Zeinab Badawi appointed as President of SOAS The award-winning broadcaster, journalist and SOAS alumna, Zeinab Badawi, has been appointed as the new President of SOAS.
SOAS economist listed as one of the world’s top thinkers in Prospect Magazine A SOAS expert has been nominated as one of the world’s top thinkers by Prospect Magazine for 2025, an accolade that spotlights individuals for their ideas and impact on the wider world.
SOAS Linguists Predict Unknown Words Using Language Comparison A new linguistic experiment uses computer-assisted techniques for historical language comparison to show how scholars can predict pronunciations of undocumented words
The SOAS China Institute welcomes new Visiting Scholars and Professorial Research Associate Professor Terry Sicular joins the SOAS China Institute as a Professorial Research Associate. Dr Yanwei Lin and Dr Hongxiang Li join the SOAS China Institute as Visiting Scholars from China.
SOAS students visit Mongolian Embassy to mark anniversary of Genghis Khan’s birth SOAS representatives were invited by the Mongolian embassy in London to mark the occasion of the 860th anniversary of Genghis Khan’s birth and the National Pride Day.
SOAS statement on Fahad Shah We are very concerned to hear of the arrest of SOAS alum Fahad Shah, a prominent journalist based in Kashmir and editor of the independent news platform, TheKashmirWalla.
Modern Languages and Linguistics ranked 10th overall for research excellence Modern Languages and Linguistics ranked 10th overall in the UK out of 47 HEIs nationally, rising 20 places during the REF cycle and outranking other leading London institutions.