Ummugulsum Kurukol Ummugulsum is a PhD candidate in Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her research explores Muslim travel writing across different genres and periods, asking how travellers understood their journeys, explained their motives, and experimented with the language of travel.
Graduation Day 2026 SOAS is excited to be hosting the Summer Graduation Day 2026 at Friends House, Euston, London on Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9, and Thursday 10 September 2026.
Postgraduate Certificate in Asian Art (Online) Scholarship This scholarship covers full tuition fees for a Postgraduate Certificate in Asian Art (online). The scholarship is open to anyone, anywhere in the world.
Nour Alsabagh Nour Alsabagh is a PhD candidate in History, specialising in the environmental and technological histories of the modern Middle East. Her research explores colonial irrigation and technopolitics in late Ottoman and Mandate-era Iraq, with a focus on labour, ecology, and imperial knowledge systems.
Professor Graham Furniss, OBE Graham served as Pro-Director of SOAS between 2008-13 having previously held positions as RAE Director and Faculty Dean amongst others.