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On 5 September 2024, SOAS University of London awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) in Economics to Dr. Atiur Rahman in recognition of his life-long research work on poverty reduction and the initiatives that he took as a Governor of the Central Bank of Bangladesh to promote financial inclusion and sustainable finance.

The Special Collections team have acquired the only known surviving copy of a pamphlet showing the social life of British administrators and other European expatriates in West Africa.

DLD Conversation with Nick Dearden, Els Torreele and Ha-Joon Chang exploring why we must rethink intellectual property rights to ensure equitable access to life-saving treatments worldwide.

‘Social life of Law in Authoritarian Contexts’, project funded by the Leverhulme Trust at SOAS, University of London invites applicants for a workshop that seeks to draw attention to the social life of laws used by authoritarian states and leaders to change the composition of societies.

From 2nd to 6th September senior government officials, policy makers, civil society leaders and researchers from 14 countries across Africa gathered outside Johannesburg for the 5th SOAS DLD Future Leaders Programme.

The geopolitics and geo-economics of the Pacific Islands, with reference to China and Japan. Investigating the role of Tokyo’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific and Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative in the region, and the interplay between them.

SOAS Library’s Special Collections will be opening its doors to all SOAS students and staff to display material from across our diverse and unique collection of archives, manuscripts and rare books.

SOAS PhD graduate Dr Alice Mogwe was appointed to the prestigious Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by President Emmanuel Macron and the French government in August.