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SOAS languages and cultures experts to investigate Covid-19 risks among London’s migrant communities
SOAS University of London languages and cultures scholars have been awarded UKRI/AHRC funding worth £489,826 for a research project examining Covid-19 public health information among linguistically diverse communities in London.
11th January 2021
SOAS students win top prizes at Japanese Speech Contest
SOAS University of London students once again took the top prizes at this year’s Japanese Speech Contest for University Students, securing first prize in the Individual Presentation Category and second prize in the Speech Category.
20th March 2018
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 students win top prizes at Japanese Speech Contest
14th March 2017
SOAS scholar's exhibition on Japanese erotic art inspires top fashion designer
An exhibition co-curated by Professor Andrew Gerstle, Professor of Japanese Studies, SOAS University of London and Leverhulme Research Fellow Dr Akiko Yano, along with Timothy Clark of the British Museum has inspired a new line of clothing by Japanese designer Issey Miyake.
5th October 2016
SOAS shortlisted for ‘Research Project of the Year’ at the Times Higher Education Awards 2016
SOAS University of London has been shortlisted for ‘Research Project of the Year’ at the Times Higher Education Awards 2016 for a project on Shunga led by Andrew Gerstle, Professor of Japanese Studies.
1st September 2016
SOAS scholar delivers fourth edition of Teach Yourself Cantonese
SOAS University of London language scholar Professor Hugh Baker and his collaborator Ho Pui-Kei have published the latest edition of their Teach Yourself Cantonese.
7th April 2016
SOAS to celebrate Centenary as well as 20th anniversary of MA Japanese Applied Linguistics
5th April 2016
SOAS to celebrate impact of 100 years of Japanese Studies with alumni
Wartime language students, diplomats, business leaders and entrepreneurs from SOAS University of London’s alumni community will come together at the School to celebrate the impact of 100 years of learning Japanese at SOAS University of London.
15th January 2016
SOAS to host UNESCO event to discuss revision of language index
UNESCO in cooperation with SOAS World Languages Institute, supported by the London Middle East Institute in UK, is organising a two-day consultative expert meeting on the revision of UNESCO’s Language Vitality Index which will be used for the development of UNESCO’s World Atlas of Languages.
17th November 2015
SOAS Japan expert consults on major new series exploring alternative post-Second World War history
Dr Griseldis Kirsch, Lecturer in Contemporary Japanese Culture in the Department of Japan and Korea, has acted as a consultant on the highly anticipated new series 'The Man in the High Castle' set to be aired on 20 November as an Amazon Original Series.
17th November 2015
Francesca Orsini awarded €2.5 million grant to study world literature
Professor Francesca Orsini, Chair of the Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS), has been awarded an ERC advanced grant of €2.5 million to study world literature from the perspective of multilingual societies.
28th October 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
British Academy elects four SOAS scholars for outstanding research
Four SOAS, University of London scholars have been elected Fellows of the British Academy for 2014/15.
17th July 2015
SOAS’ Endangered Languages Documentation Programme receives a further $11 million from Arcadia
The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme at SOAS, University of London, has been awarded a new grant of $11 million (just over £7.25m) by Arcadia Fund. The grant is a renewal of the original £20 million donation Arcadia gave to SOAS in 2002, which resulted in the inception of the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP).
27th April 2015
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