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Professor Gwendolyn Sasse co-edits a special issue of the journal 'Post-Soviet-Affairs'
The whole journal issue is open access until the end of May. The link to Professor Sasse's own co-authored article in that issue can be accessed here.
Chief Aare Babalola discussing sustainable education in Post-colonial African States at the African Studies Centre
Chief Aare Babalola and his guests visited the African Studies Centre, on Tuesday, 1st May 2018.
Professor Roy Allison speaks at NATO Parliamentary Assembly in cooperation with the Parliament of Georgia
Roy Allison gave the keynote presentation in Batumi, Georgia, at a regional conference of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in cooperation with the Parliament of Georgia, 23-25 April 2018.
Paul Irwin Crookes speaks on UK-China economic relations at a conference organised by the UK Department for International Trade in London
Paul Irwin Crookes presented his research on current opportunities and ongoing challenges in the UK’s economic relationship with China at a recent conference organised by the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT), held in London.
Hamsa Rajan recently published an article in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Dr Hamsa Ragan recently had her artictle The Ethics of Transnational Feminist Research and Activism: An Argument for a More Comprehensive View published in the Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.
Anna Lora-Wainwright's 'Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Rural China' book wins BBC Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography
Congratulations to Anna Lora-Wainwright who has won this year's prestigious BBC Thinking Allowed/British Sociological Association Ethnography award for her book Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Rural China in recog
Paul Irwin Crookes speaks at a workshop hosted by the Shanghai Institute of International Studies about Europe's maritime strategic engagement with China in East Asia
Paul Irwin Crookes was a panel speaker at a recent workshop in Shanghai analysing the EU's maritime strategic engagement with China in the East Asia region. The workshop hosted in China by the Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS), was co-organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (F
Prof Paul Chaisty publishes a new article.
Paul Chaisty publishes a new article (with Timothy J. Power) in the European Journal of Political Research
Postdoctoral Research Officer in Middle East Studies
School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, 11 Bevington Road, Oxford
Grade 7: £31,604 - £38,833 p.a.
The Middle East Studies Programme in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies seeks applications from candidates in a social science discipline or modern history, with special reference to the Middle East, for a fixed term Postdoctoral Research Officer position, funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation for 24 months. The School is looking for the best possible candidate working within the study of the Middle East with particular reference to Turkey, Iran or Egypt.
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The LAC launches the LAC Working Papers in Political Economy
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
New article published by Dr Neil Carrier and Hassan Kochore
Navigating ethinicity and electoral politics in northern Kenya: the case of the 2013 election has been published in the Journal of Eastern African Studies.
Nic Cheeseman on Bloomberg
Nic Cheeseman, Director of the African Studies Centre at Oxford, has appeared on Bloomberg TV (22 December) to review the major events and trends of 2013.
The African Studies Centre of the University of Oxford is proud to announce a range of fully funded scholarship opportunities for the academic year 2014-2015.
The MSc in African Studies is a world leading three-term, nine-month course designed both as a stand-alone interdisciplinary introduction to current debates about Africa, and as a preparation for doctoral research on Africa.
Towards an International Society of the Future Workshop
This event took place at St Antony's College on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th of January 2014.
Full details can be found in our research pages.
Podcasts of the event will be published shortly.
Ram Mashru - Human InSecurity: Fear, Deprivation and Abuse in India
Congratulations to Ram Mashru on the publication of his book entitled Human InSecurity: Fear, Deprivation and Abuse in India. Ram studied for the MSc in Contemporary India, graduating in 2013.
Karen Hewitt appointed MBE
Congratulations to Karen Hewitt, Tutor in the Department for Continuing Education, who was appointed MBE for services to building academic and cultural understanding between the UK and Russia.
Dr Onuch’s research on Protests in Ukraine is featured in The Monkey Cage Blog at The Washington Post
Olga Onuch’s “Social networks and social media in Ukrainian “Euromaidan” protests” featured on The Monkey Cage Blog at The Washington Post.
Sofia Donoso, one of LAC’s DPhil affiliates, received a research grant from CLACSO-New School
Sofia Donoso received a research grant from CLACSO (Buenos Aires) and The New School (New York City) which includes short research leaves at both institutions.
Hugo Rojas Corral, a LAC DPhil affiliate, appears in The New Yorker
Hugo Rojas Corral (Doctoral Candidate in Sociology at Oxford, under the supervision of Professor Leigh A.