British Academy fund research on music in Nepal

A British Academy Small Grant has been awarded to Emeritus Professor Richard Widdess (Music Department, School of Arts) for a research project entitled "Singing histories: a comparative survey of devotional singing groups (dāphā) in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal".

22nd October 2021

Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: 100 Years of The Oriental Ceramic Society

20th October 2021

Documenting collections in the remote 15th century Tibetan Buddhist Chödzong Monastery, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Christian Luczanits provides an update on his latest fieldtrip to Nepal in summer 2021.

18th October 2021

The School of Arts is delighted to welcome Dr Monika Hinkel as the new Lecturer in the Arts of Japan

13th October 2021

Posters from the Mozambique Revolution Exhibition in the Brunei Gallery, 15 Oct-11 Dec 2021

Curated by Dr Polly Savage and Richard Gray, this exhibition brings to the UK for the first time, the political posters produced during the early years of Mozambique’s independence.

22nd September 2021

SOAS improves ranking in the Times Good University Guide 2022

SOAS also continues to rank in the top 50 universities in the UK.

17th September 2021

2021 CHASE (AHRC) doctoral training studentship SOAS recipient Yingbai Fu ready for second year

First-Year Art History PhD student preparing for Year-Two revealing her work plans for the CHASE scholarship and other SOAS grants

15th September 2021

The School of Arts is delighted to welcome Dr Richard Hylton as the new Lecturer in Contemporary Art

Richard discusses his background and aspirations for the coming years at SOAS.

27th August 2021

Preparations for Arts of the Mongol World exhibition at Royal Academy

Professor Shane McCausland is to curate a major exhibition on the Arts of the Mongol World at the Royal Academy in 2024.

20th August 2021

SOAS student involved in initiative to provide neurodiverse art training to disadvantaged communities

6th May 2021

School of Arts awarded $100,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to run online seminar programme

25th March 2021

Call for Papers: Imitation or Appropriation? Intermediality in Qing Imperial Art and Culture

Call for Papers: Imitation or Appropriation? Intermediality in Qing Imperial Art and Culture 

22nd September 2020

SOAS agrees a second phase of the SAAAP programme with the Alphawood Foundation

11th September 2020

Dr Stephen A. Murphy appointed as Pratapaditya Pal Senior Lecturer of Curating and Museology

7th September 2020

SOAS Alumni Panggah Ardiyansyah and Wieske Sapardan take part in conversation about the history of restitution in Indonesia, its meanings as well as future challenges

Hosted by SERAYA - a podcast on cultural heritage, art and history, Panggah Ardiyansyah and Wieske Sapardan take part in a conversation about the history of restitution in Indonesia, its meanings as well as future challenges.

9th July 2020