Departmental News

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 doctoral student speaks at special meeting of the International Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent

25th April 2017

SOAS scholar publishes new book on the history of the School for SOAS’s centenary

A new book looking at the development and history of SOAS University of London has been published to celebrate SOAS’s centenary.

14th October 2016

SOAS academic speaks at Curious? Futures festival

SOAS University of London took part in Curious? Futures last month, a festival fusing science, art and culture.

11th August 2016

SOAS scholar secures British Library grant for archival project in Western Mali

Dr Marie Rodet, Senior Lecturer in the History of Africa at SOAS, University of London has been awarded a British Library Endangered Archives Programme grant for an archival project focusing on slave emancipation in Western Mali.

10th June 2016

Michael W Charney gives talk at international webcast event

26th May 2016

SOAS moves up in the world’s elite

SOAS, University of London is moving up among the world’s elite institutions with eleven of its subject areas across a broad range of disciplines now scoring highly in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

23rd March 2016

SOAS to host Elephant Conference in Bangalore, India

SOAS University of London’s first ever Elephant Conference will be held in India at the Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 4-6 April 2016.

17th March 2016

New edited book from SOAS scholar’s AHRC-funded ‘Urban Violence in the Middle East’ research project

Dr Nelida Fuccaro, Reader in the Modern History of the Middle East at SOAS University of London launches her latest edited book at SOAS on the violence in the public lives of modern Middle Eastern cities.

11th March 2016

SOAS academic gives speech in minority language in China and helps to break world record

Dr Mandy Sadan, Reader in the History of South East Asia at SOAS University of London, delivered a speech in the Jinghpo language at a community and local government conference at Mangshi in Yunnan.

3rd March 2016

SOAS scholar helps to secure AHRC grant worth nearly £1 million to study Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai

Together with colleagues at the British Museum, Dr Angus Lockyer, Lecturer in the Department of History at SOAS University of London, has been awarded a major research grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The grant, worth nearly £930,000 in total, is for a project on the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai entitled ‘Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society’ (1760-1849).

9th February 2016

SOAS historian’s book, 'Being and Becoming Kachin,' wins major international book prize

SOAS historian Dr Mandy Sadan has been awarded a major international prize for her book about northern Myanmar, Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma (British Academy/OUP 2013)

10th September 2015

SOAS tops London institutions for teaching, according to students

Results of the 2015 National Student Survey (NSS), released today, show that students at SOAS, University of London are highly satisfied with ‘Teaching on my course,’ with an above average rating of 89%.

12th August 2015

How SOAS languages helped build post-war UK-Japan entente

The story of the Dulwich Boys, a group of young men who studied Japanese at SOAS, University of London during the Second World War, has been featured on the BBC Radio 4's Today Programme (01:41:27) and in the BBC Magazine.

12th August 2015

SOAS alumna recognised in Queen's birthday honours for services to the understanding of China

Elizabeth Wright has been made Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the Queen's birthday honours.

13th June 2015