,
Principal(Education),inwhichsheexplainshowKing’sisleadingthewaytoensurethatuniversitiesequipstudentsforthe21stcenturyworldofwork;anexplorationbyDrGeoffBrowelloftheCollegeArchivesofthelonghistoryofSomersetHouse;aviewofthestudentyearbythePresidentofKCLSU;reflectionsbythePrincipalondevelopmentsatKing’sin2009-10;around-upoftheCollege’snews,andadigestofKing’sfacts,figuresandfinances.Copiesoftheneweditionof
the Report areavailablefrompr@kcl.ac.ukanditcanbeviewedonlineatwww.kcl.ac.uk/media/publications/profile
notwhattothink-forofficersoftheUKandotherArmedForces,CivilServantsandamultitudeofotherorganisations.
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ScientistsattheNationalInstituteforHealthResearch’s(NIHR)BiomedicalResearchCentreforMentalHealthattheInstituteofPsychiatry(IoP)andSouthLondonandMaudsleyNHSFoundationTrust(SLaM)arethefirsttouseanadvancedcomputerprogramtoaccuratelydetecttheearlysignsofAlzheimer’sdiseasefromaroutineclinicalbrainscan.The‘AutomatedMRI’software
automaticallycomparesorbenchmarkssomeone’sbrainscan
imageagainst1200others,eachshowingvaryingstagesofAlzheimer’sdisease.Thiscollectionofimagesisthoughttobethelargestofitskindintheworld. Normallyinroutineclinical
practice,brainscansareusedtosimplyexcludediseasesthatcanmimicAlzheimer’sdisease,buthereautomatedMRIsoftwareisbeingusedforthefirsttimeinaNHSsettingtomakeanearlyandaccuratediagnosisoftheillness. EarlydiagnosisofAlzheimer’sis
clinicallydifficultandpatientswiththeearlysignsarefrequentlynottreateduntiltheirsymptomsbecomestronger.Thenewscanhowevercan
Scientists make skin repair discovery
ResearchersatKing’sandOsakaUniversity(Japan)haveidentifiedspecificbonemarrowcellsthatcantransformintoskincellstorepairdamagedskintissue.Theteamhasuncoveredhow
thisprocessworks,providingnewinsightsintothemechanismsbehindskinrepair.Thissignificantadvancehasthepotentialtorevolutioniseapproachestowoundtreatmentinthefuture.Theresearchshowedthataround
oneinevery450bonemarrowcellshasthecapacitytotransformintoskincellsandregeneratetheskin.Theteamalsoidentifiedthesignalthattriggersrecruitmentofthebonemarrowcellstorepairskin.ProfessorJohnMcGrathisworking
togetherwithcolleaguesatOsakaUniversitytocreateadrugtreatmentthatcanaugmenttissuerepair.Itisexpectedthatthedevelopedtreatmentwillbetestedinanimalmodelsinaboutayearandenterclinicaltrialsshortlyafterwards.
Fast, accurate test for Alzheimer’smanageandorganisetreatmentofthedisease.ThescanhasbeendevelopedbyscientistsattheIoP,togetherwithcolleaguesfromtheKarolinskaHospitalinStockholm.Thesystemisbeing‘fieldtested’
overthenext12monthswithpatientsattendingSLaMmemory
the new scan can return 85 per cent accurate diagnostic results in under 24 hours
News in brief
‘william’ most popular medieval nameAstudyofpersonalnamesrecordedintheAHRC-fundedHenryIIIFineRollsProjecthasrevealedthat‘William’wasthemostcommonnameamongthemenlistedinit.DrBethHartland,oneofthe
ResearchFellowsintheHistoryDepartment,commented:‘WhetherWilliamwillincreaseinpopularityasaboys’nameintheaftermathoftheRoyalWeddingornot,itspopularityinearlythirteenthcenturyEnglandisundoubted’.
test for pre-eclampsia developedScientistsatKing’shavepioneeredanewmethodofidentifyingearlyinpregnancywhichhealthyfirst-timemothersareatriskofdevelopingpre-eclampsia,a potentiallylifethreatening,hypertensiveconditionthatcomplicatesonein20firstpregnancies. LedbyProfessorRobynNorth,
fromtheDivisionofWomen’sHealth,theteamofresearchersanalysedthemedicalandfamilyhistory,lifestylesandclinicalexaminationfindingsofmorethan3,500healthyfirst-timemothersparticipatingintheSCOPEproject,aninternationalstudyintheUK,NewZealand,AustraliaandIreland.Thestudywasfundedbythe
FoundationforResearchandTechnology,NewZealand,Tommy’s,thebabycharity,andGuy’sandStThomas’Charity.
study reveals how the eye is formedScientistsfromthedepartmentofCraniofacialDevelopmentintheDentalInstitute,havediscoveredspecificcellsresponsibleforensuringthatdifferentpartsoftheeyecometogetherduringdevelopment.Thevertebrateeyecontains
manydifferentcomponentsandhasacomplexanatomy.Duringdevelopmentthelensandtheretinacomefromcompletelydifferenttissues,whichraisethequestionofhowtheyarealignedtoformafunctionaleye.Thesefindingssignificantly
enhanceunderstandingofhowthedifferentcomponentsoftheeyeareorganisedintoafunctionalorgan,andthereforerevealcluesastothepossiblecausesofcongenitalmalformationsthatleadtolife-longvisualimpairment.
return85percentaccuratediagnosticresultsinunder24hours. Anearlydiagnosisallowssomeone
toplantheircarebeforetheconditionworsens-helpingtopreventinstitutionalisation,dramaticallyimprovingtheirqualityoflife. Itisalsoacosteffectiveandefficientwayto
History Department’s Latin play
the cast of ludus de Antichristo
Bone marrow cells (green) can regenerate skin
TheHistoryDepartmentpresenteditsannualMedievalLatinPlayon1AprilintheCollegeChapel.Thisyear’sproductionwasLudusdeAntichristo(PlayoftheAntichrist)and,asever,wasperformedintheoriginalLatin.Thiswasthesixthsuchevent,
andthefirsttobeperformedwithanoriginalscore(byAlessiaMankovskaya)andEnglishsubtitles.TheperformancewaswidelypublicisedbothwithintheCollege,andtohistoriansandclassiciststhroughouttheUK.TheLudusdeAntichristowas
writteninGermanyinthelate12thcentury,inrhymingLatinverse.ItnarratesthecomingofAntichrist,who
attemptstoconvincetheworldthatheisChristreturned.Intheplay,theKingsofEuropeandAsia,theChurchandtheJewsallsubmittoAntichrist,andhisvictoryseemsfinal,tillheisdestroyedatthelastmomentbyGod’spower.TheplaywasdirectedbyJose
ManuelGandia,astudentonRADA’sMAinTextandPerformance.ThebulkofthecastandcrewwerestudentsintheHistoryDepartment’sMAinMedievalHistory,buttherewasfurtherparticipationfromstudentsintheDepartmentsofFrench,Music,EnglishandClassics,andfromRADA,QueenMary’sandtheCourtauldInstitute.Allthose
involvedcommentedontheirhighlevelofenthusiasmandcommitment,andonthepositivefeedbacktheyhadreceived.TheLatinplayisanoptional
activityforstudentsontheHistoryDepartment’sLatinforGraduatescourse.DanielHadas,whoteachesthiscourse,commented:‘Itwasdelightfultowatchthegrowingcommitmentofmystudents’throughouttheyear,andtoseeafinalproductthatcombineddramaticexcitementwithconfidentuseoftheLatinlanguage.Latinisusuallycalledadeadlanguage,andfewLatinteacherscanhavethepleasureofseeingitcometolifesovividly.’
servicesinCroydon,LambethandSouthwark. The‘fieldtest’willalsoprovideasupplyofresearchgradeimages,whichhasimportantimplicationsforthedevelopmentofthenextgenerationofdrugsfordementiaandindividualisedtreatments.
