Honorary Fellows and Honorary Graduates
Each year SOAS awards a small number of Honorary Fellowships and Honorary Degrees. Awards are normally made at the School's graduation ceremonies.
An overview of Honorary Degrees and Fellowships.
Honorary Graduates
The following are the School's current Honorary Graduates.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - D.Litt (2018)
- Zeinab Badawi - D.Litt (2011)
- Rakhshan Bani-E'temad - D.Litt (2008)
- Daniel Barenboim - D.Mus (2008)
- Shabana Basij-Rasikh - LLD (2016)
- Professor Jan Breman - D.Sc (SocSc) (2013)
- Margaret Busby OBE D.Litt (2019)
- Professor J.M. (John) Coetzee - D.Litt (2015)
- Imtiaz Dharker - D.Litt (2016)
- Toumani Diabaté - D.Litt (2015)
- Dr Shirin Ebadi - LLD (2012)
- Professor Diana Eck - D.D (2013)
- Professor Cynthia Enloe - D.Litt (2009)
- June Givanni - D.Litt (2018)
- Vrinda Grover - LLD (2018)
- Professor Howard Goldblatt - D.Litt (2014)
- Professor Sir Martin Harris CBE - D.Litt (2013)
- HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan - LLD (2005)
- Lord Stephen Green of Hurstpierpoint - D.Sc (Econ) (2010)
- Dr Mohamed Ibrahim - D.Sc (Econ) (2007)
- Robert Irwin - D.Litt (2016)
- Nursyahbani Katjasungkana - LLD (2019)
- Dr Irene Khan - D.Sc (SocSc) (2007)
- Kanya King CBE - D.Mus (2017)
- John Okell OBE - D.Litt (2016)
- Ben Okri - OBE - D.Litt (2010)
- Professor Prabhat Patnaik - D.Sc (Econ) (2012)
- Dr Lisbet Rausing FBA - D.Litt (2004)
- His Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II (CON), Emir of Kano D.Sc (Econ) (2019)
- Meera Syal CBE - D.Litt (2013)
- Ping-cheng T’ung 佟秉正- D.Litt (2014)
- Dr Frances Wood - D.Litt (2015)
Honorary Fellows
The following are the School's current Honorary Fellows .
- Sir David Adjaye OBE
- Baroness Valerie Amos PC
- Desi Anwar
- HRH Princess Wijdan bint Fawaz Al-Hashem
- Geraldine Auerbach MBE
- H. E. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber
- Professor Herman Batibo
- Professor Colin Bundy
- Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE
- Hon Mrs Anson Chan CBE JP
- Dr Jung Chang
- Sokari Douglas Camp CBE
- Dr Haruhisa Handa
- Lindsey Hilsum
- Sir Joseph Hotung
- Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws QC FRSA
- Professor Nasser David Khalili
- Professor Nirmalya Kumar
- Sir Tim Lankester
- Dr Seng Tee Lee FBA
- Professor N G D (Göran) Malmqvist
- Emeritus Professor Shula Marks OBE FRA
- Emeritus Professor Adrian Mayer
- Sir Michael McWilliam KCMG
- H.E. Shiv Shankar Mukherjee
- Michael Palin CBE
- Rithy Panh
- Professor David Parkin FBA
- Claudia Roden
- Professor Amartya Sen
- HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand
- Wole Soyinka
- Jonathan Taylor CBE
- Professor Romila Thapar
- Professor Gungwu Wang CBE
- Phuntsog Wangyal
- Forest Whitaker