Faculty of Arts and Humanities News
News from the five faculty departments and numerous centres are condensed below...
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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
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 PhD Internship for Illuminating Objects at the Courtauld
lluminating Objects is a pilot programme of The Courtauld Gallery which aims to shine new light on unexpected objects from the decorative arts and sculpture collections, through partnerships with SOAS, King’s College, London, the University of Kent in Canterbury and University College, London.
20th November 2012
Dr Konrad Hirschler, reader in the History of the Near and Middle East at SOAS, wins award
Dr Konrad Hirschler wins the 2012 British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Book Award for his study of reading practices in the medieval Middle East
16th November 2012
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
Professor Gurharpal Singh Selected as Panellist for UN Human Rights Council
Professor Gurharpal Singh, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and Professor of Inter-religious Relations and Development at SOAS, will be an expert panellist at the 20th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 29 June.
18th June 2012
Musical Geographies of Central Asia Conference and Concert Announcement
This conference explores the musical geographies of Central Asia, focusing on regionalism and borders.
13th April 2012
New Programme Launch: MA Traditions of Yoga and Meditation
The SOAS Department of the Study of Religions has launched a new MA programme in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation13th December 2011
SOAS Welcomes New and Returning Students
Monday marks the beginning of Welcome Week at SOAS, during which thousands of new and returning students arrive at the School to settle in for the new academic year.
Welcome Week this year runs until Friday 30 September.
26th September 2011
Prizes for Undergraduates for the year 2010-11
14th September 2011
Mao's Great Famine Wins Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
Professor of Modern Chinese History Frank Dikötter has been awarded the 2011 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, one of the UK's most prestigious literary awards.
7th July 2011
Undergraduate finalist school prize awarded to History student David Bannister
We congratulate David Bannister, a student of the History Department, for receiving this award for 2011!
6th July 2011
SOAS Appoints New Dean of Arts and Humanities
Professor Gurharpal Singh has been appointed the new Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He will take up the position on 1 September 2011 when the current Dean, Professor Ian Brown, steps down.
30th June 2011
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
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