Welcome to the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies
The School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies is one of the fourteen constituent parts of the Social Sciences Division. It represents a major commitment by the University to enhancing teaching and research in Area Studies. The School brings together six units: African Studies, Latin American Studies (including the Brazilian Studies Programme), Japanese Studies, Contemporary China Studies, Russian and East European Studies, and Contemporary South Asia Studies. It also provides a home for the interdisciplinary network, 'Italian Studies at Oxford'.
The School is devoted to research and graduate teaching in academic disciplines which attempt to understand the complexity and the interrelatedness of society through anthropology, economics, politics, history, sociology and culture. Its teaching and research seek to take into account both the insights provided by the separate disciplines and the contextualisation provided by in depth knowledge of specific regions and countries.
Latest News
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Victor's Justice
Chris Mahony (MSc 2007) has published a piece in The Atlantic magazine on Charles Taylor's conviction for war crimes.
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It’s not too late to apply for the MSc in Contemporary India for 2012/13
The MSc in Contemporary India is a three-term, nine-month course. This unique programme provides students with opportunities for a multidisciplinary immersion in knowledge about India’s signal achievements and her persistent problems, together with high quality training in research methods and in the critical analysis of theory in the main social science disciplines. This innovative degree admitted its first cohort of students in October 2008 and takes about 20 students a year.
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Beyond Bombs and Beards: Contemporary Pakistan
QEH May 10, 10am-5.30pm. All Welcome.
In recent years, academic discourse on Pakistan has been dominated by two strands: Pakistan will survive and Pakistan cant survive like this. While, given the constant state of exception that the country finds itself in, such concerns are understandable, yet they often do little in explaining broader processes of social and economic change and, identity making. Whereas the recent decade has been one of bloodshed and political and economic uncertainties, it has also been a time of rapid urbanization, increasing literacy and access to information, political participation and economic growth. In this workshop, we hope to move beyond these narratives of gloom and doom and focus on banal realities, everyday experiences of being Pakistani and a more realistic assessment of a decent contemporary economic performance.
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CSASP's Professor Barbara Harriss-White's article 'Climate change and jobs'
Development expert Professor Barbara Harriss-White leads a team of specialists from agriculture to economics, environmental science and policy to investigate neglected aspects of the climate change response in India.
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Dr Kate Sullivan's article 'How the world warmed to a nuclear India'
India has pursued two curiously contradictory approaches to nuclear proliferation since independence, writes Dr Kate Sullivan
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Trinity Termcard Announced
A full list of ISO events for Trinity is now available to view online.
Updated: 03 May 2012 Read more...