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New book critically appraises the World Bank’s role in development research
Three academic staff at SOAS have jointly edited a new book which appraises the role and evolution of the World Bank in terms of development theory and practice.
8th July 2011
Did Marx Predict The Financial Collapse?
In his new book, SOAS academic John Weeks sets out his theory that, despite mainstream economics failing to anticipate the severest crisis since the Great Depression, Karl Marx may have seen what was coming.
17th May 2011
Dr Shirin Ebadi, the First Muslim Woman to Win the Nobel Peace Prize, Speaks at SOAS
4th February 2011
Bernstein Explores Class and Agrarian Change in 'Treasure Chest of a Book'
Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change - New book by Henry Bernstein, Emeritus Professor, Department of Development Studies
4th November 2010
Students Cycling 3,000 Miles for Mali and Music
Mikaela Parrack and Imran Khan don't believe in doing things halfway. Though neither has done any long-distance cycling, they have just set out on a 3,000-mile bike ride from the UK to Mali.
16th September 2010
Achcar Reflects on 'Arabs and the Holocaust'
Prof. Gilbert Achcar's new book, Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives (Saqi Books, London, May 2010), aims to explore what the Holocaust means, and doesn't mean, in the Arab world.
28th May 2010
Professor Barbara Harriss-White, SOAS Board of Governors, and Professor Chris Cramer, joint winners of 2009 Edgar Graham Book Prize
The Edgar Graham Book Prize is an annual SOAS prize awarded for a work of original scholarship on development in Asia and Africa.
20th April 2009
Development Studies Department Awarded with Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentship - Call for Applications
The Development Studies Department is pleased to announce that it has been awarded with a Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentship for PhD research into HIV and AIDS, human rights and development in sub-Saharan Africa.
6th January 2009
RAE results confirm SOAS is leader in Asian Studies
SOAS's Asian Studies submission to the RAE has been a spectacular success. In 2001, along with several other universities we received a 5 rating for Asian Studies, while both Oxford and Cambridge were awarded 5*. To put it simply: we have regained our national pre-eminence in this field of research, and by a significant margin.
18th December 2008
New MSc programme in Migration, Mobility and Development
SOAS Department of Development Studies is pleased to announce the launch of its MSc Programme in Migration, Mobility and Development. This innovative new programme offers students the opportunity to combine study and analysis of critical perspectives on development and the increasingly important and related field of migration studies.
17th November 2008
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