Exclusive interview with King’s alumnus and stand-up comedian, Tom Rosenthal pAGe 6
An early diagnosis allows someone to plan their care before their condition worsens
King’s has developed test for pre-eclampsia
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King’salumnusTomRosenthalisstarringinChannel4’snewsitcomseriesFriday Night Dinner,writtenbyformerPeep Show producer,RobertPopper.Tom,whoperformsalongside
actorsTamsinGreig,SimonBirdandPaulRitter,playsyoungestateagentJonnyGoodman.Goodmanisthe‘annoying’youngerbrothertoAdam(playedbySimonBirdofTheInbetweenersfame)andsontoJackie(TamsinGreig,featuredinhitshowssuchasBlackBooks&GreenWing).Tomcommented:‘Theshowissemi-autobiographicalaboutRobertPopper’slife.Mycharacter,Jonny,isactuallybasedonRoberthimself.’TomgraduatedfromKing’sin2010
readingPhilosophyandhassincethenexpandedwithinthecomedycircuit.HehaswonParamount Funniest Student 2009,wasafinalistinChortle Student Comedy Awards,andmostrecentlyannouncedLeicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2011.RecallinghistimeatKing’sTomsaid:‘IlovedmytimeatKing’s;itwasgreattobepartofsuchaprestigiousinstitution.DoingPhilosophy,Iwouldhavetoreadabookbeforeagigandreadabookafteragig!Ilookbackveryfondlyonmytimethere.’Whenaskedabouthisfutureplans,
Tomsaid:‘Iwanttokeepdoingstand-upandimprovemyperformances..IamalsothrilledthatwegettomakeanotherseriesofFriday Night Dinner.ItwasgreattoworkwithactorssuchasTamsinandAdam;I’mabigfanoftheirwork.Itwasoneofthebesttimesofmylife,andthecast,crewandproductionteamwereatotalprivilegetoworkwith.’Tom’smaincomedygigthisyearis
therunofhisshowChild of PrivilegeattheEdinburghFestivalfrom3-29August,andheisalsoappearinginChicken Soup with BarleyattheRoyalCourtTheatrefrom2June-to 9July.SeeTominFriday Night Dinner,
www.channel4.com/programmes/friday-night-dinner/4od
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KCLBC DubaiKing’sawardwinningstudententerprisesociety,theKing’sCollegeLondonBusinessClub(KCLBC),recentlyledaforumdiscussiononenterpriseintheMiddleEast&NorthAfricaregion(MENA)inassociationwithDubaiCollegeintheUnitedArabEmirates. Attendedby20KCLBCmembers
onatriptoDubaiandaninvitedaudienceofDubaiCollege,thesessiondiscussedthreekeytopicareas;thecurrentandfutureeconomicprospectsintheGulfandwiderMENAregion;Dubaiasaplacetodobusiness–aworldcommercialandfinancialcentre;andcareersinDubai(inrelationto
Cora(LingLing)Xu,astudentatKing’sstudyingforhermaster’sinAssessmentEducation,wasselectedtoattendtheacclaimedannualSt.GallenSymposiuminMay.Corawasjoinedbyover600distinguishedleadersinthefieldsofscience,businessandpolitics,aswellasotheryoungtalentedentrepreneurs.Corawasselectedforthe
St.GallenSymposiumExcellenceAward,alongwithanother200studentsfromaroundtheworld.Theeventdiscussestopical
issuesinmanagementandassesses
King’s representative at St. Gallen Symposium careersinLondon).Thepanelof
speakerswasdrawnfromalumniofbothKing’sandDubaiCollege.Inaddition,aseriesofhigh
profileengagementswithsomeofthecorporateworld’sleadingnamesacrosslaw,banking,consultingandtechnologyprovidedanopportunitytolearnabouttheregionfirsthand.Thedelegationmetwith,amongothers,DubaiChamberofCommerce,SNRDenton,Linklaters,DLAPiper,Ernst&Young,ICICIBank,SAP,JumeirahGroupandEmiratesAirlines.AndrewDoyle,KCLBC’s
InternationalRelationsDirector,whochairedthepaneldiscussionand
tom rosenthal currently starring in channel4’s friday Night dinner
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You talkin’ to me?!Comment catches up with King’s Alumnus Tom Rosenthal, as he talks about his new sitcom Friday Night Dinner, and prepares for his London and Edinburgh shows
theinterrelationshipsbetweenbusiness,politicsandsociety.Overthreedays,participantsareinvitedtoanarrayofconferencesandseminarswherecurrentaffairsandexperttheoriesaredebated.Corasaid:‘Ienjoyedthe
plenarysessionswherethepoliticiansandentrepreneursgavetalks,andthefocusgroupswherewedebatedandcreated.Wedebatedwiththeleaders
oftodayandsuggestednewideas,butIalsowantedtoenrichmythoughtsandlookatthingsindifferentways.’
isalsoafinalyearstudentintheDepartmentofManagementatKing’s,commented‘Wearealwayshearingaboutthegrowingimportanceofbusinessinaninternationalcontextandthisisexactlywhatthisprogrammeallowedustoexplore.TheMiddleEastisastrategicallyimportantregionoftheworldandissettocontinuetogrowininfluence.Therewasnobetterwayfortheparticipantstolearnfirsthandabouttheregion’sgrowthanditsopportunitiesthantoflyoutthereandexperienceitfortheweek,meetingsomeveryinfluentialandinsightfulpeople’.
