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Nayanika Mathur appointed new Associate Professor of Anthropology of South Asia
The Schools of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and Anthropology and Museum Ethnography are delighted to announce the appointment of Nayanika Mathur as Associate Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia.
Departmental Lectureship in Contemporary Chinese Studies
Grade 7: £31,076 - £38,183 p.a.
The School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies seek applications for a fixed-term (until 31 July 2020) Departmental Lectureship in Contemporary Chinese Studies.
Kyle Jaros speaks at Nanjing University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiaotong University
Professor Kyle Jaros is currently conducting research in China and has given several recent talks.
SIAS Summer Newsletter
SIAS is delighted to announce that the Summer Newsletter is now available to download.
Paul Irwin Crookes meets up with London-based alumni from the MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies
Paul Irwin Crookes took the opportunity during a recent research trip to London to catch up with alumni from the MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies by getting together at a local pub in the heart of Bloomsbury.
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2017 - SIAS Internal Selection process
The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships are three-year Fellowship awards made to an annual cohort of outstanding Early Career Scholars. The call will open soon.
AfOx Visiting Scholars Programme
The Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx), in association with St Edmund Hall, Christ Church College and St.
Paul Irwin Crookes speaks at the annual EU-China Policy Roundtable in Brussels about ongoing challenges in realising an effective strategic economic partnership between Europe and China
Paul Irwin Crookes presented his latest research thinking at the annual EU-China Policy and Practice Roundtable and Forum in Brussels organised by the Friends of Europe think-tank in collaboration with the Mission of the People’s Repu
Kyle Jaros receives Fell Fund grant to research China's urban governance restructuring
Kyle Jaros has been awarded a John Fell OUP Research Fund small grant to conduct early-stage fieldwork for a new project entitled “City States or State Cities?
China’s Stance on NSG Membership Shows the Extent of India’s Challenge in the Global Nuclear Order
Amidst tensions on the Sino-Indian border, the School’s Kate Sullivan de Estrada, together with Nicola Leveringhaus of King’s College London, argues that China perceives an Indian threat in the global nuclear order https://
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Derek Penslar New Publication: Jews and the Military
Jews and the Military is the first comprehensive and comparative look at Jews' involvement in the military and their attitude
Jews and the Military reviewed in the New York Times
Derek Penslar's new publication 'Jews and the Military' has recently been reviewed in the New York Times.
African Studies Centre Newsletter 2013
The African Studies Newsletter for 2013 has now been published. Please do have read about the highlights of the 2012-2013 academic year!
Call for Participants: CEELBAS Research Training Workshop
Using the British Library's Slavonic and East European Collections Thursday 20th-Friday 21st March 2014 at the British Library and UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies
Santander Universities UK and the Latin American Centre
The LAC was represented at the signing ceremony on 11th November 2013 renewing the collaboration between Santander Universities UK and the University of Oxford.
LAC Staff and Researchers present project findings at Chatham House in London
On October 31, Professor Leigh Payne, Dr Francesca Lessa, and Gabriel Pereira presented at Chatham House some of the preliminary conclusions and policy implications emanating from their research on the controversial issue of amnesty laws for atrocities in the aftermath of transitions from authori
Bert Hoffmann Discusses Internet Politics in Cuba
On 12th November 2013, Dr Bert Hoffmann (GIGA Hamburg) discussed the new role of the Internet in shaping the public sphere in Cuba.
James McGuire Analyzes Conditional Cash Transfers in Bolivia
On 5th November 2013, Professor James McGuire, chair of the Department of Government at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, analyzed the conditional cash transfer programmes introduced by the government of Evo Morales since 2006.
LAC presentation in Harvard at Workshop on the History of Electoral Fraud and Democratization
Dr Eduardo Posada-Carbó visited Harvard University on 1-2 November, where he presented a paper at the workshop ‘The Causes and Consequences of Electoral Fraud: Lessons from the Histo
Paulo Visentini named Rio Branco Professor for 2014
Professor Paulo Visentini (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre) has been selected as the Rio Branco Visiting Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford.