Uncovering Shan Manuscripts at SOAS Library Jotika Khur-Yearn, Southeast Asia Librarian at SOAS, discusses his recent work on improving catalogue metadata for the library’s significant collection of Southeast Asian manuscripts, bringing these to light for international research.
Women's History Month: Activists, scholars and leaders with legacies preserved in our archives The SOAS Special Collections team focuses on four distinguished women whose legacies are preserved within our archives, manuscripts, and rare book collections.
Professors of Practice to explore questions of race and human rights Three new Professors of Practice and a Community Fellow will bring their knowledge and professional expertise to SOAS via the School of Law and the Department of Politics and International Studies.
New Sustainable Crisis Response Guide Launched for Central Banks SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance and LSE Grantham Institute present toolbox for central banks and supervisors to calibrate their COVID-19 crisis responses in ways that account for climate- & other sustainability-related financial risks and/or contribute to the achievement of climate & sustainability goals.
Statement in support of Palestinian human rights and human rights organizations We academics at SOAS University of London unequivocally condemn and reject the designation by the Israeli Ministry of Defence of six prominent Palestinian civil society groups as terrorist organisations. Among those are internationally renowned human rights advocacy organisations like Al-Haq, with which SOAS academics have long collaborated in the struggle for justice for Palestinians.