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Katherine Rabson Stark on her career, and her vision for the East Wing of Somerset HousepAGe 8
MembersofStudentsinFreeEnterprise(SIFE)atKing’sandstudentsfromotheruniversities,includingNottinghamandSheffield,haverecentlyreturnedfromacycletourofUgandatoraisefundsforthecharityWeCan-UGan,whichpromotestheeducationofvulnerablechildreninUgandaandrebuildswar-torncommunitiesreturningfromrefugeecamps.SIFEisanestablishedorganisation
atKing’s;studentsapplybusinessconceptstodevelopoutreachprojectsthataimtobenefitpeopleandcommunitiesinneed,andthestudentsthemselvesdeveloptheirownskills,mouldingthemintosociallyresponsiblebusinessleaders.ThestudentsjumpedatthechancetogetinvolvedwithWeCan-UGanandtomakeadifferenceintheLangosub-regionofUgandabyteachinglocalpeoplebusinessethicsandentrepreneurialskills.King’sSIFEworkedinpartnership
withaUgandancharityentitledHopeRevivalAgencyforRuralDevelopment(HORARD),thatprovideshealtheducationforlocalcommunities,andsupportslocalbusinesses.Thecharityisbuildingaprimary,secondaryandvocationalschoolforchildrenwhohavesurvivedthe20yearcivilwarinNorthernUganda.WeCan-UGanhopedtoraiseasufficientamountofcapitalforHORARDtoimplementtheirplansforeducationacrossLangocommunities.ThestudentswhoventuredtoUgandaforthecycletourvisitedatotalof53schools.
WeCan-UGan: SIFE members cycling in Uganda
On11March,KCLSUelecteditsfirst-everallfemalestudentofficerteam.Arecord4,024voteswerecast.Theresultswereasfollows:Hannah BarlowPresidentsimi smithVicePresidentAcademicAffairsHolly walshVicePresidentStudentActivities&Facilitiesfran AllfreyVicePresidentStudentMedia&Engagement.HannahBarlowisthefirstfemale
presidentsince2000/01.TherearealsotwonewStudentTrusteesfortheBoard:AlirezaShiraziNejadandFazleyWaliAhmed.Allsixstudentswilltakeofficefrom1August.
KCLSUhasachievedtheSilverStandardfortheGreenImpactStudent’sUnionaccreditationschemeforcollaboratingwithREADInternationaltorecyclebooksandtheuseofefficientfluorescentbulbsandLEDlighting.Nextyear,KCLSUaimtogettheGoldStandard.Thisinvolvesdoingourbitfortheenvironmentandencouragingenvironmentallypositivesocialbehavioursinstaffandstudents.
Green recognition for KCLSU
KCLSU election result
students at Arwotcek school in Amolatar district, uganda
Lion’s Den winners announcedTenKing’sstaffandstudentswerehonouredfortheirbigideasandentrepreneurialspirit,andbenefitedfromatotalof£10,000prizemoneyanddevelopmentfunding,atthe2010-11King’sCollegeLondonGraduateBusinessPlanCompetitionfinals.Thefinals,sponsoredbyRawlinson
andHunter,sawteamspitchingtheirownbusinessplansinfrontofpeers,mentorsandbusinessexperts,andfeaturedawiderangeofideasfromhealthtodigitalandtechnologyventures.Thebiggestwinnersofthe
nightwereAdamCrymble,MonaSandkühlerandMarkTaylor,whowereawardedtheLion’sDenDevelopmentprizeof£7,000fortheirbusinessidea,MyScholar.Thisaimstoprovideonline,personalised,one-on-onemathstutoringtostudentsacrosstheUK.MyScholaralsowon£1,000worthofmarketresearchservicesfromMarketestLtd.ThewinneroftheKing’sBusiness
start-upprizeof£1,000wasScrapAttack.Teammembers,KyleHansen,MelissaO’YoungandRyanWard,wanttocollectfoodwastefromUKeateriesandtransformitintoenvironmentally-friendly,high-quality,saleablecompost,tohelpalleviatetheUK’sfoodwasteproblem.
TosinAkingbadeandAbbasLawaofelearnNGLtd,wontheLion’sDenBigIdeaprizeof£1,000,fortheirideatoprovideelectroniclearningsolutionstoteachinginstitutionsinNigeria.AntonKrawezandPatapiaTzotzoli
wontheBestPitchprizeof£1,000foriConcipio,theirbusinessideathataimstosupportthepsychologicalandgenericneedsofhighereducationstudentswithawebsitefeaturingself-learningtechniquesandvideos. DrAlisonCampbell,whoheads
King’sCollegeLondonBusiness,said:‘ThecompetitionreallyshowcasestheinnovationthatisthrivingatKing’s.EntrantsgoontobecometheinnovatorsofthefutureandKing’sisproudtobeapartoftheirentrepreneurialjourney.’
King’s entrepreneurs celebrate success at winning a total of £10,000 prizes in the lion’s den 2010-11
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tell us about your career.AsachildIveeredbetweenwantingtoworkintheartsandbecomingafarmer.UnsurprisinglyIleftschoolwithnoclearideaofwhatIwantedtodo,otherthansomethingwhichwasintellectuallychallengingthatIcouldgetpassionateabout.ManyyearslaterIfeelIhaveachievedthis.Iworkwithandalongsidetheartsandamazingacademicsandcolleaguesonstimulatingandfascinatingprojectsandhaveafamilylifethatincludesasmallholding,chickensandbees.SoIdofeelthatsomewherealongthelineIhavemadetherightdecisions.King’shasplayedalargerolein
mylife.Icamehere12yearsagofollowinganarchaeologicaldegreeatCambridgeandabriefsojournattheUniversityofWales,Lampeter.AfterastintinExternalRelationsImovedintoKing’sBusinessin1999
Global University PartnersTheCollegenowhassevenglobalinstitutionaluniversitypartnersandtwonewacademicliaisonsforthesepartners;ProfessorDeclanMurphyandProfessorTonyNg.Theliaisonacademicsfor
King’sglobaluniversitypartnersareProfessorDeclanMurphy(IoP)fortheUniversityofHongKong,DrJonWilson(History)fortheJawaharlalNehruUniversity,ProfessorTonyNg(RandallInstitute)fortheNationalUniversityofSingapore,ProfessorDavidRicks(HellenicStudies)fortheUniversityofNorthCarolina,ProfessorEllen
Katharine Rabson Stark is Director of Strategic Development for Arts & Sciences, at King’s Strand Campus
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andworkedundertheveryfirstwaveofThirdStreamfunding,toestablishmorelinkswithculturalandartisticorganisations.WewerethefirstinstitutionintheUKtofocusonthisareaoftheeconomy,prioritizingitalongsidepharmaceuticalandhealthcarecompanies,andIhavealwaysfeltprideinhelpingKing’sambitionsinthisfield.
please describe your current role.Myroleishardtoexplain,butIsupposeatitsheartisensuringthattheEastWingofSomersetHousebecomeseverythingKing’shopesitcouldbe–andmore.WhenIstarted,therolewasdescribedtomeasan‘orchestrator’:it’samixtureofthehighlystrategicandthehighlypractical.IleadontheCollege’sinteractionwithSomersetHouseTrust;workwiththeLawSchooltoensurethatthebuildinganditsre-designfitsandfulfilstheSchool’sneedsandforwardplans;liaisedailywiththeEstatesteam,architectsandprojectmanagersonrequirementssuchastheAVsystemsanddesign,furniturespecifications,receptiondesksanddigitalsignageandensurethatthebuildingfulfilstheCollege’sambitiontobeabridgebetweentheworldsofacademiaandthearts.ThankgoodnessforthefantasticOluchiUdukuinEstates&Facilities,wholeadstheprojectteamandputsupwithmyconstantquestions!
what do you most enjoy about your work?Ilovetalkingwithcolleaguesaboutideasandthenworkingoutwaysofmakingthemhappen.
