Welcome to Contemporary South Asian Studies
Oxford possesses outstanding facilities for the study of all aspects of contemporary South Asia.
Until 2008, Oxford did not have a single centre for the study of contemporary South Asia. But it now has a Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme (CSASP) comprising:
a post graduate taught course,
visiting fellows,
post doctoral researchers,
a stream of workshops and conferences,
research projects,
seminars and collaborative outreach.
Alongside the CSASP in Area Studies, Oxford’s South Asianists are also spread across many Schools, Departments and Faculties: International Development, Politics, Economics, Anthropology, Sociology, Social Policy, the Business School, History, Oriental Studies, Public Health, History of Medicine and History of Art, making for a very rich and diverse community of students, researchers and teachers.
The University offers a wide range of courses which can be tailored to suit individual interests, excellent library and museum resources, enthusiastic faculty and above all a diverse community of committed students. But what makes Oxford really attractive is the degree of individual attention that you will receive as a student if you come here, no matter what course you study.
In the Masters in Contemporary India, Oxford created the first such degree in the world. It started in 2008 and is sited in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies.
****MSc CI Applications for 2012/13 are currently open****
Further information about the admissions process is available here and via the Graduate Admissions website.
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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.
Updated: 04 May 2012 Read more...
