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The Forum on Health, Environment and Development holds its 9th Annual Meeting in Beijing
The Forum on Health, Environment and Development, of which SIAS research fellow Jennifer Holdaway is Co-Director, held its 9th Annual Meeting in Beijing on November 10-11.
SIAS/FCO East Asia Dialogue
On Wednesday, 15th November, the School and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office co-hosted an East Asia Dialogue in St Antony’s College with a delegation of influential thinkers from India who work on China and East Asia.
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REES Academics Visit Moscow for Research and to Observe Events Related to the 100th Anniversary of the Great Bolshevik Revolution of 1917
On Sunday 5th October Professors Chris Davis and Chris Gerry of REES travelled to Moscow together for academic work related to their joint and individual projects on economics of health and health reform in Russia.
An Exhibition of Photographs – Lives on the Move
A new exhibition of photographs, curated by Dr Indrajit Roy, opens in the Private Dining Room at Wolfson College on Saturday 11 November.
Prof Chris Davis on Lessons from the Economies of Russia, East Europe and China for Reform of North Korea and Korean Unification
North Korea has been attracting attention in the international press for its ballistic missiles shot through Japanese airspace, tests of nuclear weapons, and exchanges of polemics with a leader of a major democracy.
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Doctoral student Linda Qian (Area Studies - China) publishes article in the International Journal of Communication
Doctoral student Linda Qian (Area Studies - China) has published an article in the International Journal of Communication, based on the dissertation she wrote for her MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies.
Forum on Health, Environment and Development (FORHEAD) 9th Annual Conference in Beijing
The Forum on Health, Environment and Development will hold its 9th Annual Conference in Beijing November 9-10, 2017. Please see attached notice and spread the word!
For more information, contact Dr Jennifer Holdaway.
Professor Christopher J. Gerry publishes in Social Science Indicators
A new paper has been published by Christopher Gerry and his team of Russian researchers examining the emerging patterns of life expectancy across 30 OECD countries, including 11 East European countries.
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BSP Workshop on The Brazilian Political Class: Ideology, Values, and Policy Preferences
On 31st January 2014, with the generous support of Santander Universities UK, the Brazilian Studies Programme hosted a day-long workshop on “The Brazilian Political Class: Ideology, Values, and Policy Preferences.” Papers explored data collected in a summer 2013 survey of the Brazilian Congress c
The Brazilian Outlook for 2014: Elections, Economy and Mega-Events
On 30th January 2014, the Brazilian Studies Programme joined forces with the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Rio de Janeiro) and with the Kellogg Institute (University of Notre Dame) to organize a public event in London on “The Brazilian Outlook for 2014.” The event was held at the Notre Dame London Cen
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.