Professor Catherine Hezser awarded British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship Catherine Hezser, Professor of Jewish Studies, has been granted a British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship for the 2022-23 academic year.
Fragments and Missing Pieces: The Puzzle of Editing a Kharoṣṭhī Birch-bark Manuscript The workshop explains the process of editing a birch-bark manuscript, using the example of the Mahāyāna sūtra.
Mahāyāna Without the Concept of Mahāyāna: Evidence From an Early Kharoṣṭhī Manuscript from Gandhāra This lecture will present the content of the Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts from Gandhāra, discussing parallels and its broader context within Mahāyāna literature.
SOAS celebrates Pongal harvest festival The SOAS South Asia Institute hosted the Tamil harvest festival Pongal at SOAS on Saturday 15 January 2022.
Call for papers: Centre for Palestine Studies 8th Annual Graduate Student Research Seminar The 8th annual Centre for Palestine Studies research seminar will be held at SOAS, University of London and online on Wednesday May 4, 2022.
Why I picked SOAS (and you should too) Final year student Daisy shares why she decided to study BA Chinese at SOAS, including the opportunity to live in London and spend a year abroad.
Clearing stories: "I have learnt so much in my first year at SOAS" First-year student Lesley shares her experience of Clearing and studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at SOAS.