SOAS News

Beyond Boundaries - School of Arts Photography Competition 2019

22nd March 2019

SOAS scholar hosts major international symposium on forced migration and displacement

Laura Hammond, Professor of Development Studies at SOAS University of London, is hosting experts from around the world meeting in Addis Ababa today to develop solutions to tackle the major political, humanitarian and security challenges caused by forced displacement.

21st March 2019

SOAS in the Media –19 March

19th March 2019

SOAS to host public masterclass series on Asian Art with leading experts

SOAS University of London, in partnership with the Asian Civilisations Museum, has launched a series of public masterclasses on transcultural issues in the arts of Asia.

19th March 2019

SOAS Teaching Innovation Fund makes its first award

Dr Andrea Janku, Senior Lecturer in the History of China, and Dr Eleanor Newbigin, Senior Lecturer in the History of Modern South Asia, have been awarded £2000 by the new Teaching Innovation Fund for their project Decolonising History: Playwrights in Residence.

19th March 2019

SOAS extremely saddened to report two other members of SOAS community also on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight

We are extremely sad to report that, after paying tribute to our two alumni last week who were on board the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 flight, we have since learned that two other members of the SOAS community were also on the same flight.

19th March 2019

SOAS to host event on Boko Haram and the Chibok Girls

The Centre of African Studies at SOAS University will be hosting an event this week on Boko Haram and the Chibok Girls.

18th March 2019

SOAS students win top prizes at Japanese Speech Contest

A SOAS University of London student took the top prize at this year’s Japanese Speech Contest for University Students, securing first in the Speech Category. In total, five SOAS students made it through to the finals of this year’s contest.

18th March 2019

SOAS pays tribute to two SOAS alumni on board Ethiopian Airlines flight

We are deeply shocked and saddened to learn that two SOAS alumni died tragically in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crash near Addis Ababa. Many of the passengers on the flight were from NGOs or involved with the United Nations.

14th March 2019

SOAS in the Media –12 March

12th March 2019

Margaret Busby launches new anthology at SOAS

The writer and broadcaster Margaret Busby’s landmark new anthology, New Daughters of Africa, published by Myriad, was launched at an event at SOAS on 7 March.

12th March 2019

SOAS student honoured on International Women’s Day for work as feminist activist

SOAS University of London student Rachel Bali (MA Social Anthropology of Development) has been celebrated for her work as a feminist activist by the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.

8th March 2019

SOAS celebrates International Women’s Day with programme of events on women in Africa, Palestine and women in diplomacy

8th March 2019

SOAS project finds significant changes are needed to improve nutrition in South Asia

The SOAS University of London project, Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), has found that significant changes are needed in agriculture and food systems in order to attain UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 of Zero Hunger.

8th March 2019

SOAS scholar publishes new volume on sanitation in India

Philippe Cullet, Professor of International and Environmental Law at SOAS University of London has co-edited a new volume on the right to sanitation in India.

8th March 2019