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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

SOAS celebrates partnership with Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art to secure future loan of Percival David Library and archives

SOAS University of London this week celebrated the strengthening of its relationship with the Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art through the signing of a new Loan Agreement.  The Agreement, signed by the School’s Director Baroness Valerie Amos CH and the Chair of the Percival David Foundation, Colin Sheaf, coincided with the inaugural Professorial Lecture by Professor Shane McCausland, who has held the Percival David Chair in Chinese Art since 2015.

11th December 2017

SOAS launches new joint art course with Art Institute Chicago and Guardian Education Center

SOAS University of London celebrated this week the launch of a new partnership with the Guardian Education Centre, a branch of China Guardian, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

21st November 2017

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