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Anthropology collaborates with universities in Palestine and Ethiopia

The anthropology of travel, tourism and pilgrimage (ATTP) took centre stage at an event marking major collaborations between SOAS, University of London and universities in Ethiopia and Palestine.

5th April 2013

SOAS Summer School courses explore key international issues

Students can explore today’s challenging international issues in a series of short courses being run at SOAS, University of London this summer.

4th March 2013

QS World University Rankings Logo SOAS scores well in world university rankings

SOAS qualities have been recognised this week by the new QS World University Rankings and the Which? university comparison website.

18th September 2012

Vietnamese Field School

Vietnamese Field School as first activity of SOAS/Monash MOU for co-operative work in field of Anthropology of Tourism and Pilgrimage.

11th September 2012

Trevor Marchand carpentry Professor Trevor Marchand awarded fellowship to study carpentry hand skill and tool use

Professor Trevor Marchand from the Department of Anthropology and Sociology has been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship by the British Academy to study the relationship between the brain, the human hand and the tools used in carpentry.

14th May 2012

Lindiwe Dovey Autumn News

The School has improved its student satisfaction as measured by the 2011 National Student Survey

22nd September 2011

Parvathi Raman Migration Centre and Partners Win £3.2 Million Research Grant

The SOAS Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies and five partner institutions have been awarded a research grant to research and provide training in migration studies.

9th August 2011

Lindiwe Dovey Director's Teaching Prize 2010-11

Dr Lindiwe Dovey has won this year's SOAS Director's Teaching Prize.

1st August 2011

A bride is purified with turmeric Jamgod Village Madhya Pradesh 1950s Innovative 'Restudy' of Indian Village Life Wins Major Grant

A SOAS-led research project on Indian village life has been awarded a £774,000 grant by the Economic and Social Research Council.

6th May 2011

Kostas Retsikas Retsikas Wins Grant to Study Markets, Morality and Muslims on Java

Dr Kostas Retsikas, from the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, has been awarded a three-year research grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

16th December 2010

Masons of Djenne Book Cover Second Award for Marchand's Book on the Mud Masons of Mali

Professor of Anthropology Trevor Marchand has been awarded a second prize for his latest book, The Masons of Djenne.

16th December 2010

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