The story of SOAS From groundbreaking academics to world-famous students, the history of SOAS is one of constant engagement with a changing world.
My study abroad experience in one photo Each year, our study abroad students return with stories and a full camera roll. We asked them to submit one photo that captured their time away from home.
"I’m driven by a desire to fix problems”: SOAS alum Karolin Abbas on finding purpose across fields Since graduating with a first-class BA in Linguistics, Karolin Abbas’s career shows how a linguistics degree opens doors to unexpected and impactful careers.
Precarity on two wheels: Keep in motion to maintain the balance The rise of ride-hailing apps in Indonesia has absorbed informal labour into the gig economy. Kafi Prasetya explores the labour conditions within this sector to assess their impact on the social welfare of the workers.
What Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things' has to say about female sexual desire and the commodification of bodies Postgraduate student Valentina Frassa explores how Yorgos Lanthimos's critically acclaimed film 'Poor Things' provides commentary on pressing socio-economic issues of our time and contributes to ongoing debates around female empowerment and the commodification of women's bodies.
The legacy of Shinzo Abe: After Japan grieves, how will his leadership be judged? Two weeks after the killing of Shinzo Abe, Satona Suzuki reflects on the nation’s collective grief and what his legacy may become.
Jaina-Prosopography: Monastic Lineages, Networks and Patronage Exploring the relationships between Jaina mendicant lineages and their supporters.