Centre for Global Media and Communications

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Our Centre Chair says:

SOAS interdisciplinary Centre for Global Media and Communication, housed in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, is dedicated to advancing non-Eurocentric teaching and research of global media and communication in relation to Asia, Africa and the Middle East and their diasporas. The Centre provides an administrative and intellectual home for the School's MA programmes, the MA Global Media and Communication, the MA International Journalisms, the MA Media in Development and the MA Global Digital Cultures.The Centre is also responsible for the organization of research seminars focused on creating a space for critical new scholarship on media and politics, media and development and media and cultures. The centre aims to expand and contribute to theoretical, practical and pedagogical debates around de-colonising global media studies and research through publications, conferences, workshops and teaching. Its membership is open to all academic staff at SOAS and the centre has members across academic disciplines across SOAS and elsewhere.

For further information please contact the Centre for Global Media and Communication at cgmc@soas.ac.uk

Degree Programmes

Facts and figures

6: The Centre is unique in the world in its focus on media, information and communication in the Global South. It offers an eclectic mix of 5 postgraduate taught degrees and a research degree (PhD) whose non-Eurocentric approach offers fresh directions to examining the contemporary world.

Teaching

Ranked 101-150 in the world for Communications and Media Studies (QS World University Rankings by subject 2017)
Classes are taught by research active instructors who focus on different aspects of communication, culture, and society in the Middle East, Asia and Africa
Excellent teacher:student ratio and personal contact
Students study core classes in their chosen MA, and are encouraged to take classes across SOAS to create a unique degree with a regional, topical, or language focus that fits their needs
Alumni go onto high profile careers in the media, in NGO and Think Tanks and academic research

Research

Our research spans a wealth of geographical areas (Palestine and the Middle East, India, China, Myanmar, Korea) and topics (international political communication; cultural studies; new media and democracy; memory studies and oral history; Islamist movements; social movements and media; diasporas; ethnic minorities; transnational movements and communications; development discourses; digital technologies and development; digital cultures in the Global South)
We regularly appear in the media of different countries as guests and commentators on diverse contemporary issues

Alumni and student stories

Fiona O’Cleirigh MA Global Media and Postnational Communication

"I was drawn to the university’s outstanding reputation in my area of interest (the Middle East, particularly Iran) as well as the availability of postgraduate programmes that could complement a career in journalism."

If you have ever wondered why you are the only person you know who is remotely interested in the Sogdian language, Achaemenid legal codes or Biblical references to the playing of the lute, take heart. SOAS is waiting for you.
Zahrah Mamode MA Global Media and Postnational Communication

"SOAS is the ultimate place for intellectual thinking about the world with special attention to cultural and political issues."

I have found studying at SOAS an unbelievable experience, especially as the library houses a unique collections of both print and electronic resources.
Osama Salameh MA Global Media and Postnational Communication

"The Centre for Media and Film Studies has been a turning point in my academic, professional, and epistemological life. I will never read, watch or receive information or media products as before."

The Centre for Media and Film Studies has been a turning point in my academic, professional, and epistemological life. I will never read, watch or receive information or media products as before.
Mounira Lisa Sabella MA Media and the Middle East

"The Media and Middle East degree is one in a million"

The Media and Middle East degree is one in a million. It was truly a unique and unforgettable experience for anyone wanting a critical and introspective look at the ever-dynamic relationship between media, politics, and society in the Middle East.

News

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SOAS scholar awarded £75,000 grant to study the British Council

SOAS Centre for Global Media and Communications’ Dr Dounia Mahlouly, has been awarded £75,000 to lead a new six-month research project, investigating the British Council's approach to alternative and positive narratives.

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