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SOAS History of Art scholars begin work on Tibetan Buddhist Museum Collections

From March-April 2017, Christian Luczanits, Louise Tythacott and Kunsang Namgyal Lama undertook their first research trip to Ladakh as part of a 3-year AHRC-funded project documenting Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Collections and Museums. 

18th August 2017

Scholars begin work on Tibetan Buddhist Museum Coilections

18th August 2017

Alphawood Scholars take part in Curating Cultures exhibit

From January to March 2017, Alphawood Scholars on the Curating Cultures MA course worked in exhibition teams to devise displays using the History of Art and Archaeology teaching collections.

24th May 2017

SAAAP presents the Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections

SAAAP is proud to sponsor the seminal new publication, The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections, edited by SOAS Postdoctoral Research Associate Farouk Yahya.

24th May 2017

SOAS scholar’s research informs British Museum exhibition on Japanese artist Hokusai

Together with colleagues at the British Museum, Dr Angus Lockyer, Lecturer in the Department of History at SOAS University of London, is engaged in research on Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, which has underpinned a major new exhibition at the British Museum, opening this week.

23rd May 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 scholar awarded Gerda Henkel Foundation funding to complete the writing of a book on the archaeology of Medieval Kinet and the northern Crusader States

Scott Redford, Nasser D. Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London, has been awarded a grant from the Gerda Henkel Foundation in Düsseldorf to complete the writing of a book on the archaeology of Medieval Kinet and the northern Crusader States.

5th May 2017

SOAS exhibition uses medium of comics and augmented reality to bring story of migrants to life

PositiveNegatives in partnership with SOAS University of London will be hosting an exhibition at SOAS’s Brunei Gallery which examines the perils of migration through the medium of comics.

4th April 2017

SOAS scholar awarded British Council funding to document and protect heritage at Rum Kale

Scott Redford, Nasser D. Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London, has been awarded a grant of £99,960 by the British Council for a two-year project, which will undertake recording and prepare management plans for the fortified archaeological site of Rum Kale, an area that is highly affected by the conflict in Syria.

4th April 2017

The SAAAP Paris Study Tour 2017

Alphawood Scholars, along with other students in the History of Art and Archaeology MA and PhD programmes, took part in the SAAAP Paris Study Tour in March/April 2017, visiting a range of pre-eminent collections of ancient Southeast Asian scultures, manuscripts and artefacts.

3rd April 2017

2nd Summer Programme in Southeast Asian Art History Application Form

The 2nd Summer Programme in Southeast Asian Art History with a focus on Hindu and Buddhist art and archaeology of central Java (8-9th Century CE) will be taking place in Yogyakarta, Central Java, July 27–2 August 2017. It is jointly run by SOAS University of London and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM).

24th February 2017

SOAS scholar awarded further Getty Foundation funding to work on art and archaeology of Crusades

25th November 2016

SOAS alumna awarded Yenching Scholarship at Peking University

SOAS alumna Vaishnavi Patil has been announced as one of the Yenching Scholars at Peking University’s Yenching Academy for 2016/17.

1st April 2016

MA students curate exhibitions in the Lady David Gallery

Students on the School of Arts’ ‘Curating Cultures’ MA module have curated five exhibitions in the Lady David Gallery at SOAS.

10th December 2015

Professor Anna Contadini and Dr Rachel Harris participate in International Conference on "Music, Art and Spirituality in Central Asia"

28th October 2015