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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.
HR Officer
School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and Social Policy and Intervention
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We are seeking an HR Officer who will be responsible for managing the day to day operation of the HR function for the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and Social Policy and Intervention. You will provide essential support, advice and guidance to the two Departments on HR-related matters including: personnel, recruitment, work permits and visas. This is a full-time, permanent position.
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.
Part-time Research Officer
School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, Oxford
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We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies as a Research Officer.
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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New Scholarship available for the MSc in African Studies
The African Studies Centre is offering a Canon Collins/African Studies scholarship in association with Linacre College for the MSc in African Studies for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Dance and Morality
Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach was interviewed on the issue of dance and morality by Senegalese daily 'Sud Quotidien' during the 'Africa Nko - Africa in the World' colloquium held in Dakar from the 28th of January to 1st of February 2013.
MSc Contemporary India Alumna 2011-12 joins UNORCID in Central Kalimantan
Congratulations to Ms Ilma Afroz, MSc in Contemporary India alumna 2011-12 who will join UNORCID as an intern in March. Ilma will be supporting the pilot province office in Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan.
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CSASP Associate Shapan Adnan publishes paper
CSASP Associate Shapan Adnan publishes paper 'Land grabs and primitive accumulation in deltaic Bangladesh: interactions between neoliberal globalization, state interventions, power relations and peasant resistance'
Intensive Russian Language tuition for MSc students
MSc students have a unique opportunity to learn Russian language as part of their MSc in REES degree.
Researching Africa Day 2013
The programme for the 14th Annual Researching Africa Day has been released. The workshop will be taking place on Saturday, 23rd February 2013 at St Antony's College, Oxford.
LAC Alumni appointed to Enrique Peña's new Government in Mexico
Two LAC alumni have been appointed as part of President Enrique Peña's new Government in Mexico.
Timothy J. Power elected Treasurer of LASA
Timothy J. Power (University Lecturer in Brazilian Studies) has been elected Treasurer of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). His term in office will extend from 1st June 2013 to 31st May 2016.
India’s climate change challenge
An article on our current research project, Resources, greenhouse gases, technology and jobs in India's informal economy the case of rice led by Professor Barbara Harriss-White was published recently on Climate News Network.
India’s climate change challenge
New MPhil Special Subject Option: Central Asia and the South Caucasus
This term sees the start of a new MPhil Special Subject Options made available for the first time in 2012-13: