Southeast Asia’s Art Histories II 2022 Study Tour Students taking the School of Arts MA module ‘Southeast Asia’s Art Histories II’ this year experienced an exceptional five-day Study Tour
David W Hughes, Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, has passed away SOAS remembers David W. Hughes (Department of Music), who died on 4 May.
Conditions ‘unsafe’ for South Sudanese refugees to return, report finds Researchers led by SOAS spoke to refugees and returnees to assess what has driven people to return, their experience of returning, and to discover how programmes can adapt to support their aspirations and needs amid the ongoing hunger crisis.
SOAS published accounts for 2019/20 shows positive and sustained improvements SOAS has published its accounts for financial year 2019/20.
SOAS-QFC Islamic Finance Public Lecture and Workshop on Islamic Cryptocurrencies This year’s SOAS-QFC Islamic Finance Public Lecture and Workshop gathered outstanding luminaries of Islamic finance and jurisprudence (fiqh) to discuss cryptocurrencies from an Islamic perspective and its latest developments in the United Kingdom, MENA and MESEA regions.
Latest Brunei Gallery exhibition - Crafting Subversion: DIY and Decolonial Print Crafting Subversion: DIY and Decolonial Print is the latest exhibition at SOAS’s Brunei Gallery, guest curated by British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pragya Dhital. The exhibition emerges from Pragya’s research on censorship in India during the colonial period and the Internal Emergency.
Lao She and SOAS Zhaoxia Pang and Ruth Herd share the story of Shu Qingchun (舒庆春) (1899-1966), also known by his pen name Lao She (老舍). Lao She is one of the most prominent figures in the history of modern Chinese literature. During his lifetime, he was acclaimed a “Master of Language” (yǔyán dàshī 语言大师) and his novels and plays gained world renown.