SOAS Linguistics Research Seminar Series

SOAS Linguistics Research Seminar Series (2026-27)

The SOAS Linguistics Research Seminar series hosts talks on a wide variety of linguistic topics given by experts from around the UK and beyond.

Any interested students and staff are warmly welcomed to attend.

All talks are on Wednesdays 4:00pm–5:00pm during teaching weeks, in room S312 (or hybrid — see individual seminar details).

Date	Speaker	Seminar title
9 November 2026	Alexander Cobbinah (University of São Paulo)	Kimbundu of Angola - a sociolinguistic and historical overview
11 November 2026	Eric Ekembe (Visiting Associate Professor, University of Warwick)	Cameroon – ‘the African confusion of tongues’ - and language education. An insider’s reflection on translanguaging and research
25 November 2026	Fabian Zuk (LLACAN, Paris)	TBC
2 December 2026	Anna Kuritsyna (SOAS)	On the extent of phrasal marking in the nominal morphology of Tocharian: An areal perspective
9 December 2026	Marwan Kilani (University of Basel)	Ancient Egyptian Between Africa and the Near East: A Linguistic Perspective
	Future seminars TBC

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Department of Linguistics

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