SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Prof John Ashton CBE joins CISD

The Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) at SOAS is delighted to announce the internationally renowned climate change policy expert Prof John Ashton CBE has joined as Professorial Research Associate.

30th January 2013

SOAS, University of London, highlights the anniversary of condemnation of the Holocaust

SOAS highlights the anniversary of condemnation of the Holocaust made during WW2 at the time of Stalingrad in 1942 on Monday 17 December.

14th December 2012

World Bank Vice President addresses SOAS students on Sustainable Development

Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for the Sustainable Development Network, visited SOAS to speak to students of the SOAS Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD).

29th October 2012

UN Secretary-General supports SOAS initiative on the UN in WW2

A seminar held at Lancaster House on 18 January, 2012 celebrated the 70th anniversary of a crucial diplomatic initiative of WW2: the Declaration by twenty six United Nations on 1 January, 1942.

19th January 2012

UK Minister to Speak at SOAS on Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction

British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt will give the keynote address at the Sixth London conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone, to be held at SOAS on 24 October.  The annual conference is hosted by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD).

25th August 2011

SOAS Introduces Groundbreaking Degree in Global Energy and Climate Policy

The Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) at SOAS is launching the world’s first MSc in Global Energy and Climate Policy.

9th June 2011

Plesch launches book in New York

Dan Plesch, Director of the SOAS Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, led a panel discussion on 22 March at the International Peace Institute (IPI) in New York, New York, on his book America, Hitler and the UN.

16th May 2011

SOAS Centre Convenes Groundbreaking UK-Brazil Lecture Series

The Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) is convening a series of lectures on African and Middle East politics – in Brazil.

6th April 2011

More Praise for Plesch's Book America, Hitler and the UN

A new book by Dr Dan Plesch, director of SOAS' Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, has been the subject of reviews and interviews by the Economist, the BBC's Today programme and the Jewish Chronicle, among others.

31st January 2011

SOAS Academics Examine 'the Future of Corporate Capitalism'

Four SOAS academics worked on the latest edition of the Cambridge Journal of Economics, which is devoted to a special report on corporate accountability and legal liability.

4th October 2010

The UN at War: FDR'S Global UN Day 1942

The assumption that the United Nations was established at the end of the World War II is wrong. Its formal birth was the adoption in Washington D.C. on 1 January, 1942 of the Declaration by United Nations

11th June 2010

CISD Release Middle East Nuclear Discussion Report

Following an engaging day of discussions among a variety of participants, focussing on the Iranian nuclear programme and the Israeli nuclear weapons policy, the CISD and PIJ have prepared a report. 

27th May 2010

Chomsky Draws Record Crowd; Online Video Available

3rd November 2009

Speakers to Ponder Wall Street, Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS continues its autumn series of events with a guest lecture by James K. Galbraith entitled The Great Crisis and the Dismal Science: How the Economists Got It Wrong… Again. The lecture will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, 2 October.

30th September 2009

MPs recommend disarmament strategy developed by SOAS academic

The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed an holistic approach to disarmament made by Dr Dan Plesch of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy

14th August 2009