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Barbara Harriss-White's latest article published in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
Barbara Harriss-White’s fieldwork on the social relations of a small-town waste economy in South India is finally seeing the light of day: “Formality and informality in an Indian urban waste economy", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 37 Issue: 7/8, pp.417-434,2017
Paul Irwin Crookes publishes an online article in Europe’s World analysing a growing crisis of trust in EU-China economic relations despite prospects for accord over climate change policy
Paul Irwin Crookes has just written an online article with the policy journal Europe’s World, published by the Friends of Europe think tank based in Brussels.
Call for papers: Re-thinking Nationalism, Sectarianism, and Ethno-Religious Mobilisation in the Middle East (with a Focus Session on Religion and Sectarianism)
Conference: 26-28 January 2018, University of Oxford
Deadline for the submission of proposals: 15 September 2017
Part-time Research and Administrative Assistant
Grade 6: £27,629 - £32,958 p.a. (pro rata)
Viola Rothschild awarded Ko Prize for best MSc dissertation
Viola Rothschild (MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2016-17) has been awarded the Ko Prize for best MSc dissertation for "Chuang Shijie 闯世界” (Taking the World by Storm): African Student-Entrepreneurs in Greater Zhejiang Province" (abstract below).
Ecologies of Knowledge and Practice: Japanese Studies and the Environmental Humanities
A day and a half workshop and roundtable for UK Postgraduates and Early Career Researchers in the Humanities, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 27th and 28th October 2017
Forum on Health, Environment and Development (FORHEAD) holds Summer Writing Workshop at Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Forum on Health, Environment and Development held a Summer Writing Workshop from July 16-20 at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Campus in Huairou, in the mountains north of Beijing.
Issue 9 of the Japanese Studies at Oxford Newsletter is now available
Our newsletter, published annually since 2009 provides an overview of activities relating to the study of Japan that have taken place or are taking place across the entire university.
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.
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Diego Sánchez-Ancochea has been appointed co-editor of Journal of Latin American Studies
From December 2014 onwards Diego Sánchez-Ancochea will be the co-editor of the Journal of Latin American Studies. JLAS is regarded as one of the best journals of Latin American studies in the world.
Can pandas fix the China-India relationship?
"Panda diplomacy is about far more than the transfer of a bear from one country to another."
Dr Nic Cheeseman and Dan Paget’s research on political parties published in a new book
Dr Nic Cheeseman and one of his doctoral students, Dan Paget, are co-authors of a new book called Politics Meets Policies: The Emergence of Programmatic Political Parties.
Lifelines: A Short Video Portrait from the Himalayas
We are pleased to announce the release of a short (15 minute) video documentary, titled 'Lifelines'. This film is based on research carried out by the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.
A Modi Landslide? Article by Babak Moussavi
CSASP would like to congratulate current MSc in Contemporary India student, Babak Moussavi for his excellent analysis of the recent Indian elections A Modi Landslide? posted on the So
Quo vadis Postelection Ukraine? Dr Gwen Sasse
Dr Gwen Sasse's latest piece on the Ukranian elections for Carnegie Europe
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Dr Francesca Lessa and Hugo Rojas present at Columbia College, Chicago, on how nations confront painful pasts
On May 20, 2014, Dr Francesca Lessa (LAC postdoctoral researcher) and Hugo Rojas (DPhil Sociology) participated in a panel held at Columbia College, Chicago about how nations confront painful pasts.
Dr Sasse interview in Christian Science Monitor
Dr Gwen Sasse was interviewed and quoted by the Christian Science Monitor on 25 May 2014.
Valor Economico
The Brazilian economic newspaper Valor Economico interviewed and quote extensively Dr Gwen Sasse. This was published on 22nd May 2014.