Call for papers: Legacy of the British Mandate in Palestine This workshop hopes to bring together emerging researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to examine the question of British “legacy” in Palestine/Israel to better understand the relationship between the Mandate and today.
New policy brief calls for shift from crisis response to resilience building in the Horn of Africa The Centre for Pan-African Studies at SOAS and Shabaka have published a new policy brief that calls for a fundamental shift in the approach to humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa.
Call for Papers for Language Policy Forum 2023 Conference Theme: Decolonising Language Policy. Proposed dates: Thursday 15 and Friday 16 June 2023. Plenary speakers: Professor Justyna Olko, Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw (Poland) and Dr Hannah Gibson, University of Essex, UK, LanguagePolicySOAS, LanguagePolicySOAS2023, LPForumSOAS2023
In Memoriam: Dr. T’ung Ping-cheng 佟秉正 T’ung Ping-cheng truly cared for people. He was sociable but not brash, had humility but was never obsequious, had certainties in his views but never sought to force them on others. He was a lovely man, a pleasure to work with and a privilege to have known.
SOAS Library is 50 years old The SOAS Library is celebrating it's 50th birthday with a new exhibition exploring the history and development of the care and preservation of our remarkable SOAS Library collections.
SOAS academic awarded grant for collaborative theatre project to highlight political ... The Global Research Network on Parliaments and People (GRNPP) led by Professor Emma Crewe has received a grant to enable members of the Mursi community in Southern Ethiopia to create innovative ways to enhance policy-makers' understanding of their pressures, rights and aspirations.