Medical anthropology students meet the start-up ecosystem The department of Anthropology and Sociology organised an interaction at Health Foundry for students of the MA Medical Anthropology and Mental Health programme.
Digital sex crimes: Three lessons from South Korea Online violence against women and girls takes various forms, with smartphones lowering the threshold for participation even further. How are offenders held accountable?
The Commonwealth under King Charles III What is the meaning and value of the Commonwealth in this new era under King Charles III?
Olivette Otele: “SOAS is the place to be” An interview with Olivette Otele, who joins SOAS as a Distinguished Research Professor of the Legacies and Memory of Slavery.
Hakim Adi: The history of Africa is integral to the history of the world An interview with Professor Hakim Adi, SOAS alumnus and author of ‘African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History’.
The future of traditions, writing pictures: Contemporary art from the Middle East The exhibition explores three generations of artists from Iran and the Arab world, from the early pioneers of a vernacular ‘Lettrism’ movement to those incorporating the written word in their works today.
Why economic growth alone does not make a better, healthier society Policies that see economic growth as the sole outcome, from which all else will follow, will inevitably fail. History teaches us that investing in the social fabric is a critical component of development.
Research and Evidence Facility: Informing migration policy in the Horn of Africa Collating and producing evidence and policy relevant knowledge to generate a better understanding of the drivers of instability, migration, and displacement in the greater Horn of Africa, and the dynamics of cross-border economies and centre/periphery relations.
SOAS to host two new British Academy Global Professors in Law and Development Studies The British Academy has announced today that Professor Arkebe Oqubay Metiku and Professor Irini Papanicolopulu have been awarded prestigious British Academy Global Professorships. Both Professors will be hosted at SOAS University of London for the four-year award (2023-26).