In Memoriam Savi Sperl

It is with great sadness that the department has learnt of the untimely death of Savitri Sperl on Saturday, 15 February 2020.

19th February 2020

SOAS students recognised by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize 2019

3rd December 2019

SLCL announces a number of PhD scholarships for academic year 2019/20

We are happy to announce that a number of PhD scholarships are available for the academic year 2019/20 for research on SLCL core fields.

7th November 2018

Emeritus Professor Bernard Lewis - 1916 - 2018

21st May 2018

SOAS Teaching Fellow meets the Prince of Wales to discuss tolerance and countering extremism

HRH the Prince of Wales welcomed a group of UK-Al-Azhar scholar's programme, including SOAS Teaching Fellow Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour, to share thoughts and offer reflections on ways of promoting religious tolerance and countering extremism.

8th May 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 scholar publishes book on the social history of Hebrew

Lewis H Glinert, Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London, has published a book exploring the extraordinary hold that Hebrew has had on Jews and Christians, who have invested it with a symbolic power far beyond that of any other language in history.

28th February 2017

SOAS academic publishes new volume on Assyriology

Andrew George, Professor of Babylonian at SOAS University of London has edited a new volume on Assyrian archival texts.

28th February 2017

Writer and pioneering human rights lawyer Raja Shehadeh to speak at SOAS

Writer and lawyer Raja Shehadeh will be speaking at SOAS University of London on 9 March as part of SOAS’s Centenary Lecture Series. The lecture ‘Reflections on the failures of international law and human rights, and on sources of hope’ will focus on Israel and Palestine.

28th February 2017

SOAS publishes six prizewinning essays from undergraduate Arabic students

For the second year running, six BA Arabic students from SOAS University of London have had their prizewinning independent study projects published by the Department of the Near and Middle East in recognition of their achievements.

27th February 2017

SOAS scholar wins Gold Medal in Washington Institute Book Prize for book on the Israeli Right

Emeritus Professor Colin Shindler has been awarded the gold medal in The Washington Institute's 2016 Book Prize competition for his work The Rise of the Israeli Right: From Odessa to Hebron.

9th December 2016

Post-doctoral Researcher in the Literatures of the Maghreb announced

Opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Literatures of the Maghreb for ERC-funded MULOSIGE project

2nd November 2016

Acclaimed performance storyteller Ben Haggarty to perform the Epic of Gilgamesh at SOAS

As part of its centenary celebrations, SOAS University of London will be welcoming the acclaimed performance storyteller Ben Haggarty to perform the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, with musical accompaniment by SOAS-alumnus Jonah Brody.

17th May 2016

SOAS scholar brings world literature expertise to major language and creativity project

Professor Wen-chin Ouyang, Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at SOAS University of London has joined a major interdisciplinary research project on creative multilingualism, led by University of Oxford.

7th April 2016

Three PhD Scholarships on ERC MULOSIGE project

Three 3-year PhD scholarships on the ERC-funded MULOSIGE project

4th April 2016