CPAS hosts policy roundtable on vigilantism in the Lake Chad Basin 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.
Major research funding awarded to SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies 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.
Paul Kaletsch 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
Physical conflict in the world's legislatures: Why do legislators brawl? Dr Nathan F. Batto gives an online talk about his recent book 'Making Punches Count: The Individual Logic of Legislative Brawls'.
Runako Charles 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 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.
Emeritus Professor Gilbert Achcar Gilbert Achcar is Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS University of London.