The School of Arts is a progressive and timely response to a changing world. We are one of the very few centres globally specialising in the vital and increasingly important developments taking place in the cultural industries of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Our degree programmes focus on historical and contemporary contexts, combining disciplinary rigour and innovative interdisciplinary exchange.
Introducing the School of Arts
15 years of SOAS World Music Summer School!
For well over a decade now, SOAS is proud to offer an exciting summer school of world music. Our course programme is unique, varied and truly multi-cultural. If you are passionate about music and cultures, there is something for everyone. Take your pick!
Farouk Yahya, SOAS Postdoctoral Research Associate, will be launching his new SAAAP-sponsored publication, "The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections" at a talk and launch event in Malaysia next month.
We are pleased to announce that, for the first time, SOAS will be a host university for the Open Society Foundations Civil Society Leadership Awards.
The Civil Society Leadership Awards (CSLA) provides fully-funded scholarships for master’s degree study to individuals who clearly demonstrate academic and professional excellence and a deep commitment to leading positive social change in their communities.
Yemen possesses one of the world’s finest treasure-troves of architecture. Three of its ancient cities – Shibam, Ṣanaa and Zabid – are UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. This exhibition, curated by Trevor H.J. Marchand, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, SOAS will explore the astonishing variety of building styles and traditions that have evolved in this region over millennia.
An exhibition that centres on three private collections of historical photographs preserved and curated by four female residents (Cecilie //Geises, Wilhelmine Katjimune, Gisela Pieters and Olga //Garoës) in the small central Namibian town called Usakos.
A public lecture accompanying the Buildings That Fill My Eye exhibition