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SIS launches Insight Series with briefing on COVID in the Arab World
28th May 2020
Matti Pohjonen to speak on hate speech at University of Helsinki
Centre for Global Media & Communication's Dr Matti Pohjonen is to give talk on online extreme speech at the University of Helsinki on Monday 18 November.
14th November 2019
My Revolutionary Year: an academic's personal photographs which mark the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution
Professor Annabelle Sreberny, Centre for Global Media and Communications at SOAS University of London, has launched a website dedicated to her personal archival photographs capturing Iran during the 1978-79 revolution.
7th February 2019
Coding Workshops
The Centre for Global Media is proud to announce that some of its brilliant students have set up their own coding workshops where other students and staff can gain coding skills and knowledge. For more information please visit their website:
https://www.soascodingclub.com/coding-workshops-information-soas-coding-club
5th November 2018
Impact of social media on political polarisation biggest issue to solve, according to study
A study on social media hate speech led by Dr Matti Pohjonen in the Centre for Global Media and Communications at SOAS University of London has shown that political polarisation is perhaps a more intractable problem to solve than merely removing aggressive or hateful comments from social media.
18th September 2018
SOAS scholar's research on Palestine informs new animated film “The Tower”
A book by Dr Dina Matar, head of the Centre for Global Media and Communication at SOAS University of London, has informed the development of the newly-released animated film “The Tower” by filmmaker Mats Grorud.
25th June 2018
SOAS sponsors Gaby Rado award at Amnesty Media Awards
SOAS University of London celebrated the work of some of the most talented young journalists by sponsoring the Gaby Rado Award for Best New Journalist at the Amnesty Media Awards 2016.
19th January 2017
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 hosts one-day international conference on Communication and Conflict
The Centre for Media Studies, SOAS University of London, supported by the London Middle East Institute, hosted the successful one-day international conference, ‘Communication and Conflict: Iraq and Syria’ on 7 May 2016
16th May 2016
SOAS Centre for Media Studies to host Rubicon grant winning project
2nd February 2016
Two titles edited by SOAS academics make Choice Magazine’s top picks for 2014
Two out of four titles selected by Choice Magazine as ‘Outstanding Academic Titles in the Humanities 2014’ are publications edited by SOAS academics.
3rd June 2015
SOAS’ School of Arts among UK elite for research quality
The research of the School of Arts at SOAS, University of London, has been ranked in the UK top ten in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. The quality of its research outputs was especially highly regarded, that of the Department of Music being placed first nationally and that of the Department of History of Art and Archaeology fourth.
18th December 2014
SOAS scholars address Hizbullah’s political communication in latest book
Experts from the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) at SOAS, University of London have provided a detailed historical analysis of the political communication strategies of Hizbullah, the leading political group in Lebanon, in new book.
30th July 2014
'The World is With Us’: Global Film and Poster art from the Palestinian Revolution, 1968-1980
19th May 2014
SOAS in Europe’s top ten for Arts and Humanities
SOAS, University of London has been ranked in Europe’s top ten universities for Arts and Humanities, according to the 2014 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking, which ranked SOAS ninth in Europe and 26th in the world.
6th March 2014
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