South Asia Department News
SOAS pays tribute to Honorary Graduate Yash Chopra
SOAS, University of London, pays tribute to our Honorary Graduate, the multi-award winning filmmaker Yash Chopra, who died over the weekend aged 80.
23rd October 2012
SOAS scores well in world university rankings
SOAS qualities have been recognised this week by the new QS World University Rankings and the Which? university comparison website.
18th September 2012
FT Podcast on Bollywood feat. Prof. Rachel Dwyer
Speaking in a Financial Times podcast on Bollywood, Professor Rachel Dwyer (Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema) discusses the global prominence of Hindi cinema.
17th February 2012
Announcing a new MA in the Study of Contemporary Pakistan at SOAS
This pioneering MA aims to understand Contemporary Pakistan in its complexities of culture, nation, politics, religion, law and economics. Students who enrol for this MA will be able to engage in a deep interdisciplinary analysis of the diversity and richness of Pakistan
6th February 2012
Autumn News
The School has improved its student satisfaction as measured by the 2011 National Student Survey
22nd September 2011
Hutt Wins Award for Promoting Nepali Literature to the World
Professor of Nepali and Himalayan Studies Michael Hutt has been honoured with an international award ‘for his continuous dedication to promoting the study of Nepali literature in the international arena’.
6th June 2011
Dr Ian Matthew Paton Raeside: 1926-2011
An obituary of Dr Ian Matthew Paton Raeside, 1926-2011.
30th January 2011
SOAS Wins Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education
SOAS has been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education. The award honours the Faculty of Languages and Cultures for the excellence, breadth and depth of its teaching in the languages of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.19th November 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
