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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.
Call for Applications: CSASP, Oxford/Lahore School of Economics Exchange 2018
The Contemporary South Asia Programme in The School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS) are looking for four students from Oxford University who would like to visit Lahore for one week in late March 2018.
Kyle Jaros publishes article in The China Quarterly
Professor Kyle Jaros has published a co-authored article with Jennifer Pan (Stanford University) in The China Quarterly: 'China's Newsmakers: Official Media Coverage and Political Shifts in the Xi Jinping Era' The full article c
Paul Irwin Crookes and Kyle Jaros publish an article in ChinaFile examining UK-China relations
Paul Irwin Crookes and Kyle Jaros have just published analysis in ChinaFile that explores issues and tensions in UK-China relations.
Nicolette Makovicky has published the article Transhumant Pastoralism in Poland: Contemporary challenges
Dr Makovicky's article is available for free in the open-access journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice.
Yaacov Yadgar, Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies gave the Inaugural Lecture 'Israel and the Meaning of Jewish Sovereignty'
Congratulations to Yaacov Yadgar, Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies who gave the Inaugural Lecture 'Israel and the Meaning of Jewish Sovereignty.'
The 'Rethinking Nationalism, Sectarianism and Ethno-religious Mobilisation in the Middle East' conference was held over 26-28 January 2018
The 'Rethinking Nationalism, Sectarianism and Ethno-religious Mobilisation in the Middle East' conference convened by Dr Alex Henley, Dr Ceren Lord, Dr Hiroko Miyokawa was held over 26-28 January 2018 at St Antony's College and Pembroke College.
Paul Irwin Crookes interviewed by The New York Times about UK-China relations in light of Theresa May’s visit to China
Paul Irwin Crookes was interviewed and quoted by The New York Times for an article that examined current and prospective UK-China relations as part of the background to Prime Minister Theresa May’s trade and investment visit
The Robin & Nadine Wells Scholarship
St Cross College is pleased to offer the Robin and Nadine Wells
Scholarship for the academic year 2018-19.
Newton International Fellowship 2018 (SIAS Deadline: 1st March 2018)
The Newton International Fellowship 2018 round is now open to applications and will close on 27 March 2018 3pm UK time. SIAS is running an internal selection process based on draft proposals.
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CPP present at Department of Political Science, University of São Paulo (USP)
On 23rd September 2013, the Oxford team presented the CPP project to the Department of Political Science, University of São Paulo (USP).
New Publications by Eduardo Posada-Carbó
Dr Eduardo Posada-Carbó has just published ‘Colombia: Democratic Governance Amidst and Armed Conflict’, a chapter in Jorge Dominguez and Michael Shifter’s edited volume Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013, 4th edition).
CPP team visit Feseral University of Parana
On 20th September 2013, the CPP team visited the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil, where a symposium on comparative presidentialism was sponsored jointly by the graduate programs in Law and Political Science.
CPP workshop in Brazil
On 19th September, 2013 the CPP held its first regional workshop at the Federal Senate of Brazil in Brasília. The event was jointly opened by Senators Cyro Miranda, Flexa Ribeiro, and Lídice da Mata, by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, HE Alex Ellis, and by the Director of the Brazilian Legi
Paul Chaisty, Nic Cheeseman, Svitlana Chernykh and Timothy Power present cross-regional findings
On 16th September 2013, Paul Chaisty, Nic Cheeseman, Svitlana Chernykh and Timothy Power presented cross-regional findings from the Coalitional Presidentialism Project.
Latin American Centre fundraising campaign
The Latin American Centre has launched a fundraising campaign. Our top priority for 2013-14 is to fund the Chair in Latin American History. Please visit our Giving page to learn more.
New appointments at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Mr Ian Rapley will be joining us as Postdoctoral Teaching Associate for the academic year 2013-2014. He is completing his DPhil in modern Japanese history and prior to that he was a student on the MPhil in Modern Japanese Studies programme.
CPP team at international workshop on Coalition Management
On 13th September 2013, The CPP team participated in an international workshop on “Coalition Management in Comparative Perspective” at EBAPE (Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration), Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro.
Learning from the Experts: Nigerian Masks and Masquerade
David Pratten has recently been working with colleagues from the Pitt Rivers Museum on aspects of their collections and displays; explaining the history and politics behind the African Masks associated with the Annang and Ibibio peoples of Nigeria.
SIAS twitter feed launch
SIAS is on twitter (@SIASOxford). Please follow us to get notified about news and events from across the school.