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Alessandra Francone is a doctoral researcher in the LCL department. Her thesis "The effects of sociohistorical context on lexical borrowing: a re-evaluation of "basic vocabulary"" straddles historical linguistics and contact linguistics, and focuses on lexical borrowing in languages spoken in the Baltic region and the central Mediterranean.

Student accommodation at Handel Mansions in London

On 29 April 2025, the Centre for Pan-African Studies (CPAS) at SOAS, led by Dr Abdul Wando, convened a policy roundtable in Abuja, Nigeria, to examine the role of vigilante groups in the Lake Chad Basin.

SOAS, University of London has signed its 10th major agreement with Taiwan, solidifying a commitment to expand the SOAS Taiwan Studies Programme from 2024 to 2027.

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Paul Kaletsch (SOAS University of London/GCSC Giessen), PhD on the Reconceptualization of Failed and Ended Resistance, interested in Deleuze/Guattari, the Theory of the Event, and the aftermath/afterlife, working in the Fields of Political Theory, Resistance Studies, Hong Kong Studies

Dr Nathan F. Batto gives an online talk about his recent book 'Making Punches Count: The Individual Logic of Legislative Brawls'.

Runako Charles is a doctoral researcher in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (Near and Middle East Section) at SOAS, University of London. His research focuses on the intellectual legacy of Imām al-Dāraquṭnī (d. 385/995) and the development of ḥadīth criticism in the 4th/10th century.

Dr Mishana Hoss is an International Relations scholar and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing at the University of Oxford and Associate Member of the Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS.