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SOAS scholar receives The Bengal’s Pride Award for service to art and culture
Sahana Bajpaie, Senior Teaching Fellow in Bengali, at SOAS University of London has been awarded the Bengal’s Pride Award for her contribution to arts and culture with Tagore songs and folk music.
12th June 2018
British Academy honour for SOAS scholar and School’s President
SOAS University of London scholar Francesca Orsini, Professor of Hindi and South Asian Literature, and SOAS President Graça Machel have been honoured with fellowships by the British Academy.
25th July 2017
SOAS enhances place among London’s elite universities in 2018 Guardian Guide
SOAS University of London has risen 5 places to 25th in the latest Guardian University Guide and is also rated in the UK’s top 15 for students’ satisfaction with teaching.
16th May 2017
Call for papers: 'Queer' Asia 2017 - Desire, Decolonisation, and Decriminalisation
Deadline for abstract submissions: 26 Feb 2017
3rd February 2017
Post-doctoral Researcher in the Literatures of the Maghreb announced
Opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Literatures of the Maghreb for ERC-funded MULOSIGE project
2nd November 2016
Three PhD Scholarships on ERC MULOSIGE project
Three 3-year PhD scholarships on the ERC-funded MULOSIGE project
4th April 2016
Post-doctoral positions on ERC MULOSIGE project announced
Two 3-year post-doctoral fellowships on the ERC-funded MULOSIGE project
23rd February 2016
SOAS to host UNESCO event to discuss revision of language index
UNESCO in cooperation with SOAS World Languages Institute, supported by the London Middle East Institute in UK, is organising a two-day consultative expert meeting on the revision of UNESCO’s Language Vitality Index which will be used for the development of UNESCO’s World Atlas of Languages.
17th November 2015
Unlocking India’s printed heritage: SOAS Library feeds into British Library digitisation project
SOAS Library is part of an international partnership that will digitise and give free online access to one of the world’s most important collections of South-Asian language printed books.
13th November 2015
Tribute to Christopher H. B. Reynolds
The School regrets to announce that Dr Christopher Reynolds, a decorated scholar who pioneered the study of the culture and languages of Sri Lanka and established unprecedented cultural and knowledge exchange between the School and the country, died on 3 April 2015 at the age of 92.
5th May 2015
SOAS South Asia Institute launches 18 May 2015
SOAS, University of London announces the official launch of the SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI), an expert resource for researchers, scholars, the business community, policymakers and the media.
5th May 2015
SOAS’ Endangered Languages Documentation Programme receives a further $11 million from Arcadia
The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme at SOAS, University of London, has been awarded a new grant of $11 million (just over £7.25m) by Arcadia Fund. The grant is a renewal of the original £20 million donation Arcadia gave to SOAS in 2002, which resulted in the inception of the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP).
27th April 2015
SOAS scholars work with UNESCO on language preservation
Two scholars in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures at SOAS, University of London have joined key discussions held by UNESCO to provide recommendations for its World Atlas of Languages.
12th February 2015
SOAS student translates celebrated Korean author’s latest book
SOAS PhD student Deborah Smith, Department of Japan and Korea, has translated into English the latest novel by South Korean author Han Kang.
15th January 2015
SOAS’ Faculty of Languages and Cultures in UK top ten for research environment
The vitality of the research environment in SOAS’ Faculty of Languages and Cultures puts it in the UK top ten in the 2014 Research Assessment Framework.
18th December 2014
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