Chihiro Toya Chihiro Toya is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS. Her research focuses on feminist discourses on sex work, the politics of knowledge production, and the role of counter-media.
Zhang Hanxiang Hanxiang Zhang is a London-based filmmaker currently pursuing a PhD in Film Studies at SOAS, University of London. His current practice-based project, Diasporic Chinese Identities in Southeast Asian Tropical Space – A Visual Representation, is related to his previous research on the Chinese diaspora, and continues to explore the identities of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia through documentary filmmaking. Their current PhD research u
Dr Carwyn Morris Carwyn Morris is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Society and Geography in the Department of Media and a Research Fellow in the SOAS China Institute.
Take part in the QS World University Rankings for 2027 Take part in the QS World University Rankings for 2027.
Dr Sophie van Huellen Commodity markets; commodity dependency; financialisation; global commodity chains; macro-financial linkages; international finance, machine learning for applied econometrics.
SOAS Centre for Yoga Studies opens Chinese exhibition exploring 1,000 years of yoga The Centre for Yoga Studies has launched the ‘Embodied Liberation: The History of Physical Yoga’ exhibition in Guangzhou, China.
Min Young Choi Min Young Choi is a PhD candidate in the History of Art, School of Arts at SOAS. Her research explores the cultural spaces of Kyŏngsŏng in the 1930s, examining how Korean artists engaged with the socio-political and spatial conditions of colonial rule through visual culture.
Nafiseh Ansari Nafiseh Ansari is a PhD researcher in the Department of History, Religions and Philosophies, working on a critical edition and interdisciplinary study of the Middle Persian text Draxt ī Asūrīg. Her research interests include Pahlavi literature, Zoroastrianism, the visual culture of ancient Iran, and the philosophy of history particularly questions about how meaning, memory, and identity are constructed through historical texts.