Changing awareness of internal slavery in Mali Research conducted by Dr Marie Rodet has raised awareness of the history of internal slavery in Mali, transmitted previously lost history between elders and the younger generations, and exposed enduring discrimination against populations with ascribed status as descendants of former slaves.
Politics and International Relations Masterclass for Years 12 and 13: The 2011 Arab Uprisings in Context This masterclass, designed to widen participation to SOAS, will examine the origins and fortunes of the Arab uprisings that unfolded in Tunisia, Egypt, and beyond in 2010–11.
Dr Sonia Languille Political economy of education and development in sub-Saharan Africa; privatisation of education, secondary education, social mobilisation around schooling, textbook industry; politics of aid and public finance; South Africa, Tanzania.
Dr Zhiyuan Simon Tan Dr. Zhiyuan Simon Tan is Lecturer in Accounting, Accountability and Financial Management at King's College London.
Emeritus Professor Doris Behrens-Abouseif Doris Behrens-Abouseif is Emeritus Professor at the Department of History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS.
Film Screening and Discussion: The Oath - A Documentary The Oath follows a week in the life of Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan, a Palestinian medic living and working in Israel and teaching medical ethics. While the medical oath taken by all doctors requires that they provide equal care for all patients, Lina witnesses a system increasingly at odds with this.