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Issue 9 of the Japanese Studies at Oxford Newsletter is now available
Our newsletter, published annually since 2009 provides an overview of activities relating to the study of Japan that have taken place or are taking place across the entire university.
Nayanika Mathur appointed new Associate Professor of Anthropology of South Asia
The Schools of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and Anthropology and Museum Ethnography are delighted to announce the appointment of Nayanika Mathur as Associate Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia.
Departmental Lectureship in Contemporary Chinese Studies
Grade 7: £31,076 - £38,183 p.a.
The School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies seek applications for a fixed-term (until 31 July 2020) Departmental Lectureship in Contemporary Chinese Studies.
Kyle Jaros speaks at Nanjing University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiaotong University
Professor Kyle Jaros is currently conducting research in China and has given several recent talks.
SIAS Summer Newsletter
SIAS is delighted to announce that the Summer Newsletter is now available to download.
Paul Irwin Crookes meets up with London-based alumni from the MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies
Paul Irwin Crookes took the opportunity during a recent research trip to London to catch up with alumni from the MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies by getting together at a local pub in the heart of Bloomsbury.
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2017 - SIAS Internal Selection process
The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships are three-year Fellowship awards made to an annual cohort of outstanding Early Career Scholars. The call will open soon.
AfOx Visiting Scholars Programme
The Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx), in association with St Edmund Hall, Christ Church College and St.
Paul Irwin Crookes speaks at the annual EU-China Policy Roundtable in Brussels about ongoing challenges in realising an effective strategic economic partnership between Europe and China
Paul Irwin Crookes presented his latest research thinking at the annual EU-China Policy and Practice Roundtable and Forum in Brussels organised by the Friends of Europe think-tank in collaboration with the Mission of the People’s Repu
Kyle Jaros receives Fell Fund grant to research China's urban governance restructuring
Kyle Jaros has been awarded a John Fell OUP Research Fund small grant to conduct early-stage fieldwork for a new project entitled “City States or State Cities?
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BBC 3 Free Thinking – Arts and Ideas
Dr Gwen Sasse was a studio guest on 'Free Thinking – Arts and Ideas' on BBC3 on 14th May. Discussion is about culture and politics in Central and Eastern Europe. Click here to listen.
LAC MPhil Student Presents at SLAS 2014 in London
Angelica presented part of her MPhil fieldwork at the Society for Latin America Studies’ (SLAS) 50th Anniversary Conference in London in April. Her paper, “A Stagnant Spring?
The Visual Anthropology and Contemporary South Asian History Conference
Kalyani Ramachandran (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology), Ratika Yumman and Angela de Francisco, (current students on the MSc in Contemporary India), recently represented the University of Oxford in the Visual Anthropology and Contemporary South Asian History Conference
SIAS Student Party beats the bad weather blues!
The first ever cross-unit SIAS student party was held on Thursday May 8th at Bevington Road. Despite the torrential rain driving the whole event inside, it didn't manage to dampen spirits. We had an amazing turnout with great contributions from SIAS units.
The curious craze for political parties
Pradipti Jayaram (MSc Contemporary India 2011-12) has published an article in the Hindu's Business Line online newspaper concerning political parties in India.
New Japanese Economist appointed at the Nissan Institute
The Nissan Institute and SIAS are very pleased to be able to announce that we have appointed Hugh Whittaker to fill the post of Professor in the Economics of Japan.
The Only Chance to Rebuild Ukraine by Dr Gwen Sasse
Dr Gwen Sasse's latest piece in Carnegie Europe.
LAC Working Paper in Political Economy No 2, by Javier Rodriguez Weber and Rosemary Thorp
The LAC Working Papers in Political Economy series is part of the collaboration between the Latin American Centre and CAF Development Bank of Latin America. The Latin American Centre aims to publish high quality work in pr
Spanish legal journal Eunomía publishes a book forum on Dr Lessa’s latest book
The Spanish legal journal Eunomía. Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad dedicated in its latest number (March-August 2014) a book forum section to discussing Dr Lessa’s book Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay: Against Impunity.
Nissan Seminar on Conserving Photographs after Japan’s Tsunami: The Example of the RD3 Project
The Pitt Rivers Museum’s Surviving Tsunami exhibition closed earlier this week, having been extended by nearly a month due to popular demand.