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Join us for the OSGA Annual Lecture 'The politics of development: Sri Lanka and beyond' with Dr Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

27 April 2026
Join us on 19 May for the OSGA Annual Lecture, featuring Dr Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Drawing on her experience in politics and academia, she will reflect on the challenges of development, governance and reform in Sri Lan ... (more)
Becoming Allies: Civil Liberties Activism in India by Dr Ankita Pandey. Book cover is red with book title in white. Behind the title is a background image of people carrying placards

New Book Announcement: Becoming Allies: Civil Liberties Activism in India by Dr Ankita Pandey

22 April 2026
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Belen Villegas Pla Awarded John Fell Oxford University Press Grant

07 April 2026
New Oxford Handbook of Revolutionary Elections in the Americas Co-edited by Professor Eduardo Posada-Carbó. Book cover is an abstract painting in yellow, pink and grey, with the book title in white text on a black square background.

New Oxford Handbook of Revolutionary Elections in the Americas, co-edited by Professor Eduardo Posada-Carbó

02 April 2026
Dr Thaler receives the award at the ISA Annual Convention, 24 March 2026 in Columbus, USA

Dr Gregory Thaler awarded the 2026 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award

01 April 2026
Dr Gregory Thaler, Associate Professor of Environmental Geography and Latin American Studies, has been awarded the 2026 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for his book 'Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World'.
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Rebekah Lee awarded John Fell Fund grant for new research on road accidents in South Africa

30 March 2026
The project focuses on South Africa's Road Accident Fund (RAF), a national compensatory system established in 1997 to provide financial cover for victims of road accidents and their families.
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Dr Gregory Thaler Wins Sprout Award for Best Book in Environmental Studies

30 March 2026
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The African Studies Centre warmly invites you to its Annual Lecture 2026

24 March 2026
'Decolonisation: Lessons from post-colonial Uganda' on 30th April 2026
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Dr. Akira Shah publishes new article titled "Transcending Cultural Nationalism and Whiteness: The Objectivization of 'Returnees' and 'Global English' as seen from Minoritization Theory."

24 March 2026
Dr. Akira Shah (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University) has published a Japanese journal article in volume 54 of Gendai Shisō (Contemporary Thought).
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Dr. Natalia Doan publishes new book "Civil War Samurai"

20 March 2026
Dr. Natalia Doan (MSc DPhil Oxf), former Nissan student and now Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, recently published a book entitled 'Civil War Samurai'.