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

SOAS scholar awarded €2.5 million for project reshaping the study of parliament globally

Professor Emma Crewe, Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS University of London has been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant of €2.5 million for the project ‘A Global Comparative Ethnography of Parliaments, Politicians and People: representation, relationships and ruptures’.

28th March 2019

SOAS scholar awarded £100k for project advocating for inclusive democracy in Myanmar

SOAS Department of Anthropology’s Professor Emma Crewe, Dr Richard Axelby and Dr Jas Kaur have been awarded a one-year £100,000 AHRC-GCRF Follow-on Funding for Impact and Engagement grant, for a project on Myanmar which advocates for more inclusive democracy in the country.

8th March 2019

David Olusoga to give public lecture at SOAS on the global aspects of British history and culture

SOAS University of London will be hosting leading historian David Olusoga to give The Migration Museum's annual lecture.

13th November 2018

SOAS scholar’s research shows better sanitary care improves school attendance for girls in Uganda

Research by Dr Catherine Dolan, Reader in Anthropology at SOAS University of London has found that better sanitary care and reproductive health education for poor schoolgirls, delivered over two years, improved attendance at school. On average, girls increased their attendance by 17 per cent, which equates to 3.4 days out of every 20 days.

15th May 2018

SOAS rises again in QS rankings

SOAS University of London has risen among the world’s elite institutions in the 2018 QS World University Rankings with four of its subject areas across a broad range of disciplines ranked amongst the world’s top 25.

28th February 2018

SOAS scholar awarded £800k grant by AHRC for project on historic ethnographic archives in Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Paul Basu, Professor of Anthropology at SOAS University of London has been awarded a grant of £805,032 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a project exploring historic ethnographic archives and collections relating to Nigeria and Sierra Leone, as well as their significance for Nigerian and Sierra Leonean communities in West Africa, the UK and beyond today.

16th January 2018

SOAS scholar finalist for 2017 National Jewish Book Award

Dr Naomi Leite, Lecturer in Social Anthropology at SOAS University of London, has been selected as a finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award, awarded by the Jewish Book Council for her work Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging .

16th January 2018

SOAS scholar’s exhibition on the architectural heritage of Yemen to travel to Italy

The SOAS Brunei Gallery exhibition on the architectural heritage of Yemen, curated by Trevor H.J. Marchand, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at SOAS University of London, will open this week at the MAO Museum of Oriental Art, via San Domenico 11, Turin, Italy. The Museum holds over 2,000 works from Asia, with its fourth floor mainly dedicated to art of the Islamic countries.

9th October 2017

SOAS scholar publishes ethnographic study of South Africa's public sector workers

Dr Elizabeth Hull, Lecturer in Anthropology at SOAS University of London has published a new book on South Africa's public sector workers.

3rd October 2017

AHRC awards SOAS scholar £2million for project on deepening democracy in politically fragile countries

Professor Emma Crewe, Professorial Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS University of London has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council grant from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) of £2million for a three-year project on deepening democracy in extremely politically fragile countries.

3rd October 2017

SOAS scholar publishes ethnographic study of South Africa's public sector workers

25th September 2017

Book launch by renowned British novelist Zadie Smith at SOAS

The award-winning novelist Zadie Smith joined SOAS University of London scholar Dr Marloes Janson to launch the paperback edition of her latest book, Swing Time (Hamish Hamilton, 2016).

6th September 2017

SOAS academic curates new exhibition on the architectural heritage of Yemen

Trevor H.J. Marchand, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at SOAS University of London, has curated a new exhibition on the architectural heritage of Yemen opening this week in SOAS’s Brunei Gallery.

10th July 2017

SOAS scholar contributes to ICOMOS guidelines for recovery and reconstruction of World Heritage Sites

Professor Trevor H J Marchand, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at SOAS University of London, is contributing to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) guidance for post-trauma recovery and reconstruction of World Heritage Sites. The guidelines, once finalised, will be used by UNESCO and by local stakeholders who manage heritage sites.

13th June 2017