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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.
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018 (SIAS Deadline: 22nd Feb 2018 – University Deadline 23rd March 2018)
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018 (SIAS Deadline: 22nd Feb 2018 – University Deadline 23rd March 2018)
Read the latest review of the book 'The Politics of EU-China Economic Relations' by John Farnell and Paul Irwin Crookes, published in the journal International Affairs
The journal International Affairs has published a review of The Politics of EU-China Economic Relations: An Uneasy Partnership, a book by the School’s Paul Irwin Crookes co-authored with John Farnell.
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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
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.
MSc African Studies students speak out on Rhodes Must Fall
A number of our students have been involved in Rhodes Must Fall Oxford, a student-led movement to decolonise the space, the curriculum, and the institutional memory at Oxford University.
Jenny Chan awarded the John Fell OUP Research Fund
Social scientists have assessed the fast expansion, and commercialization, of Chinese education under market reforms sincethe late 1970s, and have delved specifically into the quality of vocational school teaching and classroom learning.
Interview with Barbara Harriss-White in The New Indian Express to mark International Women's Day
Another interview with Barbara Harriss-White to mark International Women's Day appears on page 2 of the New Indian Express (Mon 7 March) under the title "Oxford Prof's Tryst with Arni That Sparked a Lifelong Romance".
Interview with Barbara Harriss-White
Read the interview with Barbara Harriss-White in Scroll.in here.
Barbara Harriss-White's recent book mentioned in The Hindu article
Barbara Harriss-White's book: "Dalits and Adivasis in India’s Business Economy: Three Essays and an Atlas" is mentioned in an article in The Hindu. Click here to read the article.
Dr Nic Cheeseman appointed the founding Editor in Chief of the Oxford Encyclopaedia of African Politics
Dr Nic Cheeseman has been appointed the founding Editor in Chief of the Oxford Encyclopaedia of African Politics, a new reference guide that will be published in hard copy and on-line by Oxford University Press.