CISD participates at the 5th Conference of State Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

From the 25th to the 30th August 2019 CISD Students Anahita Ghanbari Parsa, Jacob Loose, and former student Lidia Matias participated at the Conference of State Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in Geneva.

9th September 2019

Dan Plesch to speak alongside UN Director-General Tatiana Valovaya at exhibition and lecture series launch

As part of a week-long exhibition and lecture series at the UN Library in Geneva, Dr Dan Plesch revisits the history of the creation of the UN System from the 1942 Declaration by the United Nations to the United Nations Charter of 1945.

9th September 2019

SOAS to launch degree programme with Johns Hopkins University

SOAS University of London and Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) are launching a new cooperative degree programme. Under the new programme, students from both SAIS and SOAS have the opportunity to conduct two years of study in International Affairs in combination with studies in Economics, Development Studies or Politics at two of the world’s leading universities in these fields.

5th September 2019

SOAS in the media 23 Aug - 3 Sept

3 September 2019

3rd September 2019

SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance Organises First-ever Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Finance at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo

Policy discussion on aligning the financial system with sustainable development and
incorporating climate risk in financial decision-making at the Japanese central bank.

27th August 2019

SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School 2019 Report

23rd August 2019

SOAS scholar shortlisted for Newton Prize 2019

SOAS University of London’s Professor Laixiang Sun has been shortlisted for the Newton Prize 2019, which celebrates outstanding international research partnerships.

23rd August 2019

In Memoriam: Prof. Rolf Gerhard Tiedemann 1941—2019

Until his very last days, Gary Tiedemann busied himself producing conference papers, journal articles and book chapters, some of which reappeared in Chinese or German translation.

20th August 2019

SOAS in the media 6-22 August 2019

20th August 2019

A message to new and returning students from Department Head, Zoë Marriage

19th August 2019

SOAS scholar’s research shows need for hands-on learning in schools

SOAS University of London Emeritus Professor, Trevor Marchand’s work on craft, handskill, embodied knowledge and education has recently been featured in the TES, where Professor Marchand discusses the need for hands-on learning in schools.

19th August 2019

Times corrects serious mistakes in its SOAS Director story

The Times has published a full and detailed correction to the serious mistakes it made in its 3 August 2019 story on the announcement of SOAS Director’s appointment in summer 2020 to lead University College Oxford.

9th August 2019

SOAS students help raise funds for Camden Foodbank this summer

The Department of Development Studies, Undergraduate final year students raised £412.50 for the Camden Foodbank this summer, an organisation that provides much needed emergency food stores to local people in crisis.

7th August 2019

SOAS alum chosen by Duchess of Sussex to feature on cover of Vogue

SOAS alum Ramla Ali, who obtained a first-class law degree at SOAS University of London, is one of 15 all-female ‘forces of change’ who will appear on the cover of September’s edition, guest-edited by the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.

6th August 2019

SOAS in the Media: 31 July - 6 August

A round up of this week's news.

6th August 2019