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Professor Christopher J. Gerry publishes an article on Reforming voluntary drug insurance in Russian healthcare
Here is Professor Christopher J. Gerry's abstract for his article on 'Reforming voluntary drug insurance in Russian healthcare: does social solidarity matter?':
Paul Irwin Crookes speaks about China’s international relations at the annual conference of the Young China Watchers in London
Paul Irwin Crookes was a panel speaker at the inaugural Annual Conference of the London chapter of the Young China Watchers, hosted by the Lau China Institute at King’s College London.
Dr Anna Pleshakova publishes chapter on cognitive approaches to media analysis
Dr Anna Pleshakova has published a chapter on cognitive approaches to media analysis which will appear in the 2018 Routledge Handbook of Language and Media.
Nayanika Mathur wins the American Ethnological Society's (AES) Sharon Stephens Prize
We are delighted to announce that Professor Nayanika Mathur has won the Sharon Stephens Prize awarded by the American Ethnological Society
Miriam Driessen publishes in 中国非洲研究评论 (Annual Review of African Studies in China)
Dr Miriam Driessen's latest article '在非洲做工程项目的中国人的“吃苦”与“诉苦”(Eating and speaking bitterness on Chinese construction projects in Africa)' was published in 中国非洲研究评论 (Annual Review of African Studies in China), edited by Li Anshan and Liu Haif
Dr Anna Pleshakova gave a keynote lecture at ConCort 2017
Dr Anna Pleshakova was invited to give a keynote lecture on the 15th of October 2017 at ConCort 2017 Annual Conference at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow.
Storry Memorial Travelling Bursary 17-18
STORRY MEMORIAL TRAVELLING BURSARY
A bursary of £500-£600 is offered towards the cost of travel to Japan for the purpose of studying some aspect of modern Japan. The bursary is open to postgraduate students and undergraduates alike.
Dan Healey launches investigation into Homophobia in Eurasia
REES will host a new project exploring political homophobia and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender – LGBT - communities in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
The SIAS Macmillan Coffee Morning took place on Friday 29th September in aid of cancer support.
The event was well attended my SIAS staff and students and has raised £159.81 for the charity.
Ashmolean Exhibition: Old Traditions, New Visions: Art in India and Pakistan after 1947
FREE DISPLAY
Until 18 March 2018
Gallery 29
Free Admission
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Evans-Pritchard Lectureship 2015-2016
EVANS-PRITCHARD LECTURESHIP 2015-2016
Further Particulars: http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/appointments/evans-pritchard
New ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Grant awarded to Professor Payne and Gabriel Pereira
The collaborative project between the University of Oxford and two human rights organizations, Andhes and Cels aims, first, to advance corporate accountability for human rights violations committed during authoritarian regimes, thereby raising the cost of such violations to reduce them in the fut
Professor Payne will present her research findings on transitional justice at World Bank HQ
Professor Payne from the Transitional Justice Research Collaborative will discuss the impact of transitional justice mechanisms in strengthening democracy, human rights, and peace at the World Bank headquarters on Thursday 5 March.
Comment on Ukraine: Gwendolyn Sasse
Article in The Conversation available here
New publication: Dr Gwendolyn Sasse and Amar K. Ahmadov
'Migrants' regional allegiances in homeland elections: evidence on voting by Poles and Ukrainians'
Routledge, December 2014
Full text available here
How to Work, Travel, and Study in Japan
MSc in Modern Japanese Studies student Miss Natalia Doan has recently published a book called How to Work, Travel, and Study in Japan.
Minoritarian Rule: An Article by Geoffrey Macdonald and Babak Moussavi
Read the article Minoritarian Rule: How India's Electoral System Created the Illusion of a BJP Landslide in Economic and Political Weekly.This article was co-authored by Babak Moussavi who graduated from the MSc in Contemporary Ind
Watch The Rising Inequality in the Global South Event!
Rising Inequality in the Global South: Practice and Solutions Symposium. Watch here!
New grant awarded to researchers at the Latin American Centre
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea and Francesca Lessa were successfully awarded a grant from the University of Oxford’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account in February 2015 for their pr
Scholarship for Oxford Students to visit Lahore, Pakistan
February 2015 sees the end of a very successful one month visiting scholarship for four PhD students from Pakistan hosted by Wolfson College and the Contemporary South Asia Programme in SIAS.