Everjoice Win appointed as Professor of Practice

The Centre for Gender Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Everjoice Win as Professor of Practice. Everjoice Win is currently International Director for Programmes and Global Engagement at ActionAid.

12th June 2020

Kaari Murungi appointed as Professor of Practice

The Centre for Gender Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Kaari Betty Murungi as Professor of Practice. Kaari Betty Murungi is an expert in transitional justice processes, women’s human rights, gender, constitutionalism and governance.

12th June 2020

Alyosxa Tudor discusses "COVID in Confinement" with Kimberlé Crenshaw

6th May 2020

SOAS scholar gives recommendations on exiting violence to impact peace-building policies focusing on women

SOAS Professor of Gender Studies Nadje Al-Ali has presented findings from a working group looking at women and violence as part of a major International Panel on Exiting Violence (IPEV) project.

4th September 2018

SOAS academic co-edits book exploring breakdown of trust between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in West

Dr Amina Yaqin, Senior Lecturer in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies at SOAS University of London, has co-edited the book Muslims, Trust and Multiculturalism: New Directions with Palgrave MacMillan which explores the themes of trust and multiculturalism across a range of perspectives, employing insights from political science, sociology, literature, ethnography and cultural studies.

12th June 2018

SOAS researcher discusses refugees and benevolence at TEDxCoventGardenWomen

Dr Ruba Salih, Reader in Gender Studies at SOAS University of London gave a talk at TEDxCoventGardenWomen thgis term discussing the meaning of the term ‘refugee’ and the dangers of benevolence.

9th December 2016

SOAS and centenary partner Bertha DocHouse to host a series of powerful new films on gender inequalities

As part of its centenary celebrations, SOAS University of London will be screening a series of recent acclaimed films from Africa, Asia and the Middle East which challenge gender inequalities.

16th May 2016

SOAS Director raises awareness of global refugee crisis on International Women’s Day

Baroness Valerie Amos, Director of SOAS University of London, marked International Women’s Day, by taking part in a campaign to raise awareness of women refugees. 

8th March 2016

Gender Studies Scholar organises international workshop in Athens on Palestinian refugees

7th October 2015

SOAS scholar discusses latest book at Asia's largest gay and lesbian film festival

Dr Ben Murtagh, Senior Lecturer in Indonesian and Malay at SOAS, University of London recently spoke at Q! Film Festival in Jakarta about his latest book Genders and Sexualities in Indonesian Cinema.

15th October 2014

SOAS scholar receives Arab American Book Award for exploration of what it means to be Iraqi

Nadje Al-Ali, Professor of Gender Studies at SOAS, University of London has been awarded the The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award at the 2014 Arab American Book Award for her co-edited book on what it means to be Iraqi.

22nd August 2014

Dr Ruba Salih to lead SOAS team as partner to EU funded Power2Youth project

Dr Ruba Salih leads SOAS team as partner to EU funded project Power2Youth from March 2014-2017

7th August 2014

The Second Annual CCLPS Postgraduate Conference, "From the Speech to the Act: Performativity on the Margins"

The Second Annual CCLPS Postgraduate Conference, From the Speech to the Act: Performativity on the Margins held on 13 June 2014 was a resounding success. Selected papers from the conference will be published in an upcoming issue of the SOAS Journal of Postgraduate Research. A podcast of the conference is also forthcoming.

13th June 2014

SOAS feminist scholar co-organises US event addressing feminist issues in Middle East

Nadje Al-Ali, Professor of Gender Studies at SOAS, University of London has co-organised a major workshop in the US to host a range of leading feminist scholars to explore a range of feminist issues in the Middle East.

3rd April 2014

SOAS scholar interrogates law on force from a feminist perspective in latest book

Dr Gina Heathcote, a lecturer at SOAS, University of London interrogates international law on force from a feminist perspective in her latest book.

28th June 2013