Oric L’vov-Basirov (1937 - 2021)

Oric L’vov-Basirov, who has died aged 83, was a renowned iranologist, archaeologist, and historian.

21st July 2021

Call for Papers: Imitation or Appropriation? Intermediality in Qing Imperial Art and Culture

Call for Papers: Imitation or Appropriation? Intermediality in Qing Imperial Art and Culture 

22nd September 2020

SOAS Alumni Panggah Ardiyansyah and Wieske Sapardan take part in conversation about the history of restitution in Indonesia, its meanings as well as future challenges

Hosted by SERAYA - a podcast on cultural heritage, art and history, Panggah Ardiyansyah and Wieske Sapardan take part in a conversation about the history of restitution in Indonesia, its meanings as well as future challenges.

9th July 2020

Vivek Gupta awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Cambridge

History of Art and Archaeology student Vivek Gupta completes PhD and begins as Postdoctoral Associate in Islamic Art at the University of Cambridge.

23rd June 2020

School of Arts PhD student awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

School of Arts PhD candidate Chih-En Chen has been award The Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation (CCKF) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships (2020-2021) to support his fourth year at SOAS.

6th June 2020

Kasia Ploskonka nominated Winner of CAPture Central Asia Photo Contest

SOAS PhD student Kasia Ploskonka has been nominated as one of the winners of the 2020 CAPture Central Asia Photo Contest, run by the Central Asia Program (CAP) at George Washington University.

25th May 2020

SOAS History of Art and Archaeology student interviewed on CNN

SOAS History of Art and Archaeology MA student Kaoru Akagawa gives interview with CNN on her challenge to revive ancient forms of Japanese calligraphy

17th April 2020

Sites of Encounter - School of Arts Photography Competition 2020

7th February 2020

Beyond Boundaries - School of Arts Photography Competition 2019

22nd March 2019

SOAS scholar publishes major new work on art in the Medieval Islamic Mediterranean

Anna Contadini, Professor of the History of Islamic Art at SOAS, University of London has edited and contributed to a new volume which seeks to change the understanding of medieval art and metalwork production around the Mediterranean.

1st October 2018

Call for Abstracts: Decolonising the Self: Representations of the Self in Art Theory and Practice across Cultures (Postgraduate Workshop)

7th August 2018

SOAS partners with OCR Exam board to boost teaching resources on implications of British colonial rul​e

The Department of History at SOAS University of London has partnered with OCR, a leading examinations board for secondary education, to create a ‘one-stop’ shop for A-level history teachers teaching the British Empire.

26th June 2018

SOAS scholar tackles taboo of internal slavery in West Africa with documentary on slavery in Mali

Dr Marie Rodet, Senior Lecturer in the History of Africa at SOAS University of London, has been helping to lift the taboo of internal slavery in West Africa with a documentary on the history of slavery in Kayes, Mali that has been screened to villages and schools in the region.

4th June 2018

Philanthropic donation to research the histories of objects from China’s Yuanmingyuan or ‘Summer Palace’

Louise Tythacott, Pratapaditya Pal Senior Lecturer in Curating and Museology of Asian Art, has been awarded a major philanthropic donation to undertake research on the histories and displays of objects from the Yuanmingyuan, or old ‘Summer Palace’, in Beijing.

The project will run until January 2019, and will result in a publicaton which traces the diaspora and displays of Yuanmingyuan artefacts in Britain and France. 

9th March 2018

Newton Mobility Grant Project

12th December 2017