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Horizon 2020 MSCA-IF-2017 - SIAS Internal Selection process
The EC has now opened the 2017 Call for Proposals for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships.
Launch of Brazilian Legislative Survey 2017
Timothy Power, Director of the Brazilian Studies Programme, and Cesar Zucco Jr. (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) have begun fieldwork for the 8th wave of the Brazilian Legislative Survey (BLS).
Panel Event: Status Seeking in World Politics: India, Russia and China in Comparative Perspective
School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS) International Relations Cluster presents....
Panel Event: Status Seeking in World Politics: India, Russia and China in Comparative Perspective
SIAS Careers Day
The School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS) is hosting a Careers Day on Tuesday 14th March in the Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre.
Latin American Centre and Instituto Mora convenes LAC-CAF Conference “Democracia, política anti-sistema y desigualdad en tiempos turbulentos” , Mexico City, Federal District, on 13 March 2017
The Latin American Centre together with the Instituto Mora in the context of the CAF-LAC agreement is organising the conference “Democracia, política anti-sistema y desigualdad en tiempos turbulentos” to be held in Mexico City, Federal District, on 13 March 2017.
Dr Janey Messina joins SIAS
We would like to announce that Dr Janey Messina recently joined us as Associate Professor in Social Science Research Methods. Her teaching focus will be on social science research methods, teaching quantitative methods to students in both the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and the Scho
Newton International Fellowships 2017
The Newton International Fellowship provides funding for two years for an early career researcher to work at a UK university. It is for those currently based outside the UK and who have spent less than 12 months of the last 36 months in the UK.
BSP Workshop Analyses Brazil’s New Government
On 3rd February 2017, the Brazilian Studies Programme hosted a research workshop on ‘Brazilian Democracy from Dilma to Temer’.
LAC Alumnus Elected President of Venezuelan National Assembly
On 6th January 2017, the Venezuelan National Assembly elected Julio Andrés Borges as its President. A lawmaker since 2000, Borges is the leader of Justice First (Primero Justicia), one of several opposition political parties that make up the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática coalit
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Contemporary History and Public Policy of Mexico
Applications are invited for a Post-doctoral Fellowship in Contemporary History and Public Policy of Mexico, to be held jointly in the Faculty of History and the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS) (Latin America Centre, LAC) in association with St Antony’s College.
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SIAS twitter feed launch
SIAS is on twitter (@SIASOxford). Please follow us to get notified about news and events from across the school.
Timothy Power keynote speaker at AMECIP
On 26th August 2013, Timothy J. Power was the evening keynote speaker at the First International Congress of the Mexican Political Science Association (AMECIP) held at the University of Guanajuato.
End of the Year Party 2013
Another academic year has come to an end at the Latin American Centre!
New publication by Christian Arnold
Dr Christian Arnold published an Article in the Nuffield College Working Papers in Politics. "A Different Kind of Game: International Cooperation in Mercosur" takes a closer look at the institutional reasons for Mercosur's incorporation problems.
John Fell Fund awarded to LAC Researcher Francesca Lessa to study Plan Condor
Dr Francesca Lessa has been awarded a John Fell OUP Research Fund for her new project titled “Justice and Memory beyond Borders: The Plan Condor and Accountability in Argentina and Uruguay.”
Rio Branco Chair
On 26th April 2013, the Brazilian Studies Programme featured an event on "Brazil with Dilma Rousseff and Venezuela without Chávez: A New Regional Balance?" The event was organised by the inaugural Rio Branco Chair in the International Relations of Brazil, Dr Miriam Saraiva, who spent the period
Justice beyond borders
Plan Condor: Francesca Lessa co-authored an article with Pierre-Louis Le Goff and was published by Al Jazeera’s Opinion section
“Uruguay’s Supreme Court of Injustice”
Francesca Lessa publishes article in the Argentina Independent, “Uruguay’s Supreme Court of Injustice”
Dr Timothy Power and Dr Mariana Llanos on New Directions in Comparative Presidentialism
Dr Timothy Power and Dr Mariana Llanos (German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg) co-