Arabic (Colloquial Levantine) Intermediate Course Arabic (Colloquial Levantine) Intermediate Course at SOAS University of London
Arka Chakraborty Arka is a music historian specialising in postcolonial Calcutta. Drawing from a vast array of official and personal archives, and field interviews, his multisensorial and multilingual doctoral project throws light into the musical interflows between the Anglophone and vernacular spaces that have inhabited the metropolis.
Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month: Three Queer activists who changed the world The SOAS Queer Society introduce the inspiring stories of three Queer activists—Li Maizi, Audre Lorde, and Chi Chia-Wei—who challenged oppression, fought for equality and changed history.
Decolonising the school curriculum: Free teaching resources on the legacy of empire A new SOAS project has created free learning resources for secondary school teachers to address the legacies of colonialism.
Collective Village Repertoires: The Challenge of a Collective Digitisation in Guinea In a reflection on the notion of a collective village repertoire and its digitisation, authors Elara Bertho and Aguibou Sow outline the research-action programme carried out with the Malian association Donkosira, which since 2017 has aimed to digitally conserve local knowledge in rural communities.
Distinguished figures to be honoured at the 2022 winter graduation ceremonies Exceptional figures from the African diaspora in social activism, linguistics and sustainable development are to be honoured during the winter graduation celebrations in early December.
Social reproduction and precarious and unpaid labour The Series in Advanced Political Economy (SAPE) was launched in 2022, jointly organised by Departments of Economics at SOAS University of London and New School for Social Research (NSSR) in New York.