Videos and Podcasts

Commonwealth Diplomacy and the End of Apartheid

Gareth Evans, former Foreign Minister of Australia and current Chancellor at the Australian National University, delivered the inaugural Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture, discussing Australia’s role in facilitating the end of apartheid through Commonwealth diplomacy. Further information and to download the podcast, visit the Australian National University website.

You can find out more about the Hon Gareth Evans’ views on the Commonwealth and the role it played by reading Dr Sue Onslow’s interview with him here.

Introduction to Commonwealth Oral Histories                                                               Professor Philip Murphy, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

 

Challenges of Elite Interviewing                                                                                           Dr Sue Onslow, Senior Researcher, Institute of Commonwealth Studies

 

Commonwealth Secretary Generals and Leadership                                                 Professor Philip Murphy, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

 

 The Queen as Head                                                                                                  Professor Philip Murphy, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Lessons from managing past Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings Sir Shridath Ramphal. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 14 November 2014.

 

The Essay: Commonwealth Questions (episode 1 of 5, by Dr Sue Onslow). BBC Radio 3, 10 Mar 2014.

 

‘Queen and Commonwealth: A special relationship’                                                     Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 31 May 2012

Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal (former Commonwealth Secretary-General) and Hugo Vickers (writer and broadcaster), in conversation with Professor Philip Murphy and Dr Sue Onslow