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Theatre production supported by SOAS research project makes National Theatre in Ethopia

With support from Professor Emma Crewe and Dr Richard Axelby of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Olisarali and the South Omo Theatre Company applied techniques of community theatre to develop a script and a vision for staging a play at the National Theatre in Addis Ababa.

23rd August 2022

Appointment of Professor Sanjay Srivastava

Appointment of Professor Sanjay Srivastava to the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS.

16th June 2022

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)

Livestream Zoom book launch, 2 March, 5.30pm: Anthropology PhD student Flora Hastings in conversation with Professor Charles Hirschkind, University of California - Berkeley, on his new book: The Feeling of History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia (University of Chicago Press), followed by Q&A.

2nd March 2021

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