Prof Ghassan Hage to deliver Centre for Migration & Diaspora Studies Annual Lecture

The Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies and the Department of Anthropology and Sociology are delighted to announce that Prof Ghassan Hage (University of Melbourne) will be presenting the CMDS Annual Lecture for 2021. 

Join us on Wednesday, 24th March at 9am UK time (8pm Melbourne time), on Zoom.

24th March 2021

Three anthropologists among 'Most Inspirational Women of SOAS'

In honour of International Women's Day, SOAS called for nominations for the 'Most Inspirational Women of SOAS.' We're delighted to announce that three members of our department -- MA student and Students' Union Mature Student Officer Sara Lloyd-Knibbs and academics Dr Mina Sol and Dr Naomi Leite -- are among the top 10!

8th March 2021

Dr Orkideh Behrouzan to Speak on "Trauma in the Context of Global Migration", livestream roundtable

Dr Orkideh Behrouzan, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, to speak on international livestream roundtable, 'Trauma in the Context of Global Migration - Opening up an Analytical Field', on 4 March.

4th March 2021

Book launch: Anthropology PhD student Flora Hastings in conversation with Prof Charles Hirschkind (Berkeley)

2nd March 2021

Professor David Mosse conferred a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

17th February 2021

Dr Naomi Leite wins fifth book prize

11th December 2020

SOAS academic receives funding for SOAS led anthropological study of mental health

6th August 2020

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