A day at The Japanese School: "I left feeling closer to the culture" BA East Asian Studies student Masami shares her recent university trip to the unique Japanese School in London.
'Youth in crisis'? The effects of post-independence violent conflict and displacement on Murle socio-political institutions in Pibor, South Sudan Diana’s British Academy-funded research project (2020-2025) examines visual, musical and performative culture as the lens through which to better understand changes in Murle social institutions.
Leverhulme Research Leadership Award: Mapping Sumatra’s manuscript cultures This project’s interdisciplinary team investigates manuscript libraries from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the first landing point, geographically and historically, of Islam in South East Asia, to better understand the intellectual and writing traditions of the region.
SOAS academic awarded British Academy fellowship for FCDO policy research Dr Avinash Paliwal, SOAS Reader in International Relations, will conduct research for the government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) after being awarded the British Academy’s Innovation Fellowship.
An object arrives at a gallery. What do you do next? When three brass Buddha statues turned up at the SOAS Gallery, the team had to find out where they came from. Lucy Kauser takes us on a journey of what happened next.
Participatory biocultural documentation for sustainable resource stewardship and climate adaptation Development of a user manual on participatory biocultural documentation to facilitate local engagement in place-based climate efforts for application across the IUCN global network (1400 organisations across 160 countries).
Mapping religious diversity in modern Sichuan: A spatial and social study of communities and networks A multi-year and interdisciplinary project that explores patterns of religious diversity in Sichuan from the 1800 to today, and relocates Sichuan from the periphery to the centre of the study of Chinese religions.
Circumambulating objects: On paradigms of restitution of Southeast Asian art Circumambulating Objects: on Paradigms of Restitution of Southeast Asian Art (CO-OP) assembles individuals across the arts, culture and heritage fields to question entrenched systems of valuation, ownership, replication, collecting and display as these are brought into relief through restitution processes today.
British Academy writing workshop: Amplifying women's voices in Hausa cultural studies This 4-day British Academy Writing Workshop and 6-months of mentorship sought to amplify the voices of academic women writing about Hausa cultural studies in Northern Nigeria by providing support in revising research in preparation for publication.