New Research Professor to join Development studies Professor Naomi Hossain will join SOAS as a Research Professor in Development studies from September 2023.
SOAS team awarded grant of over £250,000 for Southeast Asian art restitution project The Getty Foundation has awarded Professor Ashley Thompson and Dr Stephen Murphy a grant of $315,000 (approximately £280,000) for the project, ‘Circumambulating Objects: Paradigms of Restitution of Southeast Asian Art.’
SCI member Zhaoxia Pang receives Outstanding Contribution Award Zhaoxia Pang, Senior Lector of the Department of East Asia Languages and Cultures at SOAS, receives Outstanding Contribution Award at the 20th anniversary Chinese Bridge Competition.
SOAS hosts series of Arabic literature online events in collaboration with Sheikh Zayed Book Award The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is organising a series of four events between April and June in collaboration with SOAS, University of London.
SOAS to launch new Research Centre: The Centre of AI Futures The new SOAS Centre for AI Futures will launch on 25 January 2023.
SOAS in UK's top 20 for climate action in THE Impact Rankings SOAS University of London has climbed 171 places in the THE Impack Rankings in the category of Climate Action, coming in at 79 globally, and ranks 20 in the UK.