Have there been any particularly exciting aspects to your work on the east wing?EverytimeIgointotheEastWingIgetexcited.It’seasytogetcaughtupintheminutiae,andgoingintothebuildingremindsmewhywearetransformingthisimportantpieceofrealestateandallowsmetoenvisage
Book on your bedside tableAtthemomentitveersfromthesublime(thewonderfulThinking in PlacebyCarolBecker,DeanofArtsatColumbia)totheridiculouslyescapist(Sanctum,thefirstnovelbymyfriendSimonToyne).
favourite holiday destinationThetipofCornwallaroundPenzanceiswhereIwentasachildandwhereIwilltakemychildren.Walkingthe100-mileChamonixtoZermattHauteRoutesticksinmymindasthemostmemorableyetexhaustingholiday.
proudest work momentIstillgetathrillwhenIrealisethattheveryknowledgeableanderuditepersonthathaswokenmeupontheTodayprogrammeisactuallysomeoneIworkwith.
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King’sstaffareinvitedtoattendtheeighthannualAlumniWeekendthisJune.ThisyearthethemeisJourneyoftheSenses,andwehopethattheweekendoflectures,tours,socialmeetingsandmusicalperformanceswillprovetobeadelightfulsensoryexperience.Pleasevisitwww.alumni.kcl.ac.uk
forinformationonalltheeventstakingplace.Thereisalsoalimitednumberoffreestaffplaces,sopleasecontacttheAlumni&CommunityRelationsOfficetobook.
ThroughoutFebruaryandMarch,alumnioftheCollegehavebeenputtingontheirvolunteerhatsandhelpingourstudentsbygettinginvolvedwitharangeofcareerseventsorganisedbytheCareersDepartmentandStudentSocieties.Bysharingtheirknowledgeand
advicewithstudents,alumnienablestudentstogainfromtheirexperiencesandexpertise.Itisofgreatbenefittoourstudentstolearnfromthosewhohavebeentherebeforeandgivesthemaboostbeforetheyembarkontheircareers,whichissoimportantinthecurrentjobsmarket.
Alumni lend a hand
Alumni Weekend – journey of the senses
theimpactthatKing’scanmake,internallyandexternally,throughdoingso.
what would you like to see in the east wing by this time next year?TheEastWingwillbealivingbuildingwithanenormousvarietyof
activities.TheLawSchoolwillbeopen–stretchingoutandlovingitsnewhome,particularlythespecialelementssuchasthestudentandstaffcommonroomsandtheMootCourt.TheKing’sCulturalQuarterwillbefullofartisticandintellectuallystimulatingdiscussionanddisplay
forpublicconsumption.Andtheprestigiousandcutting-edgeteachingspacesonthefirstfloor,withtheirmagnificentviewsandfacilities,willbeattractinggovernments,industryandpublicbodiestoexperiencewhattheCollegehastooffer.Ican’twait.
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TwoprestigiousalumniofKing’shaverecentlybeenappointedasBishopsofSalisburyandLincoln,respectively.HerMajestytheQueenapproved
thenominationoftheReverendNicholasRoderickHoltham,VicarofSaintMartin-in-the-FieldsintheDioceseofLondon,forelectionasBishopofSalisburyinsuccessiontotheRightReverendDrDavidStaffurthStancliffe.NicholasHoltamgrewupin
NorthLondon.HereadGeographyatDurhamandtrainedforordinationatKing’sCollegeLondonandWestcottHouse,Cambridge.NicholashasbeenatStMartin-in-the-Fieldssince1995,buthashadalongassociationwiththeDiocese. HehadhisfirstcuracyatStDunstanandAllSaintsStepneyandalsospentsevenyearsinLondon’sDocklandsasVicarofChristChurchandSaintJohnwithSaintLuke’sIsleof
AnewHeadhasbeenannouncedfortheworld’slargestdepartmentofDigitalHumanities,atKing’s.ProfessorAndrewPrescott,whowilltakeuptheappointmenttotheChairofDigitalHumanitiesthissummer,isaformercuratorofmanuscriptsattheBritishLibrary.Andrewhasalsoworkedin
theHumanitiesResearchInstituteatSheffieldUniversityandiscurrentlyDirectorofResearchatHumanitiesAdvancedTechnologyandInformationInstituteatthe
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estates and facilities achieves ‘chartered Manager’IanArmitage,theStrandCampusOperationsManager,hasrecentlybeenawardedthetitleofCharteredManager,aspartoftheEstates&FacilitiesDirectorateembeddedManagementDevelopmentProgramme.Itisawardedbasedonprovenapplicationandexpertiseinleadingpeopleandmanagingchange.CMIbelievethatIanisthefirstKing’semployeetobeawardedthisstatus.SueToon(CMIProgramme
Tutor)said,‘Iandemonstratedthathewasinnovativeandcreativeinlookingatnewwaysofworking,whichnotonlyobtainedcostsavings,butchangedthecultureandmergedthetwoareasofEstates&Facilitiesintooneteam.’
duel day across the globeKing’salumniChristopherDavis(Medicine,1976)andAngelaCrowdy(Spanish&Portugese,1984)adoptanappropriateposeattheDuelDaydinnerattheNationalPressClubinWashingtonDC.AttheendofMarch,former
studentsaroundtheworldcelebratedthe182ndanniversaryofthefamouspistolduelbetweentheDukeofWellingtonandtheEarlofWinchilseaoverthefoundingofKing’sCollegeLondon.Alumnibranchestookinspirationfromthehistoriceventandorganisedthemedpartieswithfancydress,andre-enactmentsoftheduel.Gatheringswereheldinten
cities,includingBeijing,Zagreb,Singapore,andofcourse,London.
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professor Andrew prescott reverend Nicholas Holtham
King’s alumni appointed as Bishops
Dogs.NicholashasmadeasignificantcontributiontotheDioceseofLondonnotleastintherenewalofthebuildings,whilenurturingthemanyregularandvisitingmembersofhiscongregation ThePrimeMinisterrecently
appointedtheVenerableChristopherLowsonas72ndBishopofLincoln.BorninCo.Durham,ChristophercompletedhisstudiesatKing’sCollegeLondonandinStAugustine’sCollege,Canterbury(AKC).HewasordaineddeaconintheDioceseofSouthwarkin1977,andspentfiveyearsasacurateinRichmondinsouthwestLondon.HisfirstpostinchargeofaparishwasHolyTrinityEltham.Afternineyearshewasappointedtobe
vicarofPetersfield,amarkettowninHampshire.ChristopherhasbeenDirectorofMinistryfortheChurchofEnglandsinceFebruary2006.
