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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.
Interview with Professor Nayanika Mathur about her prize-winning book, Paper Tiger
Please click here to read the interiew conducted by the University of Cambridge's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH).
Dan Healey speaks at Dotyk International Queer History Festival, Minsk, Belarus
In the face of administrative harassment, the Dotyk festival of queer history took place in Minsk, Belarus, from 6 to 8 April 2018.
Anna Lora-Wainwright discusses new book at the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Environmental Humanities Workshop
Anna Lora-Wainwright took part in the Environmental Humanities workshop at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, discussing her new book Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Ru
Dr Pleshakova publishes new article
Dr Anna Pleshakova has published the article "Toward an infrastructure for data-driven multimodal communication research" in Linguistics Vanguard (De Gruyter); co-authored
The Governor of Kaduna State was at the African Studies Centre to declare that 'Nigeria requires a new elite consensus'
The Governor of Kaduna State visited the African Studies Centre, on Friday, 9th March 2018.
Applications sought for Japanese Fellow within Sasakawa Peace Foundation Project at Middle East Studies, SIAS
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) and Waseda University are currently recruiting for a Japanese fellow to take part in the third stage of an SPF-funded Oxford University research project (September 2018-September 2020).
The objectives of the project are:
Miriam Driessen interviewed by the BBC Chinese
Miriam Driessen was interviewed by the BBC Chinese about her research on Chinese labour migration to Ethiopia.
Prize winners of the 28th Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese
We are pleased to announce that two former students of the MSc/MPhil in Modern Japanese Studies were prize winners at the 28th Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese this year.
Dr Mateja Kovacic
The Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies would like to welcome Dr Mateja Kovacic to the Institute. She is our first British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
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Nic Cheeseman's article in Daily Nation: Lessons for Africa from Nigeria Elections
Nic Cheeseman writes about lessons for Africa from Nigeria Elections
Rachel Murphy is interviewed for an article on Premier Li Keqiang’s recent comments about the one child policy
The article is in the leading Columbian newspaper, El Tiempo, 6th April 2015, http://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/asia/chica-cambia-su-politica-de-hijo-unico/15517015
Paul Irwin Crookes contributed to debates on cross-Taiwan Strait security at a policy-led Roundtable hosted by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London
Paul Irwin Crookes was invited to contribute to a policy-led Roundtable in March 2015 hosted by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) at their headquarters in Whitehall, London.
Dr. Jenny Chan was interviewed by Peter Bengtsen for Le Monde diplomatique (LMD), in “The Chinese Dream is a daydream” 26 March 2015
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Guido Di Tella Annual Lecture Videocast
We now have a videocast on our Podcast Series of our most recent Guido Di Tella Annual Lecture, including the visuals (slides and videos).
Latest Seminar Podcasts
The latest podcasts of the last seminars by Alan Knight, Covadonga Meseuer, Valpy Fitzgerald and Malcolm Deas are available at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/units/latin-american-centre
New Book by Danilo Limoeiro (MPhil 2011)
The University of Brasília Press has just released a new book by LAC alumnus Danilo Limoeiro. Entitled Além das Transferências de Renda (Beyond Income Transfers), the monograph examines the reduction of inter-regional inequalities in Brazil during the 2000s.
Rachel Murphy gave a presentation on 'Parents' Migration and Children's Subjective Wellbeing and Health' at the British Academy
Dr Rachel Murphy gave her presentation at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Workshop on Sustainable Urban Development. The workshop was held on 25th-26th March 2015.
Dr Ian Cooper posts a blog - Namibia and President Pohamba's legacy
Dr Ian Cooper has posted a blog- Presidential Power: Presidents and Presidential Politics around the World
MPhil student, Warren Stanilaus publication
Warren Stanislaus, a researcher at the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation and a former MPhil in Modern Japanese Studies student, has recently had an article on the role of think tanks in Japan, published in the Spring 2015 issue of Global Asia.