📣 Applications now open: The Oxford Ukraine Hub Summer School 22-26 Sept Explore Ukrainian history, politics, and culture, plus an in-person workshop with some of Ukraine’s leading human rights actors, writers, and academics. 🔗oxfordukrainehub.web.ox.ac.uk/ukraine-summer…

📢 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Oxford School of Global & Area Studies invites Expressions of Interest for the @britishacademy_ Postdoc Fellowship scheme. Open to early-career researchers aiming to pursue independent research. More info and how to apply: area-studies.ox.ac.uk/early-career-o…

🎧 Need a lunchtime listen? Karolina Wigura (Associate Professor Oxford University Russian & East European Studies Oxford School of Global & Area Studies ) guests on LBC to comment on Karol Nawrocki's victory in Poland's presidential election. Listen now: [2 June: Clip starts at 18:37:41] eu.vocuspr.com/ViewNewsOnDema…

Is Taiwan leading Asia in women's political representation? Don't miss this talk with Prof Chang-Ling Huang (Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Global Asia Research Center NTU Taiwan ) 🗓️ 16 June, 5pm, Uni of Oxford China Centre Book now: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c129d…

💖'One one of the things that I love about OSGA the most is the wide range of talks and workshops that it offers across regions and disciplines.' Hear Oxford School of Global & Area Studies students sharing what they like most about OSGA!

🎞️'Probably two years from now I'll be making my first documentary films.' What might the future look like after Oxford School of Global & Area Studies ? Hear OSGA students sharing their plans for future careers.

Massive congratulations to Ellie Morgan, one of our second-year MPhil students at the Latin American Centre, for winning the 2025 Masters Essay Prize by the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS)! 🎉 More details here: lac.web.ox.ac.uk/article/eleano…

⏰Only a few days left to apply to the Oxford Ukraine Hub summer school! Find out more ⬇️

Delighted to celebrate Dr Bo-Jiun Jing, recipient of an OxfordSocialSciences Teaching Excellence Award! Dr Jing received an Individual Award for Academic Staff (Early Career Strand) - find out more ⬇️

Tomorrow: 'New Books in Israel Studies' Speakers include Prof Yaacov Yadgar (Director of Middle East Studies, Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies) Oxford Politics and IR 📅 25 Jun, 5.30pm talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/e8c18…

📢We're hiring! Departmental Lecturer in Japanese Studies Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at Oxford You'll lecture, tutor, supervise, examine & handle course administration for postgraduate students, plus contribute to wider intellectual life at OSGA. Apply by 16 July - more: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

👏 Congratulations to Professor Leigh A. Payne (Professor of Sociology & Latin America LAC Oxford) who has been selected as a 2025-2026 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Lisa Goldberg Fellow! Prof Payne joins the 26th class of this prestigious fellowship. More: osga.ox.ac.uk/article/profes…

ICYMI: Dr Bo-Jiun Jing (Senior Research Fellow, Taiwan Studies Programme) recently received a Teaching Excellence Award from OxfordSocialSciences! 👏 These awards celebrate exceptional contributions to education across the division. More: osga.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-bo-…

What's lurking under the ocean? 1.48 million km of undersea cables providing over 95% of global Internet traffic! NEW article by Kristi Govella (Associate Professor of Japanese Politics & International Relations Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at Oxford ) explores undersea cable security in Indo-Pacific.

👏 Congratulations Marnie Howlett for being on the list of recipients of The British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme.

📗Publication spotlight from #SouthAsianStudies Excerpt from 'Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene' by Prof Nayanika Mathur Nayanika Mathur (Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies CSASP Oxford Uni ) now available: southasia.ox.ac.uk/article/nayani…

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the adoption of various remote research tools has emerged, increasingly blurring the line between our homes and fields. Read NEW article co-authored by Marnie Howlett (Oxford School of Global & Area Studies ) & Dr. Lauren C. Konken

🎧 Lunchtime listen Hear Kristi Govella (Associate Professor of Japanese Politics and International Relations at Oxford School of Global & Area Studies ) on BBC News (World) News interviewed about Japan's election. Listen now: [13:15:40 on the clock] eu.vocuspr.com/ViewNewsOnDema…

Want to know more about the yakuza – the Japanese mafia? NEW article by Niles Breuer (DPhil in Sociology) & Martina Baradel (Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at Oxford ) explores the yakuza's structure and violent conflict within organised crime groups. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

'I am thrilled to join the intellectual community at OSGA' Welcome to Professor Adnan Naseemullah Dann Naseemullah @dnaseemullah.bsky.social joining the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme (CSASP Oxford Uni ) in October 2025 as Professor of Comparative and South Asian Politics. osga.ox.ac.uk/article/welcom…