SOAS in the Media: January 2026 Highlights of SOAS experts in the media discussing key issues and topics this month.
Book launch: 'Human Capital: The Tragedy of the Education Commons' Does today’s education system make better people or just better workers? Join Guy Standing as he explores how education has been reshaped by market logics, and what it would take to revive it for the common good.
SOAS-Alphawood Asian Art Programme (auditing pathway) Auditing access to our postgruaduate object-based study of the arts of Asia, run in association with the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum.
SOAS-Alphawood MA in Asian Art (online) Object-based study of the arts of Asia, run in association with the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum.
SOAS-Alphawood MA in Asian Art Object-based study of the arts of Asia, run in association with the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum.
Coming of Age In- and Out-of-Place: Frictions of Adolescent Mobility in Island Southeast Asia This talk concerns adolescent mobility and immobility in island Southeast Asia. It argues for the value of attending to the spatiality of adolescence as a period of biocultural development.
SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Certificate in Asian Art (online) Object-based study of the arts of Asia, run in association with the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum. Join us from anywhere in the world for a fully-online pathway of study.
Reimagining Development: Bold Directions Towards a Thriving World What if development were imagined differently? Join Peter Sutoris as he explores bold alternatives, from degrowth to Indigenous knowledge, based on his book co-authored with Uma Pradhan, envisioning more just and ethical futures.
From loneliness to connection in later life: insights from Thailand and Myanmar This presentation explores how practices of everyday life shape experiences of loneliness and care among older Thai and Myanmar adults living along the northern Thailand–Myanmar border.