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Halloween in the US vs the UK

Halloween and its associated autumn celebrations vary across the US and the UK, with similarities from numerous cultures.

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Exploring the History of London this Summer  

We were pleased to welcome our Summer School students from China as they joined us for our ‘History of London’ course this month.

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Richmond member of staff attends UK-Ukraine conference in Warsaw

Jelena Pivovarova, programme support manager and course leader for our Russian history and politics class, recently attended the second UK-Ukraine International Twinning Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

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What are The WURI Awards? 

Why are we talking about them? For the first time, it’s just been announced that Richmond American University London has won awards in three categories in The World University Rankings for [...]

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“A better world is possible”

“A better world is possible” We attended the book launch of faculty member Eunice Goes’ Social Democracy. Eunice is a Professor of Politics at Richmond and teaches various classes such as [...]

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Richmond continues support of our partners in Ukraine after two year anniversary

More than two years on since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Programme team at Richmond American University London is continuing to support our partners in Ukrainian universities.

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Exploring African Literature with Dr Lizzy Attree

We spoke to Dr. Lizzy Attree, a faculty member at RAUL who teaches on our first-year liberal arts module, Narratives of Change, about her research and the importance of African literature.

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The Spy Whom We Love: James Bond Beyond The Cold War

Our resident expert in ‘Bondology’, Dr Martin D Brown, Professor of International History at Richmond American University London, has recently taken part in a podcast with the US Army War [...]

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The Bondian Cold War: an analysis in 007 hashtags

Dr Martin D. Brown, Professor of International History at Richmond American University London, will be taking students at Maynooth University, near Dublin in Ireland for a deep dive into the world of [...]

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Magical Thinking and Mayhem: Extremism and the Occult

Dr Dominic Alessio, Professor of History and Vice President of International Programmes at Richmond American University London, participated in a panel discussion on extremism and the occult [...]

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“The Whiff of Munich”

Professor of International History at Richmond American University London, Dr Martin D Brown gave a paper at the fifth conference of the network for New Diplomatic History, held recently at the [...]

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Empires, Corporations and the Second Scramble for Africa

Dom Alessio, Professor of History and Vice President of International Programmes, has just published with his long-term academic partner, Professor Wes Renfro (Associate Dean of Social Sciences at [...]


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