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Language-Based Area Studies (LBAS) Centres
The ESRC, together with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Scottish Funding Council, is co-funding five Language-Based Area Studies (LBAS) Centres. LBAS Centres are contracted for between £4m and £5.6m over five years. The LBAS Centres are intended to increase capacity in both linguistic knowledge and knowledge of the geographical area of the following spheres: - Russian, FSU and Slavic languages;
- East Asian Languages, specifically Chinese and Japanese; and
- Arabic and the Arab World.
The five Language-Based Area Studies Centres| Centre | Director | Partner(s) | Website |
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| British Inter-university China Centre (BICC) | Dr Frank Pieke, Oxford University | Bristol and Manchester Universities | http://www.bicc.ac.uk/ | | Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) | Professor Anoush Ehteshami, University of Durham | Edinburgh and Manchester Universities | http://www.casaw.ac.uk | | Centre for East European Language-Based Area Studies (CEELBAS) | Dr Robin Aizelwood, University College, London | Oxford and Birmingham Universities | http://www.ceelbas.ac.uk/ | | Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES) | Professor Richard Berry, Glasgow University | Glasgow, Nottingham, St Andrews, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Strathclyde and University of West of Scotland Universities | http://www.gla.ac.uk/crcees/ | | White Rose East Asia Centre (WREAC) | Professor Victor King, University of Leeds | Sheffield University | http://www.wreac.org/ | ESRC contact: suzanne.mills@esrc.ac.uk - tel: 01793 413024
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