Alessandra Francone Alessandra Francone is a doctoral researcher in the LCL department. Her thesis "The effects of sociohistorical context on lexical borrowing: a re-evaluation of "basic vocabulary"" straddles historical linguistics and contact linguistics, and focuses on lexical borrowing in languages spoken in the Baltic region and the central Mediterranean.
First student-curated exhibition opens at SOAS Gallery Students from SOAS University of London have curated an exhibition as part of their master's program, showcasing contemporary art from the Arab world. The exhibition, titled "Hudood: Redefining Boundaries" will open at the SOAS Gallery from 1 July to 21 September 2024.
Professor Lucy Durán awarded the Imaterial festival prize for her dedication to local heritage music Lucy Durán, Professor of Music received the Imaterial festival prize during a special ceremony at the festival on Sunday 9 October.
SCI member Zhaoxia Pang receives Outstanding Contribution Award Zhaoxia Pang, Senior Lector of the Department of East Asia Languages and Cultures at SOAS, receives Outstanding Contribution Award at the 20th anniversary Chinese Bridge Competition.
New leading website on Murle culture in South Sudan British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Diana Felix da Costa has launched a new website on Murle Heritage as part of her research project, "Youth in crisis"? The effects of post-independence violent conflict and displacement on Murle socio-political institutions in Pibor, South Sudan.