Hesaid:‘ItwasagreathonourtobeinvitedtobeBishopofLincoln,andmyinstinctwastoaccept.’
New Digital Humanities Head
UniversityofGlasgow.King’sworld-renownedCentre
forComputingintheHumanitieshasrecentlychangeditsnametotheDepartmentofDigitalHumanities(DDH).DigitalHumanitieshaslongbeenrecognisedbytheCollegeasanacademicdisciplineinitsownright,thefirstinstitutionintheworldtodoso,andthenewnamereflectsboththisandKing’scontinuedsupportforitsteachingandresearchactivities.DDHisaninternationalleaderin
theapplicationoftechnologyintheartsandhumanities,andinthesocialsciences.TheprimaryobjectiveofDDHistostudythepossibilitiesofcomputingforartsandhumanitiesscholarshipand,incollaborationwithlocal,nationalandinternationalresearchpartners,todesignandbuildapplicationswhichrealisethesepossibilities,particularlythosewhichproduceonlineresearchpublications.AndrewPrescottcommented:
‘IamveryexcitedtobejoiningadepartmentoftheoutstandingstatureofDDH.IcongratulateKing’sCollegeLondononitsvisionandambitionininvestinginthedevelopmentofthedigitalhumanitiesatthisvitaltimeinitsdevelopment.’
King’sCollegeLondonandImperialCollegeLondonaresettoembarkontwonewexcitingandinnovativeventures,incollaborationwithworldleadersintheareasofmedicalresearchandmedicalimaging.Theywilljointhepartnersbehind
theworld-leadingmedicalresearchinstitute:theUKCentreforMedicalResearchandInnovation(UKCMRI).UKCMRI’sgoalistounderstandhowlivingthingsworkandtousethatknowledgeforthebenefitofhumanity.Itwillfindwaystopreventandtreatdiseasesaffectingpeopletoday–includingcancers,infectiousdiseases,disordersoftheimmunesystem,andneurodegeneration.Thepioneeringlaboratorieswillbecomeaworld-classfacilityformedicalresearchwith1,500staff,strengtheningtheUK’sreputationasacentreforexcellenceformedicalscience.ImperialandKing’shave
eachsignedaMemorandumofUnderstandingexpressingtheirintenttojointheexistingpartnerswhichincludefouroftheworld’sleadingmedicalresearchorganisations:theMedicalResearchCouncil,CancerResearchUK,theWellcomeTrustandUCL.ImperialandKing’swouldeachcontribute£40milliontothedevelopmentofthenewinstitutetomatchthecontributionfromthefoundingacademicpartnerUCL.ProfessorRickTrainor,Principal
said:‘King’sisdelightedtohavereachedthismilestoneinnegotiatingitsparticipationinUKCMRI.Havingsuchastrongpoolofexpertsworkingcollaborativelyunderoneroofinthisworld-leadingfacilityformedicalresearchandinnovationhasthepotentialtodeliverrealadvancesin
scienceandhealthresearch.’Alongsidethisproject,King’s,
ImperialandUCL,havealsosignedanagreementtojoinauniquepartnershipwiththeMedicalResearchCouncil(MRC)andpharmaceuticalcompanyGlaxoSmithkline(GSK).Theywillbecomeequalshareholdersinanewlycreatedjointventure,atGSK’sClinicalImagingCentre,whichwillgivetheUKresearchcommunityaccesstoworld-classmedicalimaging
facilitiesinLondon.The£47mcentreonImperial
CollegeLondon’sHammersmithHospitalcampushascarriedoutGSK-dedicatedresearchinclosecollaborationwithacademicresearcherssinceitopenedin2007.Underthenewarrangements,theresearchandtechnicalexpertiseofthefourpartnerswillhelptodrivethecentreintonewareasandapplicationsofimaging.
MinisterforUniversitiesandScienceDavidWillettssaid:‘ThroughoutthesedifficulteconomictimesweneedtofindinnovativewaysofensuringUKbiosciencemaintainsitsleadingedge.ThisagreementwithGSKwillenabletheMRCtorunaworldclassfacilitywiththreetopLondoninstitutions,givingthemaccesstostateoftheartequipmentandbenefittingresearchersacrossacademiaandindustry.’
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Brazil InstitutePioneering the study of contemporary Brazil and expanding links with universities, business and governmentSinceitslaunchinOctober2010,theBrazilInstitutehasbecomethefocalpointforBrazil-relatedactivitiesacrossKing’s,andaimstocontributetoagrowinginterdisciplinaryinterestinBrazilamongbothstudentsandacademics.‘Overthelastthreedecades,Brazil
hasopeneduptotheworld,andtheworldhasbecomemuchmoreawareofitsimportanceandgrowinginfluence,’saysDirector,ProfessorAnthonyPereira.‘ButknowledgeofBrazillagsbehindthecountry’snewprominence,sotheBrazilInstitutehasbeencreated,inpart,tofillthatgap.’On6-7ofApril,theInstitute
hostedaconferencemarkingthefirsthundreddaysofthenewgovernmentandthefirstfemalepresidentinBrazil’shistory,DilmaRousseff.TheconferenceinvolvedakeynotepanelwithtradelawyerDurvaldeNoronhaandtheHighGeneralRepresentativeofMercosur,AmbassadorSamuelGuimarães.InJunetheBrazilInstitutewillspearheadthevisitofagroupofKing’sacademicstotheUniversityofSãoPaulo,wherefuturecollaborationwillbediscussed.WhilefocusingonBrazil,the
InstitutehasbeenformedwiththewiderKing’sWorldwidestrategyinmind.AlongwithotherglobalinstitutesandcentrestheBrazilInstitutewillenhanceitspositionasaworld-leadinguniversity,withadistinguishedreputationforresearchexcellenceandcollaborativethinking.‘TheBrazilInstitutewillallowstudentsandstafftoresearchBrazilinthecontextofotheremergingpowerssuchasChinaandIndia,andnotjustLatinAmerica,’saysPereira.Pereira’svisionisofanInstitute
whoseresearchactivitiesmatchthecomplexity,dynamism,andexuberanceofBrazilitself.‘Inarelativelyshorttime,theKing’sBrazilInstitutecouldbecomethebestinstituteofitskindinEurope.WeareexpandingourlinksbeyondKing’swithBrazilianuniversities,businesses,
creativeandculturalsectors,foundations,andgovernment.’Newstaffhavebeenhiredwith
theappointmentsreinforcingthefocusonthestudyofcontemporaryBrazil.MajorresearchthemesrevolvearoundthechallengesforBrazilinthe21stcentury:culture,identity,andreligion;economicdevelopment,
trade,andinternationalrelations;science,energy,andtheenvironment;andgovernance,citizenship,andthequalityofurbanlife.‘2011-12promisestobeavery
excitingyearforus,’saysPereira.‘OurnewstaffwillarriveandwewillhaveourfirstcohortsofstudentsintheMAandPhDprogrammes.’
