SOAS published accounts for 2019/20 shows positive and sustained improvements SOAS has published its accounts for financial year 2019/20.
SOAS-QFC Islamic Finance Public Lecture and Workshop on Islamic Cryptocurrencies This year’s SOAS-QFC Islamic Finance Public Lecture and Workshop gathered outstanding luminaries of Islamic finance and jurisprudence (fiqh) to discuss cryptocurrencies from an Islamic perspective and its latest developments in the United Kingdom, MENA and MESEA regions.
Latest Brunei Gallery exhibition - Crafting Subversion: DIY and Decolonial Print Crafting Subversion: DIY and Decolonial Print is the latest exhibition at SOAS’s Brunei Gallery, guest curated by British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pragya Dhital. The exhibition emerges from Pragya’s research on censorship in India during the colonial period and the Internal Emergency.
Lao She and SOAS Zhaoxia Pang and Ruth Herd share the story of Shu Qingchun (舒庆春) (1899-1966), also known by his pen name Lao She (老舍). Lao She is one of the most prominent figures in the history of modern Chinese literature. During his lifetime, he was acclaimed a “Master of Language” (yǔyán dàshī 语言大师) and his novels and plays gained world renown.
Call for papers: Authoritarianism, law, and the remaking of society ‘Social life of Law in Authoritarian Contexts’, project funded by the Leverhulme Trust at SOAS, University of London invites applicants for a workshop that seeks to draw attention to the social life of laws used by authoritarian states and leaders to change the composition of societies.
Careers: "I can draw a direct line from my studies at SOAS to my current job" Max Schmidt graduated from SOAS with an MSc in Research for International Development, which prepared him perfectly to secure a fellowship with an international climate think tank before becoming a climate finance consultant.
Reporting Gaza: A Public Talk with Wael Al Dahdouh Wael Al-Dahdouh will reflect on his experiences reporting from Gaza—balancing the demands of war journalism with the personal struggles faced by Gazan reporters.