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CeDEP Fellow Colin Poulton second from right is in Rwanda for a workshop and meeting Scholarship Students. The photograph was taken by David Henley of Leiden, and is displayed with his permission. CeDEP Research Fellow Colin Poulton in Rwanda

Colin presented findings from a cross-country study undertaken with Future Agricultures Consortium on the political economy of agricultural policy in Africa (www.future-agricultures.org/peapa).

14th February 2013

Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF) Visiting Fellowship Programme at SOAS – Second Round (2013/14)

The Centre for Iranian Studies at the LMEI is pleased to announce the second round of IHF Visiting Fellowships at SOAS.

14th February 2013

SOAS photo competition – vote for your favourite!

Voting has now opened for the SOAS photo competition’s final 24.

14th February 2013

Major funding for SOAS and Ralph Bunche Institute collaboration

Major funding for SOAS and Ralph Bunche Institute collaboration

12th February 2013

SOAS student’s media NGO gives voice to citizen reporters

A media NGO co-founded by a SOAS History student is grabbing headlines for its work with marginalised groups in the UK and the developing world.

12th February 2013

Doug Ramsay

Memorial Service to be held for Doug Ramsay on 21st February 2013

11th February 2013

SOAS in the media 8 Feb 2013

Interest continues on the situation in Mali, SOAS student quoted in reports of a fall in students taking Mandarin and impending visits to SOAS from Acting High Commissioner of New Zealand and the Minister of Culture of Taiwan received press coverage.

8th February 2013

Andrew Dorward SOAS expert quizzed by MPs on global food security

Andrew Dorward, SOAS Professor of Development Economics, was quizzed by MPs on global food security earlier this week, when he appeared before the Commons Select Committee on International Development.

8th February 2013

SOAS to help boost impact of agriculture on nutrition in South Asia

SOAS researchers are part of a new international collaboration, which aims to improve nutrition for young people in South Asia.

7th February 2013

SOAS Aerial View SOAS professors lead UK for ethnic diversity

A report from the University and College Union (UCU) shows that SOAS is the number one UK university institution for the ethnic diversity of its professors.

4th February 2013

Middle East in London Cover February - March 2013 February-March Edition of The Middle East in London hits newsstands

The February-March edition of The Middle East in London, the bi-monthly magazine of the London Middle East Institute, is now available.

2nd February 2013

Japan Since 1945: From Postwar to Post-Bubble by Christopher Gerteis and Timothy S. George SOAS historian champions importance of today’s Japan

A new collection of essays, edited by SOAS historian Dr Christopher Gerteis, reasserts the contemporary global importance of the East Asian nation.

1st February 2013

SOAS in the Media 01/02/2013

Following news of the destroyed manuscripts in Timbuktu, Mali expert Dr Marie Rodet has been featured extensively in the media, including on Monday night's Newsnight, BBC World News, BBC 5 Live, The Telegraph and the Independent.

1st February 2013

Left to right: Dr Hassan Hakimian, Director of the London Middle East Institute, Dr Cyrus Ala’i,  Professor Paul Webley, Director of SOAS, and Dr  Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies Rare Persian map collection donated to SOAS

A significant collection of specialist maps of Persia has been donated to the Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS by Dr Cyrus Ala’i.

31st January 2013

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