SOAS in the Media: June 2026 Highlights of SOAS experts in the media discussing key issues and topics this month.
International Booker Prize 2026 winners speak at SOAS The SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies welcomed novelist Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King last month to discuss the book, "Taiwan Travelogue".
Sainsbury Institute and SOAS launch lectureship in Japanese Art A jointly-funded lectureship in Japanese Art at SOAS University of London, in partnership with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC), has been announced.
“Decolonisation is not a single event, it is a process”: Mahmood Mamdani speaks at SOAS SOAS welcomed Mahmood Mamdani to discuss the long-fought process and complexities surrounding decolonisation in Uganda, exploring how colonial systems continue to shape post-independence, politics and identity in the country and across the continent.
SOAS joins calls for Chevening scholars to be exempted from visa brake SOAS is one of 34 leading research universities calling on the government to exempt Chevening scholars from its new visa restrictions.
Helen Kanitkar Anthropology Library Appeal The Helen Kanitkar Library is a social study space, for anthropology and sociology students. The library is staffed by a student librarian and volunteers, supervised by a member of staff, and relies on alumni donations for its upkeep.
Pan-African Workshop in Nairobi Warns of Leadership Crisis and Institutional Fragmentation The workshop examined the condition of Pan-Africanism at a time of intensifying geopolitical competition and global instability.
Student wins Bloomsbury seat on Camden Council SOAS student Lilac Carr has won a seat in the local Camden elections, held earlier this month.
Major funding boost for Taiwan Studies Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council awards major grant to strengthen world leading Taiwan Studies programme at SOAS.