News All the latest developments from the department Photo: David Fisher, Fisher Studios Breadcrumb Home About News News 22 October 2026 OUP First Book Prize awarded to alumnus Zhifeng Chen His book, The Crisis of Social Reproduction on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier, is based on his DPhil research at ODID. READ MORE News 06 October 2026 Global Refugee Crisis (Sekai Nanmin Kiki) | a new book by Naohiko Omata Global Refugee Crisis provides a comprehensive introduction to the global refugee situation for citizens of Japan. READ MORE News 28 September 2026 New Book | The Saudi Social Awakening: Explaining Rapid Social Change Masooda Bano shows how existing studies have underestimated the dynamism of both the Saudi state and Saudi society. READ MORE News 23 September 2026 Lena Reim wins Best African Studies Dissertation Prize 2026 Dr Reim won for her dissertation titled Politics and Postmemory in Zimbabwe, completed in 2024. READ MORE News 22 September 2026 New report on scale of deprivations in child nutrition and school attendance in the developing world Nearly half of all children under 5 in developing regions are poor, undernourished or both according to this report from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. READ MORE News 14 September 2026 New career development opportunity in the Anthropology of Forced Migration St John’s College and the Refugee Studies Centre are collaborating to offer a full-time Research Fellowship in the Anthropology of Forced Migration. READ MORE Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page Next ›
News 22 October 2026 OUP First Book Prize awarded to alumnus Zhifeng Chen His book, The Crisis of Social Reproduction on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier, is based on his DPhil research at ODID. READ MORE
News 06 October 2026 Global Refugee Crisis (Sekai Nanmin Kiki) | a new book by Naohiko Omata Global Refugee Crisis provides a comprehensive introduction to the global refugee situation for citizens of Japan. READ MORE
News 28 September 2026 New Book | The Saudi Social Awakening: Explaining Rapid Social Change Masooda Bano shows how existing studies have underestimated the dynamism of both the Saudi state and Saudi society. READ MORE
News 23 September 2026 Lena Reim wins Best African Studies Dissertation Prize 2026 Dr Reim won for her dissertation titled Politics and Postmemory in Zimbabwe, completed in 2024. READ MORE
News 22 September 2026 New report on scale of deprivations in child nutrition and school attendance in the developing world Nearly half of all children under 5 in developing regions are poor, undernourished or both according to this report from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. READ MORE
News 14 September 2026 New career development opportunity in the Anthropology of Forced Migration St John’s College and the Refugee Studies Centre are collaborating to offer a full-time Research Fellowship in the Anthropology of Forced Migration. READ MORE
