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Armenian Studies reintroduced to SOAS

Thanks to the generous sponsorship provided by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, SOAS is, as of autumn 2009, offering a Certificate in Armenian Studies

6th May 2009

Staff News Update

Some recent news about SOAS staff members

24th April 2009

Arts and Humanities Block Grant Partnership Studentships

The AHRC have introduced a new scheme for postgraduate studentships from 2009. Institutions apply to the AHRC under the Block Grant Partnership Scheme.

23rd April 2009

HEFCE agrees continuation of exceptional funding to SOAS

SOAS has been successful in its bid to HEFCE for the continuation of the School’s exceptional funding for its distinctive specialist subjects.

19th February 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

Tudor Parfitt Tudor Parfitt's Channel Four Film on the Ark of the Covenant

SOAS Professor Tudor Parfitt’s latest book, The Lost Ark of the Covenant (Harper Collins), will feature in a film on Channel Four on Monday, 14 April. The book is an autobiographical character-led account dealing with a biblical artefact: the Ark of the Covenant. The book has attracted significant attention and is now being published in twelve languages.

10th April 2008

Tudor Parfitt Tudor Parfitt "The Lost Ark of the Covenant" Book Release

Tudor Parfitt's book 'The Lost Ark of the Covenant' is now published and has attracted a lot of publicity. It will be be translated into 12 other languages, including Greek, Hebrew, and Russian.

14th March 2008

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