Professor Reinhard Bachmann gives interview to China Daily Professor Reinhard Bachmann gives interview to China Daily
Professor Joanna Newman MBE appointed as Provost Professor Joanna Newman MBE FRSA - currently the Chief Executive and Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) - has been appointed as Provost.
University Network delivers first capacity building workshop on adaptation finance and risk management in Nairobi, Kenya From 27-31 March 2023, the University Network for Strengthening Macrofinancial Resilience to Climate and Environmental Change) convened the first Adaptation Finance and Risk Management Workshop co-organised with the Resilience and Adaptation Mainstreaming Program (RAMP) led by the World Resources Institute (WRI).
Alphawood gift expands Asian art history education with online learning and scholarships for Southeast Asia Alphawood Foundation Chicago announced this week a gift to SOAS University of London of over £1.8 million to support the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art programme, with a focus on expanding opportunities for students from Southeast Asia.
SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance Co-organises Virtual Conference on ‘Sustainable Finance for Asia’s Transition to Net Zero’ with the Asian Development Bank Institute Tokyo-based think tank of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance organised a three-day virtual conference on Sustainable Finance for Asia’s Transition to Net Zero.
Economist invited to speak at G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group Director of the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, Professor Ulrich Volz, was invited to speak at the Second G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group (SFWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency.
European Research Council grants awarded to Maqām music project and Zoroastrian ritual analysis Funding has been awarded to two SOAS researchers: Professor Almut Hintze will be analysing prehistoric oral culture of the Indo-Iranians, and Professor Rachel Harris will be leading a project on a musical tradition found across Western and Central Asia.
Colfe’s School take part in global music event with Moroccan Gnawa and Chinese Pipa Musicians Pupils from Colfe’s School, listen to traditional Moroccan Gnawa musician and a Chinese pipa soloist play in a lively educational global music event held at SOAS.