Dancing at the Thresholds: Music, Trance, and Feeling in Algerian Diwan of Sidi Bilal Celebrating the recent release of Dr Tamara Dee Turner's book
Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2026 – The UN in Afghanistan: from state building to survival, rethinking the UN’s role Drawing on his experience and engagement in a range of United Nations roles in and on Afghanistan from 2001 to the present day, Mark Bowden will examine how the UN’s role has been shaped—and constrained—by the political settlement forged at the Bonn Conference.
Rebuilding Islamic financial infrastructure for a digital age This lecture aims to contribute to the debates on Islamic finance and to strengthen collaboration, knowledge exchange and innovation amongst economists, lawyers, shari‘ah scholars and regulators in the field.
Whose rules-based order? Lessons from the health justice movement for a broken multilateralism DLD Annual Lecture 2026 with Winnie Byanyima.
SOAS led workshop explores AI and gaming for heritage engagement in Kenya An interactive workshop led by Dr Marie Rodet, explored new ways of engaging with African history through gaming and artificial intelligence in Kenya earlier this month.
International relations expert recognised for outstanding contribution Professor Fiona B. Adamson has received the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Section of the International Studies Association (ISA).
Build data science skills for real-world economic policy An introduction to SOAS's MSc in Data Science and Economic Policy, which combines hands-on training in AI, machine learning, and coding with direct pathways to internships and co-supervised research with some of the world's leading international institutions.
Art and Archaeology expert joins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship Scott Redford, Nasser D Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology, has been awarded with the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship - supporting his work on a new book that explores the art and archaeology of Medieval Turkey.
Dr Euisol Jeong Euisol Jeong is Lecturer in Korean Digital Media at SOAS, specialising in digital feminism, gender politics, and digital culture in South Korea.