ThethreenewfacultymembershavealreadystartedworkingtogetheronthevisittotheUniversityofSãoPaulo–theyaresociologistAlvaroComin,geographerJeffGarmany,andfilmstudiesscholarMaiteConde.Theirexpertisecoversareassuchaseconomics,education,urbanandregionaldevelopment,globalisation,religion,theenvironment,cinemaandculture.Inaddition,anewMA,BrazilinGlobalPerspective,andPhDprogramme,havebeenapproved.Pereiraisconsideringothercross-
appointments,sothatthenumberofresearcherswithaninterestinBrazilisenhanced.‘WehaveastronglinkwithGeography,History,theDepartmentofSpanish,Portugese&LatinAmericanStudies,andtheCamõesInstitute,amongstwhosemembersareacknowledgedworldleadersintheirareasofresearch.’‘Thedefiningcharacteristic
ofKing’sBrazilInstituteisitsblendofinternationalismandinterdisciplinarity,’hesays.‘TheInstituteencouragesresearchersnotjusttostudyBrazil,buttoworkwithBrazilianpartnersonmutually-beneficialprojects.’King’swasthefirstBritishuniversitytohaveapartnershipwithFAPESP,theresearchcouncilofthestateofSãoPaulo.King’sandFAPESParenowreviewingresearchproposalsinwhichKing’sfacultywhoteamupwithacolleaguebasedinthestateofSãoPaulocanbejointlyfunded.‘Throughourwork,perhaps
someofthestereotypesandclichésaboutBrazilcanbequestionedandsuperseded,”saysPereira.‘Brazilandtheworldfacecriticalchallengesintheyearsaheadandwehopetohelppeoplemakemoreinformedanalysesofthosechallengesinacriticalandengagedway.’
octavio frias de oliveira Bridge são paulo, opened in May 2008
Media watchMega-quake & tsunamiDrBruceMalamud,ReaderinNatural&EnvironmentalHazards,Geography,wasinterviewedbyAlJazeera,Xinhua(China)andRussiaToday.
Nuclear crisisDrMatthewMoranandCarlMiller,International
byProfessorIreneHigginson,CicelySaundersInstituteforPalliativeCare.TheresultswerereportedinDaily TelegraphandTimes of India.
pakistan & Bin-ladenProfessorAnatolLieven,WarStudies,wasinterviewedbytheBBC,FoxNewsandRTE(Ireland),reactingtothedeathofBin-Laden.Hisnewsanalysisappearedin
The TimesandInternational Herald Tribune.Lievenalsowroteanop-edforNew York TimesonwhytheTalibanshouldbeincludedinpeacetalks.DrJohnGearson(WarStudies)commentedonthesecurityrisksfollowingthedeathinvariousUKnationalmedia.
Genes & alcoholProfessorGünterSchumannandcolleagues,InstituteofPsychiatry,discoveredagenethatplaysaroleinregulatingalcoholconsumption.ReportedbyReuters,Daily Mail,PressAssociation,CNBC,ITV,Fox
News,XinhuaandTimes of India.
Arab uprisingsDrAshrafMishrif,MiddleEast&MediterraneanStudies,commentedontheEgyptianuprisingsonBBCWorldServiceandSkyNews,andMadawial-Rasheed,ProfessorofAnthropologyofReligion,Theology&ReligiousStudiestalkedaboutSaudiArabiaforBBCandNew York Times.
education reformProfessorAlisonWolf,DepartmentofManagement,completedher
CentreforSecurityAnalysis,wroteforProspectaboutlessonsthatcanbelearnedfromtheFukushimacrisis.NickButler,DirectoroftheKing’sPolicyInstitute,wroteintheFinancial Timesabouttheimpactthecrisiswouldhaveontheenergysector.
palliative careMorepeoplewouldratherimprovethequalityoftheirlifeiftheywereterminallyillthanlengthenit,accordingtoastudy
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The King’s Brazil Institute could become the best institute of its kind in Europe
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fulbright exchange participants announcedKing’sisdelightedtowelcomeTheodorosMilonopoulosandJ.BrianCasseltoparticipateinthisyear’sFulbrightexchangeprogramme.AgraduateofStanford,Theo
hasservedforthelasttwoyearsasaresearchassistanttoCondoleezaRice.Theowillstudycivil-militaryrelationsanddiversityinthearmedforcesatKing’s.BrianreceivedhisPhDin
psychologyfromCityUniversityofNewYork.HeissenioranalystattheMasseyCancerCenterofVirginiaCommonwealthUniversity.Brianteachescoursesonhealthcareethicsandscience-and-religionstudies.HewillbeworkingwithDrIreneHigginsonatKing’sCicelySaundersInstituteonacollaborativeresearchproject.
A musical ‘thank you’ ThePrincipalhostedthe12thannualPrincipal’sConcertson29MarchintheGreatHall.Over400donorstotheWorldquestions|King’s answers fundraisingcampaignattendedoneoftwoperformancesontheday.ThePrincipalexpressedhisgratitudeforthephilanthropyshownbyoursupporters.TalentedmusiciansfromboththeKing’sMusicDepartmentandtheKCLJazzsocietyentertainedtheafternoonandeveningaudiences.Forfurtherinformationabout
supportingtheCollege,visitwww.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers
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educationreviewfortheGovernment.ThefindingswerereportedinDaily Telegraph, Daily Mail, GuardianandSkyNews,amongothers.
electoral reform & AVProfessorVernonBogdanor,InstituteofContemporaryHistory,wasinterviewedbymultiplemediaoutletsontheAVreferendum.HiscommentsappearedinGuardian,BBCNews,Observer, Daily Telegraph, Economist, Evening Standard,andNew Statesman.
contemporary indiaDrSunilKhilnani,DirectoroftheIndiaInstitute,wasinterviewedbyEastern EyeandThe Telegraph(India).
HewasprofiledinThe Hindu,withhisplansfortheInstitute,asaplatformformajorIndia-relatedevents.
london airAstudyledbyProfessorFrankKelly’s
EnvironmentalResearchGroupfoundthattheLondon
congestionchargehasnotimprovedairquality.ReportedbyReuters,GuardianandBBC.HewasalsointerviewedbyITVNews,BBCNews,Channel4NewsandIndependentaboutthesmogalert.
Maxwell’s 150th2011marksthe150thanniversaryoftwoofMaxwell’smostimportantachievements,bothaccomplishedwhilehewasatKing’s.AnniversaryreportedinNatureandThe Economist.
cyber securityDrRichardOverill,Informatics,
seriousrepercussions.
royal weddingProfessorDavidCarpenter,HistoryDepartment,wasinterviewedbyforeignbroadcastersaboutWestminsterAbbey.ProfessorRichardDrayton,History,wasinterviewedforNew York Timesonthelineofsuccession.
