Centre of South Asian Studies
At present SOAS employs more than 50 South Asian specialists in the teaching staff and one floor of the library is dedicated to the South Asia collection. The Centre hosts academic events that feed into graduate research on South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka).
Centre of South East Asian Studies
The Centre acts as a forum for the University of London as a whole, and more generally for South East Asianists in the universities of southern Britain, especially through its e-mail network. More broadly, the Centre seeks to link higher education, government and business.
Centre for the Study of Pakistan
The Centre draws on the range of academic research and teaching across the disciplines of SOAS, including Languages and Literature, the Study of Religions, History, Economics, Politics, International Relations, Music, Art and Media and Film Studies.
Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus
Centre of Chinese Studies
The Centre was established in 1992 to facilitate and develop in the UK and Europe interdisciplinary research, teaching, and other activities relating to China. Within the School the Centre works closely with The China Quarterly, the Early China Seminar, the Contemporary China Institute, and the China Postgraduate Network.
Centre of Korean Studies
Created in 1987 the Centre has been the leading academic centre of its kind in the UK since its establishment and coordinates work done on Korea in various departments of the School, and offers expert knowledge and advice on Korea to interested outside parties.
Japan Research Centre
The Centre has been the forum for Japan-related research activities at SOAS since 1978 and with one of the largest concentration of Japan specialists outside Japan, the JRC acts as a national and international centre for Japanese studies.
