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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'.
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Congratulations to our MSc student Roy Anto!

16 March 2026
Roy is an anthropologist and urban practitioner from Neyveli, Tamil Nadu. He completed his MSc in Modern South Asian Studies... (more)
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The Scramble for Europe by Dr Dimitar Bechev

11 March 2026
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Professor Hugh Whittaker's Valedictory Lecture

05 March 2026
On 26 February 2026, Professor Hugh Whittaker delivered his valedictory lecture at the Nissan Institute.
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New book review of Elizabeth Rodwell's "Push the Button" by Yosuke Buchmeier

04 March 2026
Yosuke Buchmeier's review of Push the Button: Interactive Television and Collaborative Journalism in Japan[YB1.1] by Elizabeth Rodwell (University of Houston) is now available online in Pacific Affairs.
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'Using Documents in Research During Periods of Conflict and Political Turbulence' by Anna J Davis

12 February 2026