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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 Guardian publishes article on Lake Turkana report
The article, "Ethiopian dam's ecological and human fallout could echo Aral Sea disaster" discusses the Lake Turkana report produced by Sean Avery and David Turton.
LAC Alumnus Appointed to Assistant Professorship in Brazilian Studies at University of Illinois
Glen Goodman (MSc 2005-2006) has recently been appointed to the position of Assistant Professor of Brazilian Studies in the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on German immigration to Brazil.
CCTV interview - China's smog problem
Professor Anna Lora Wainwright was interviewed by CCTV's World Insight programme on "China's smog problem".
Crimean autonomy: A viable alternative to war?
Dr Gwen Sasse has written a piece on the current situation in Crimea which has been published in the Washington Post on 3rd March 2014.
What does Ukraine’s #Euromaidan teach us about protest?
Dr Gwen Sasse and Dr Olga Onuch wrote a piece for the Washington Post Blog on the Ukrainian protests. Click on this link to read the article.
Press Release - Informal Economy Missing from Climate Change Debate
The ESRC has today published a press release entitled Informal Economy Missing from Climate Change Debate.
Jonny Steinberg publishes essay in Granta Magazine
In October 1999, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, the son of a white farmer was killed by the black tenants on his land. This was the subject of Jonny Steinberg's 2002 book, Midlands.
Podcasts now available online
African Studies Seminars now available to listen to online.
Dr Par Engstrom discusses Brazilian Post-Transitional Justice and the Inter-American Human Rights System
On Friday, 14 February, Dr Par Engstrom gave a talk on “Brazilian Post-Transitional Justice and the Inter-American Human Rights System”. His remarks focused on the role of the Inter-American Human Rights System and discussed the types of transitional justice policies that may be required from Bra
BSP and Rio Branco Roundtable: Brazil and Africa: Historical Legacies, Contemporary Engagement
On 18th February 2014, the Brazilian Studies Programme in conjunction with the Rio Branco Visiting Professorship