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Call for Papers: Researching Africa Day 2018
African Studies Beyond the Binary: Critical Encounters at the Intersection
Researching Africa Day is a conference for graduate students, and abstract submissions are welcome from graduate students only.
Saturday 3 March 2018. St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.
Abstract submissions are due by midnight of Friday 19 January 2018. Abstracts may vary between 150 and 350 words, and be attached as a PDF or Microsoft Word document. The document should specify the applicant’s university, full name, email address and the topic or topics to which they think the paper would best belong. They should be submitted to RADOxford2018@gmail.com.
The Social Dimensions of Land Rights Reform in Liberia, David Brown
On Thursday, 16th November 2017 we were joined by David Brown (Oxford), who gave a seminar entitled 'African Studies Seminar: The Social Dimensions of Land Rights Reform in Liberia'.
ESRC GCRF Post-doctoral Fellowships
SIAS can only submit a maximum of three applications to this call so we are introducing an SIAS internal selection process, any interested candidates need to meet the deadlines below:
SIAS intention to apply by: Monday 1st August at the very latest
Professor Roy Allison publishes a paper with The European Leadership Network
Professor Roy Allison has authored a paper, ‘Contested understandings of sovereignty, the use of force and the wider international legal order: the political context’ for The European Leadership Network.
Dr Miriam Driessen publishes in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Dr Driessen's article,"Pushed to Africa: Emigration and Social Change in China" has appeared in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and is available online.
Slow Cities?: The Revitalisation of Shrinking Communities in Japan Podcasts are now available
We are pleased to announce that the following recordings are now available on the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies university podcast service.
Professor Rachel Murphy presents research at the University of Western Australia
On 13th April Rachel Murphy gave a seminar presentation on "Children Living in Multi-Local Families in Rural China: Reflections on Gender Differences" in the Department of Economics at the University of Western Australia.
Dr Miriam Driessen joins the Contemporary China Studies Programme
SIAS extends a warm welcome to Dr Miriam Driessen who this April joined the Contemporary China Studies Programme as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow. Further information about Miriam and her research interests can be found here.
Jenny Chan presented in the 2016 European Social Science History Conference
The International Institute for Social History successfully organized the 11th European Social Science History Conference at University of Valencia, Spain, 30 March – 2 April.
New podcasts available
We are pleased to announce that seven new recordings have been added to the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies podcast series and can be found on the university podcast service.