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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

SOAS enhances place among London’s elite universities in 2018 Guardian Guide

SOAS University of London has risen 5 places to 25th in the latest Guardian University Guide and is also rated in the UK’s top 15 for students’ satisfaction with teaching.

16th May 2017

SOAS anthropologist to screen films on ‘outsider art and craft’ at RAI Film Festival

Two films by Professor Trevor Marchand, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at SOAS University of London, will be broadcast at The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) Film Festival from 29 March-1 April.

28th March 2017

SOAS academic’s research used in new Zadie Smith novel

A monograph by Dr Marloes Janson, Reader in West African Anthropology at SOAS University of London, has been used in Zadie Smith’s new novel Swing Time.

24th November 2016

SOAS scholar shortlisted for BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed’s Ethnography Award 2016

Professor Emma Crewe, Professorial Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS University of London has been shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed’s Ethnography Award 2016.

2nd November 2016

SOAS academic awarded Mid-Career Fellowship from the British Academy

The British Academy has awarded Dr Lori Allen, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, a Mid-Career Fellowship for her research proposal: A Genealogy of Political Proof: Making Facts Through Investigative Commissions In Palestine, 1919 - 2009

9th September 2016