SOAS academic awarded grant for collaborative theatre project to highlight political representation of marginalised groups in Ethiopia

The Global Research Network on Parliaments and People (GRNPP) led by Professor Emma Crewe has received a grant to enable members of the Mursi community in Southern Ethiopia to create innovative ways to enhance policy-makers' understanding of their pressures, rights and aspirations.

7th February 2022

€1.5 Million Research Grant awarded to the project ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia’

1st October 2021

Professor David Mosse wins the 2021 Jack Goody Award

Professor David Mosse has won the 2021 Jack Goody Award for his manuscript, “Outside Caste? The Enclosure of Caste and Claims to Castelessness in India and the United Kingdom”.

12th August 2021

Professor Marloes Janson releases her new book ‘Crossing Religious Boundaries: Islam, Christianity, and 'Yoruba Religion' in Lagos, Nigeria’

17th June 2021

Professor Paul Basu’s [Re:] Entanglements project culminates with a ground-breaking exhibition at the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (MAA)

14th June 2021

Department of Anthropology and Sociology Launch Sustainability and Climate Change Blog

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology are delighted to announce the launch of our new blog platform, "Anthropology, Climate Change and Sustainability at SOAS."

5th May 2021

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