MPhil/PhD in Politics and International Studies PhD Degree: Politics and International Studies at SOAS University of London
SOAS Carceral Policy, Policing and Race Inaugural Conference Taking place 7-8 September, the inaugural conference of Carceral Policy, Policing and Race will explore the varying realities and meanings of carcerality around the world, and will ask how these realities have been shaped by histories of colonialism and slavery.
Book launch: Anthropology PhD student Flora Hastings in conversation with Prof Charles ... Livestream Zoom book launch, 2 March, 5.30pm: Anthropology PhD student Flora Hastings in conversation with Professor Charles Hirschkind, University of California - Berkeley, on his new book: The Feeling of History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia (University of Chicago Press), followed by Q&A.
Dr Vayu Naidu Historical research methods for fiction and creating text from crossing borders with oral traditions. Science and myths.
SOAS researchers awarded Leverhulme Trust funding for project ‘Grammatical variation in ... Professor Lutz Marten and Tom Jelpke to collaborate on four year project with researchers from University of Essex, Kenyatta University and the University of Dar es Salaam.
Saffronizing Bollywood: How India’s Hindu right is controlling its prolific Hindi film industry The Bollywood industry is commercially driven, so how has it been influenced by Hindu nationalist politics? For his MA dissertation at SOAS, Kaashif Hajee conducted fieldwork and interviewed prominent Bollywood figures to find out.
The Indian election: Is it still the world's largest democracy? A SOAS student writes about the 2024 Indian election and its implications for democracy. The blog is based on an interview with Dr Simona Vittorini and the politics course 'Democracy and Authoritarianism in India'.