Graduation Day 2026 SOAS is excited to be hosting the Summer Graduation Day 2026 at Friends House, Euston, London on Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9, and Thursday 10 September 2026.
Film discussion - The Boy and the Heron「君たちはどう生きるか」 Join Fabio Gygi, Satona Suzuki and Filippo Cervelli as we celebrate Hayao Miyazaki's legacy and delve into Studio Ghibli's latest film, "The Boy and the Heron".
A Drunken Bee – Sunthorn Phu and the Buddhist landscapes of early Bangkok Sunthorn Phu (1786–1855) is an unlikely figure through which to understand nineteenth-century Buddhism in Siam. Despite being described as a “drunken writer” by the court astrologer after his death, he is now the national poet of Thailand. In this talk, Paul Lewis McBain shall explain how his newly-published book A Drunken Bee argues that the irreverent, rebellious, and parodic voice of Sunthorn Phu is an invaluable resource for understanding the Buddhism of early Bangkok.
Curator's tour of 'I Couldn't Stand By' Join the exhibition curator, Dr Benjamin Worku-Dix, for a guided tour of 'I Couldn't Stand By: Youth, Violence and Peace — An Exhibition of Young Hope' at SOAS Gallery.
I Couldn't Stand By: Youth, Violence and Peace — An Exhibition of Young Hope This exhibition presents illustrated stories from PositiveNegatives illuminating young peoples' experiences of conflict, peacebuilding and marginalisation.
CPD course: enhance your language teaching skills Enhance your language teaching skills with our CPD course (SOAS Language Centre)
Can Visual Culture Studies Contribute to Human Dignity? Protestant Missions and Image Conflict in Meiji Japan: Icon-Aversion and Image Negotiation This lecture asks what it means for visual culture studies—often positioned at some remove from moral philosophy or political theory—to speak responsibly about a heavyweight concept such as human dignity.
BEO International Education Fair Tokyo Meet a SOAS representative in Tokyo, and learn about what life at SOAS is like.