The historic legacy of Taiwan's sugar railways explored in book ‘The Twilight Years of Taiwan's Sugar Railways: The World's Most Extraordinary Industrial Railway’ is set against the backdrop of rapid closure to industrial railway systems throughout the 1990s.
In Memory of Salma Khadra Jayyusi With great sadness the SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies has received the news that the distinguished poet, scholar, translator, and anthologist Salma Khadra Jayyusi departed this life on 20 April 2023, having just celebrated her one hundredth birthday.
SOAS-led report uncovers realities of community unrest in Leicester 2022 The inquiry 'Better Together: Understanding the 2022 Violence in Leicester' completed over the course of almost three years, represents the most comprehensive investigation into the Hindu-Muslim violence that occurred nearly four years ago.
SOAS students win top prizes at Japanese speech contest SOAS students Peter Ashton and Callum Cafferty have excelled in the 19th annual Japanese Speech Contest for Students
UK’s first decolonising philosophy toolkit for secondary schools and universities launched Students and staff at SOAS University of London have co-created the UK’s first Decolonising Philosophy Toolkit for secondary schools, sixth forms, and universities.
Book launch: Anthropology PhD student Flora Hastings in conversation with Prof Charles ... Livestream Zoom book launch, 2 March, 5.30pm: Anthropology PhD student Flora Hastings in conversation with Professor Charles Hirschkind, University of California - Berkeley, on his new book: The Feeling of History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia (University of Chicago Press), followed by Q&A.
SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance co-host conference on 'Accelerating Climate Action in Asia' Researchers and policy makers convene in Tokyo to discuss fiscal policy responses to the climate crisis.
Talk on Big Tech's catastrophic impact on human rights The Head of Big Tech Accountability for Amnesty International, Pat de Brún, will be speaking at SOAS University London about how Big Tech companies pose an unprecedented threat to our human rights.