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Delhi: Mostly Harmless: One woman's vision of the city
Congratulations to Liz Chatterjee on the publication of her book Delhi: Mostly Harmless: One woman's vision of the city.
Liz graduated from the MSc in Contemporary India in its very first cohort and, amongst other things, is now a teaching fellow on the course.
Dr Nic Cheeseman awarded £800,000 ESRC grant to research elections in Africa
Dr Nic Cheeseman and colleagues have been awarded almost £800,000 by the ESRC to research “The impact of elections: voting, political behaviour and democracy in sub-Saharan Africa”.
MSc student, Zhongwen Zhang, publication by SSAP in Beijing
Zhongwen Zhang, a current student on the MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies, will have a paper in a forthcoming edited volume to be published by Social Sciences Academic Press in Beijing.
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.