David W Hughes, Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, has passed away SOAS remembers David W. Hughes (Department of Music), who died on 4 May.
Think tanks “unsettling findings of academic research more than ever” during pandemic, say ... A reliance on think tanks and individual voices with a bias poses a “significant threat” to evidence-based policy more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic, leading academics warn.
New scholarship for Black British students pursuing an undergraduate degree We are proud to announce an exciting new partnership with The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation to offer talented Black British students funding to undertake a three-year undergraduate degree programme at SOAS. This year the inaugural Cowrie Scholarship was awarded to Remaya Robinson-Beckford.
SOAS begins to take new strategy forward with newly completed leadership team SOAS now has a complete leadership team and governance committee to take the university’s new strategic plan forward.
An Interview with Panpan Yang, New Lecturer in the Arts and Visual Cultures of Modern China Panpan Yang recently joined the Department of History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS as a lecturer in the arts and visual cultures of modern China. We asked her to tell us a bit about herself.
Professor Owen Wright Awarded 2025 British Academy Derek Allen Prize A prestigious British Academy prize has gone to an emeritus professor of Musicology of the Middle East at SOAS.
SOAS journal explores negative feelings towards Nigerian pidgin English A reflection on Yorùbá language changes among London families, and an analysis of why some university students feel negatively towards Nigerian Pidgin English are some of the research papers published in a new SOAS journal.