Birds, wings and diadems: Zoroastrian symbols in Parthian and Sasanian art This lecture will explore the intricate relationship of kingship and religion in the art of Parthian and Sasanian Iran.
Situating 'Joyland' in Contemporary Pakistani Cinema Talk and discussion with Dr Mehak Faisal Khan on Saim Sadiq’s 2022 debut film 'Joyland' and its international impact.
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.
Requesting a CAS All students who plan to apply for a Student Visa - or returning students who require further student immigration permission - will need to request a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS).
Postgraduate taught scholarships Summary of scholarships available on SOAS's taught masters, PGDip, and PGCert programmes.
Ortigia Scholarship This scholarship covers full tuition fees for the in-person pathway of the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art and an allowance to cover living costs during term time.
DLD Annual Lecture with Professor Yuen Yuen Ang - Adaptive political economy: Toward a new paradigm Political economy routinely treats living, complex, adaptive social systems as machine-like objects. In this talk, Professor Yuen Yuen Ang (Johns Hopkins University) proposes an adaptive political economy.
In Memory of Salma Khadra Jayyusi With great sadness the SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies has received the news that the distinguished poet, scholar, translator, and anthologist Salma Khadra Jayyusi departed this life on 20 April 2023, having just celebrated her one hundredth birthday.