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The 6th annual SAAAP Summer Programme drew in international and Indonesian scholars as well as Alphawood alumni to contribute to redefining the role of the growing maritime states along the southern edge of the Asian landmass in the early second millennium of the common era.

Paul Dundas, Indologist and Emeritus of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, one of the leading scholars in the field of Jaina Studies, has passed away.

Fareda Banda, Professor of Law at SOAS University of London, is Chair of the first all-woman judging panel for this year's Caine Prize for African Writing.

This year’s UK Regional Competition was held at Longan Hall, UCL and attended by 18 contestants from 12 universities. SOAS was represented by Yumi Yong and Melania El Khayat. 

Esther Phillips, the esteemed First Poet Laureate of Barbados who is renowned for her poetry that breathes life into the untold stories of the past, will be based at SOAS University of London this summer as Visiting Fellow. 

The researchers examined 75 disputes across three regional clusters, namely Gurugram, in the National Capital Region, Bengaluru in Karnataka, and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, with the view of mapping industrial relations and disputes in the Indian garment industry. 

Younger generations in Timor-Leste can now learn the stories of the many forgotten women who endured grave human rights violations during the struggle for independence. 

Enrico Pulieri, PhD Candidate and Teacher of the Macroeconomic Analysis module at the Department of Economics has been awarded with an Honorable Mention for the Director’s Learning and Teaching Prize.

Modern racism and sexism need to be overcome to build a viable posthuman society where we can be at peace alongside our cyborg friends, according to a new book by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies.