The Centre of Commonwealth Studies exists to provide a focus for postgraduate and undergraduate work relating to Commonwealth countries, particularly in the fields of African history, African and Caribbean culture and writing, African and Caribbean religion, Australian writing and painting, the literature of India and of New Zealand, and postcolonial critical theory. The Centre opened in 1985 and has, since then, held a regular series of lectures, seminars, film screenings and poetry readings, and has organised symposia for staff, students, and members of the public.
All events are open to the public, who are welcome to attend.