Yoga: Past and Present An alumni webinar exploring the ancient Indus Valley and Vedic roots of yoga, and the development of yoga in medieval times and in present times.
Five lessons the UK can learn from Italy’s asylum accommodation crisis Asylum accommodation is a political battleground: drawing on his research in Italy, Dr Paolo Novak shows how the UK’s case reveals that it is never just about housing, but about power, inequality, and belonging.
External Event - Phiroz Mehta: A Zoroastrian Philosopher of Religion in South London Lecture by Dr. Karen O'Brien-Kop, Lecturer in Asian Religions and Ethics at University of Roehampton
The road to freedom - Economics and the good society: National and global perspectives SOAS DLD Annual Lecture with Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz.
Gallery accessibility We want to be open and accessible to all visitors to ensure that the widest number of people can enjoy the building, collections and exhibitions.
Call for Contributions: Le Petit Prince in African Languages: Translation and Critical Perspectives This workshop aims to examine how Le Petit Prince travels across linguistic and cultural contexts in Africa. We are interested in exploring how translation not only transfers meaning but actively reshapes it. By bringing translators and scholars into conversation, we hope to create a space where practice and theory inform one another.
Ziran Tang The Department of History at SOAS; Ethnic culture at the crossroads: The reception and migration of cultural inheritance and religious messages by the Ahmao in southwest modern China; Ethnology of southwest China; The interaction of ethnic cultures in modern China; Folklore Studies, especially ethnic customs and ethnic belief
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.
SOAS visits Japan In November 2022, a SOAS delegation led by SOAS Director, Adam Habib, visited Japan to explore the possibility of strategic partnerships with Japanese universities, in addition to meeting with existing SOAS partners and donors and alumni in Tokyo.