1861: Clerk Maxwell’s greatest yearFlashback traces the achievements of James Clerk Maxwell, one of the world’s greatest physicists, 150 years ago at King’s JamesClerkMaxwell(1831-79)wasProfessorofNaturalPhilosophyatKing’sfrom1860to1865,and2011marksthe150thanniversaryoftwoofhismostimportantdiscoveries,bothdatingfromthemostproductiveperiodofhislife,whenhewasexposedtotheinspiringmilieuofLondon.Theyear1861sawnotonlythepublicationofhisfirstpaperonelectromagnetictheory,butalsothefirstphotographproducedaccordingtoMaxwell’sthree-colourmethod,takenbyphotographicpioneerThomasSuttonofKing’s.
equationsThroughhisfour-partpaper,beginningwith‘OnPhysicalLinesofForce’(1861),Maxwelldemonstratedthatmagnetism,electricityandlightaredifferentmanifestationsofthesamefundamentallaws.Thefourthpart,‘ADynamicalTheoryoftheElectromagneticField’(1865),describedthese,aswellasradiowaves,radar,andradiantheat,throughauniqueandelegantsystemoffourpartialdifferentialequations,whichpavedthewayforcurrenttechnologiesinradio,television,telephoneandinformationexchange.AlbertEinsteindescribedhowthese
equationsproducedachangeintheconceptionofrealitywhichwas‘themostprofoundandthemostfruitfulthatphysicshadexperiencedsincethetimeofNewton’.‘OnescientificepochendedandanotherbeganwithJamesClerkMaxwell’,Einsteinconcluded.
photographyMaxwellfirstsuggestedthethree-colourmethod,whichisthefoundationofbothchemicalandelectronicphotographicprocesses,inapaperon‘ExperimentsinColour’,publishedin1855.Herealizedthatallthecoloursofnaturecanbecounterfeitedtothehumaneyebymixingred,greenandblueinproportionswhichstimulatethethreetypesofcellsintheeyetothesame
degreesthatthe‘real’coloursdo.Hesuggestedthatifthreecolourlessphotographsofthesamesceneweretakenthroughred,greenandbluefilters,andtransparenciesmadefromthemwereprojectedthroughthesamefiltersandsuperimposedonascreen,theresultwouldbeanimagereproducingallthecoloursintheoriginalscene.Thefirstphotographmade
accordingtothesesuggestionswasofatartanribbon.Thiswastakentoillustratean1861lecturegivenbyMaxwellattheRoyalInstitutionbyThomasSutton,lectureronphotographyatKing’s,inventorofthesingle-lensreflexcameraandcompilerofthefirstdictionaryofphotography.King’swasaearlypioneerinthestudyofphotography:Sutton’spredecessorfrom1857to1860,ThomasFrederickHardwich(authorofA manual of photographic chemistry, theoretical and practical 1855))wasBritain’s(andperhapstheworld’s)firstuniversitylecturerinthesubject,andCharlesWheatstone,whoinventedthestereoscopeandhadastronginterestinvisionandphotography,madeacollectionofearlyphotographswhichisintheCollegeArchives.In1857thePhotographicSociety’sjournalreportedthatKing’shad‘aglasshouse,withalargecommodiousdevelopingroom,inconnectionwithachemicallaboratory’.AsMaxwellnoted,theresults
ofthethree1861separationswereimperfectbecauseoftheinsensitivityof1860sphotographicmaterialstoredandgreenlight.Laterresearchershavedemonstratedthatthe‘red’and‘green’imageswereinfactcreatedbylightfromtheblue-ultravioletregionofthespectrumwhichwasnotadequatelyblockedbythefilters.Maxwell’ssuggestionwasnotfollowedthroughtoproducepracticalresultsuntilsome30yearslater.WhilehewasatKing’sMaxwellalsoextendedhisstatisticaltheoriesonthenatureofgases,conducted
experimentsfortheElectricalStandardsCommitteeoftheBritishAssociationfortheAdvancementofScienceanddevelopedthestandardsformeasuringelectricalresistance,producingareporton‘TheElementaryRelationsbetweenElectricalMeasurements’.Healsogaveweeklyeveningtalkstoartisans.CyrilDomb,formerJamesClerkMaxwellProfessoratKing’s,hasdemonstratedthattherewasno
foundationtotherumour,publishedinFJCHearnshaw’s1928historyoftheCollege,thatMaxwellwasaskedtoleaveKing’sbecausehecouldnotkeeporderinhisclasses.Maxwelldid,however,findhewasshortoftimetopursuehisscientificresearch,andin1865heleftLondonandretiredtohisScottishestate.In1871hewasappointedthefirstCavendishProfessorofNatural&ExperimentalPhilosophyatCambridge.
James clerk Maxwell produced his greatest work while he was a professor at King’s in the 1860s.
MaxwelliscommemoratedatKing’sinthebuildingnamedafterhimatWaterloo;bytheClerkMaxwellChairofTheoreticalPhysics(currentlyoccupiedbyProfessorJohnEllisFRS)andbyaplaqueattheStrandCampus.TheMaxwellSocietyorganizesregularpubliclectures,andtheCollegeArchivesholdsomeofhisnotebooks.christine Kenyon Jones
flashback
commentedonpotentialattacksonGoogle’snewAndroidplatformforBloomberg News.WirecopyranintheBoston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle,andwaslinkedtobytheHuffington Post.
