Professor Owen Wright Awarded 2025 British Academy Derek Allen Prize A prestigious British Academy prize has gone to an emeritus professor of Musicology of the Middle East at SOAS.
SOAS economists receive Financial Times 2025 Award for academic research with impact Senior Fellow Dr Moritz Kraemer and Professor Ulrich Volz awarded Financial Times Award for research on the impact of climate change and nature risk on sovereign credit ratings.
The Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art Annual Lecture 2025 This lecture presents case studies of select ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art that are being studied in a cross-disciplinary project.
RSAA and SOAS annual presentation on Asia for sixth form students 2025 The Royal Society for Asian Affairs and SOAS University of London invites school students to attend a day of talks about several aspects of Asia.
Conflicts over Access to Water and Land: Evolving dimensions (2022–2025) Addressing water conflicts through the lens of water security.
COP30 President and other thought leaders speak at SOAS during London Climate Action Week 2025 The SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance hosted seven high-profile events during London Climate Action Week 2025, showcasing the Centre’s work on a number of issues.
France’s Imagined Mission in the Levant: Louis IX’s Crusade in Religious, Colonial, and Nationalist Discourses (1693–2025) This paper investigates how the figure of Louis IX (Saint Louis; d.1270) was reimagined from the eighteenth century to the present in order to frame France’s role in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Addressing the multi-scalar dimensions of sectoral water conflicts: Lessons from South Asia (WATCON) 2025-2030 Addressing water conflicts through the lens of water security.