School of Arts
Inaugurated in September 2012, the School of Arts incorporates two existing departments and one centre.
The School of Arts is unique in the breadth of its coverage of the visual and sound arts, the material and intangible culture, and the cultural industries of Asia and Africa.
Our PG programmes encompass historical perspectives on the art and music of Asia and Africa, alongside ethnographic and practice-based approaches to the contemporary expressive cultures of those regions and their diasporas.
We are one of the very few centres in the world which specialises in the vital and increasingly important developments taking place in the cultural industries of the non-Western world.
The School of Arts benefits from interaction with other disciplines in SOAS, such as Asian and African languages, Anthropology, Development, History, etc. Our students have access to a range of multi-media provision including a media lab, SOAS Radio and recording studio, as well as the Brunei Gallery and the world-class SOAS Library.
The location in central London gives our students access to an unparalleled range of concerts and festivals, galleries and museums, media and cultural enterprises.
Degree Programmes
The School runs several discipline-specific programmes. For details, see the relevant departmental pages:
For students wishing to bridge these disciplinary boundaries we offer:
MA Arts of Asia and Africa
This programme, to be inaugurated in September 2012, draws on courses across the School of Arts, permitting student to specialise in, for example: popular music and film in the Middle East; art, archaeology and music of the Silk Road; music, media and development in Africa. Students must take one course from at least two of the constituent departments/centre, and will write a supervised dissertation on a relevant topic. For further details contact Professor Timon Screech (ts8@soas.ac.uk).
MA Global Creative Industries
An MA Global Creative Industries, incorporating elements of vocational training and work experience, is planned for 2013.