overseas doctors ResearchledbyCharlotteHumphrey,SchoolofNursing&Midwifery,publishedintheBritish Medical JournalandreportedintheDaily TelegraphandDaily Mail,foundthattheGeneralMedicalCouncil’sdecisionsaboutdoctorswhoqualifyoutsidetheUKaremorelikelytohave
View Dr Harsh V Pant’s new book China’s Rising Global Profile, in our Books sectionpAGe 12
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Books
thinking through islamophobia: Global perspectivesSSayyidandAbdoolKarimVakileds.,DepartmentofSpanish,Portuguese &LatinAmericanStudies/DepartmentofHistory
UseofthetermIslamophobiaistodaybothinexorableandcontroversial. Thinking Through Islamophobia offersaseriesofcriticalengagementswiththeconcept,itshistoryanddeployment,andthephenomenathatitseekstomarshal.Thebook locatesthepolemicaldebatesonIslamophobiawithinwiderculturalandpoliticalmobilisationsengenderedbythe‘Muslimquestion’.Hurst & Co
why Beliefs Matter, reflections on the Nature of scienceProfessorEBrianDavies,DepartmentofMathematics
Thisbookarguesthat‘absolutist’ideasdatingbacktoPlatocontinuetomisleadgenerationsoftheoreticalphysicistsandtheologians.Itexplainsthatthemulti-layerednatureofourpresentdescriptionsoftheworldisunavoidable,becauseofourownhumannatures.Itprovidesdirectquotationsfromimportantcontributorstoitssubject,andconcludeswithcriticismsofbothsidesintheoftenacrimoniousdebatesaboutscienceandreligion.Oxford University Press
Neuroscience Nursing: evidence-Based theory and practiceSueWoodward,FlorenceNightingaleSchoolofNursing&Midwifery
Thisbookaimstoinformthepracticeofneurosciencenursingthroughthereportofcurrentresearch,bestavailableevidence,policyandeducation.Itisdividedintoseveralsections,including:neurologicalinvestigationsandneurosurgicalprocedures;andmanagementofpatientswithintracranialdisorders.Thebookexplorestheconceptsofneurosciencecare,includingitshistoryanddevelopment,andlegalandethicalissues.Italsoincludespatients’perspectivesoflivingwithavarietyofneurologicalconditions.Wiley Blackwell
circular Migration in Zimbabwe and contemporary sub-saharan AfricaDrDeborahPotts,DepartmentofGeography
Thisbookreviewsthecurrentevidenceaboutcircularmigrationandurbanisationinsub-SaharanAfrica,illustratedthroughadetailedexaminationofthecaseofZimbabwebasedontheauthor’slongstandingresearchonHarare.Theauthorchallengesthedominantviewthatrural-urbanmigrationcontinuesunabatedandshowsthatcircularmigrationhascontinuedandhasadaptedinthefaceofdecliningurbaneconomicopportunities.James Currey Publishers
china’s rising Global profileDrHarshVPant,DepartmentofDefenceStudies
Chinaisanemergingsuperpowerwithgrowingeconomicandpoliticalinterestsworldwidethatneedtobepreservedandenhanced.AsChinabecomeseconomicallypowerful,ithasalsobecomemoreambitiousandassertive.HarshV.PantexaminesthegrowingroleofChinainvariouspartsoftheworld–Asia-Pacific,SouthAsia,Africa,MiddleEast,IndianOceanandEurope–andthetoughdiplomaticchoicesthatitishavingtomakeasitgoesaboutassertingitsinterests.Sussex Academic Press
S. Sayyid | AbdoolKarim Vakil editors
g l o b a l p e r s p e c t i v e s
Use of the term Islamophobia is today both inexorable and controversial. Think-ing Through Islamophobia offers a series of critical engagements with the concept, its history and deployment, and the phe-nomena that it seeks to marshal. In an original and pioneering collection of essays twenty-eight contributors hailing from diverse disciplinary and geographi-cal backgrounds draw on their expertise to map out the tensions between the concept and the phenomena as they are played out across different contexts and continents. Extending the discussion of Islamophobia beyond its commonplace focus on the West and staking a claim for the continuing relevance and critical purchase of Islamophobia in struggles for justice, Thinking Through Islamopho-bia locates the polemical debates on Islamophobia within wider cultural and political mobilizations engendered by the ‘Muslim question’.
‘An excellent and wide ranging exploration of how the term Islamophobia has been applied in academic discourses and general representations of Muslims throughout the world. This thought-provoking anthology contributes significantly to our understanding of a much used and abused concept.’Ziauddin sardar, author of Desperately Seeking Paradise and Balti Britain.
‘Thinking Through Islamophobia is a rare endeavour of collective scholarship that is timely, prescient and seminal. Challenging us to develop Critical Muslim Studies in post-western epistemologies, it provides exemplary analyses of the imbricated formations of racism, Orientalism, secularism and post-colonialism largely silenced by contemporary social and political theory.’ barnor Hesse, Northwestern University
‘Islamophobia has become a dominant form of racist expression across the contemporary global North. Thinking through Islamophobia provides an especially welcome, timely, and varied set of accounts about what the phenomenon covers, why the current upsurge, and how effectively to think about it.’ David theo goldberg, author of The Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism
s. saYYiD is Director of the centre of Muslim and Non-Muslim Understanding at the University of south australia and a reader in rhetoric at the University of leeds. He is the author of A Fundamental Fear and co-editor of A Postcolonial People, also available from Hurst.
abDoolKariM vaKil is lecturer in the Departments of History and of spanish, portuguese and latin american studies at King’s college london.
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Architectural design and regulationProfessorRobImrieandEmmaStreet,DepartmentofGeography
Architectural Design and Regulationexploreshowthepracticesofarchitectsareembeddedincomplexsystemsofrulesandregulations.Theauthorsdeveloptheunderstandingthattherulesandregulationsofbuildingformandperformanceoughtnottobecounterpoisedasexternaltocreativeprocessesandpractices,butasintegraltothecreationofwell-designedplaces.Wiley-Blackwell
Gods Behaving Badly Media, religion and celebrity cultureDrPeteWard,DepartmentofEducation&ProfessionalStudies
DrPeteWardshowshowChristiantheologianscannotonlycommentcriticallyon‘celebrityculture’asaculturalphenomenon,butmorepositivelyengagewithitas‘theologicalcapital’.PeteWarddevelopsanotionoftheologyinacelebrityculturebasedontheplausibilityoffaithinrelationtothecirculationofstorieswithinculturalrepresentation.SCM Press
philosemitism in HistoryJonathanKarp,StateUniversityofNewYork,Binghamton,andDrAdamSutcliffeeds.,DepartmentofHistory
Oftenphilosemitism,theidealisationofJewsandJudaism,hasbeensimplisticallymisunderstood.Thisbooksurveysthephenomenonfromantiquitytothepresentday,andhighlightingitsrichcomplexityandbroadimpactonWesternculture.Itincludes14essaysbyhistorians,anthropologistsandliteraryandreligiousscholars,rangingfrommedievalphilosemitism,tosuchmodernandcontemporarytopicsastheAfricanAmericandepictionofJewsasethnicrolemodelsandtheZionismofChristianevangelicals.Cambridge University Press
what’s on
Annual education lecture: teaching classics in schools 16 June 2011, 17.30 the Great Hall, strand campus BorisJohnson,MayorofLondon,hasalwaysbeenavocaladvocateforteachingclassicsinstateschools.Inthistalkhewilldiscusstheeducationalbenefitsofteachingtheclassicsandcallagainforitspromotionwithinschools.RSVPbyFriday10JunetoJulie
Africa conference: Africa facing the future17 June 2011, 09:30-18:30, council room, King’s Building, strand campusTheaimofthisConferencearisesfromtheformalevidencethat50yearshavepassedsinceAfrica’sindependencebegan.Itisnowtimetotrytocapturethenewrealityofthecontinentinfaceoffuturechallenges.ForfurtherdetailsemailPelagiaPaisatahri@kcl.ac.uk
film screening: the cherry orchard30 June 2011, 18:30, Anatomy theatre & Museum, King’s Building, strand campusNationalTheatreLive@King’spresentsChekhov’sThe Cherry Orchard,directedbyNTAssociateDirectorHowardDavies,whoserecentproductionsofRussianplayshaveearnedhugecriticalacclaim.ZoëWanamakerwillplayMadameRanevskaya.Thiswillbealivebroadcastof
theplay,streameddirectlytotheATMfromtheNationalTheatre.Allticketsincludeadrinkinthe
intervalandcost£15.00:generalpublic.£12.50:staffandalumniofKing’s.£10.00:King’sstudents.Theycanbebookedbyvisitinghttp://atm.kcl.ac.uk/.Forfurtherinformation
Zoe wannamaker in chekov’s the cherry orchard
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