Faculty of Arts and Humanities News
News from the five faculty departments and numerous centres are condensed below...
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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
£1 Million Donation Assures Future of Zoroastrian Studies At SOAS
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has received a £1 million donation from a charitable fund set up to advance research into and public understanding of Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest living religions.
21st February 2011
Launch of MA Music and Development
The Department of Music is delighted to announce the launch of its new MA Programme in Music and Development, beginning October 2011.
17th January 2011
Lucy Duran's New BBC Radio Series Roams the World for Unusual Sounds
Lecturer in African Music Lucy Duran and veteran broadcaster Andy Kershaw have launched a new music series for BBC Radio 3.
14th January 2011
Professor Barratt Discusses Daoism with Melvin Bragg on In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests (including Professor Tim Barrett) discuss Daoism. An ancient Chinese tradition of philosophy and religious belief, Daoism first appeared more than two thousand years ago.
16th December 2010
Marchand's Study of Mud City Masons Wins Book Award
The Masons of Djenné, a book by Professor of Social Anthropology Trevor Marchand, has won the Elliott P. Skinner Book Award of the Association for Africanist Anthropology.
15th October 2010
Undergrad Wins Major Chinese Competition
Stewart Johnson, a third year Chinese and Law student at SOAS, has won first prize at the ninth Chinese Bridge competition, a prestigious international contest in Chinese language and culture for non-native speakers.
12th August 2010
SOAS Announces New Academic Promotions
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has promoted 19 academic staff in the faculties of Arts & Humanities, Languages & Cultures and Law & Social Sciences.
14th July 2010
The Department of the History of Art and Archaeology
‘The Department of Art and Archaeology' has changed its name and will from now on be known as 'The Department of the History of Art and Archaeology' with immediate effect.
14th June 2010
Director's Teaching Prize Winners Announced
The 2009 SOAS Director’s Teaching Prize will be awarded to an academic team who have developed a new course which teaches students to present world music on radio.
7th July 2009
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