SOAS is one of the world’s leading institutions for the study of global development. Our cutting-edge scholarship shapes debates, influences policymaking and amplifies perspectives from the global ...

MA student Lilly asks academics what they plan to read this winter break, from diving into colleagues' latest research to exploring more works from a favourite author. Sure, winter break is for family ...

SOAS University of London President Zeinab Badawi has joined a host of authors and publishers in calling on ministers to reform the current English literature syllabus in schools across the country.

Amid the lectures, tutorials, events and seminars that make up daily life at SOAS, our academy is producing innovative research that drives forward our vision for a better world. Bringing ancient ...

Centuries-old anxieties around immigration and race relations are given a new perspective in Public Library UK Vol I, After Kenneth Little. Devised and produced by Dr Richard Hylton, this ...

EQUITY IN COVID-19: Mitigation and Policy Responses in Africa is an Open Access edited volume that presents twelve African case studies that systematically reconstruct, document and analyse how ...

Next year, the SOAS Gallery will host “Stories of Migration”, a three-month exhibition showcasing the work of PositiveNegatives – an award-winning arts organisation based here at SOAS. Ahead of its ...

Chair of Trustees Lord Dr Michael Hastings reflects on the past year at SOAS, fulfilling our mission and achieving our goals, despite challenging sector conditions. As we reflect on our recently ...

Our SOAS DLD Conversation on the link between critical minerals and economic transformation was fascinating. Guest speaker, Amir Lebdioui, hit the nail on the head when he described a situation where ...

The symposium focused on the portraiture of Asia with two specific purposes in mind. First, to decentre studies of Asian portraiture from Eurocentric conceptions of subjecthood and thus to expand the ...

Valentina shares her favourite weekly jam sessions around London that put inclusion and community first and showcase the city's alternative music scene. London is a great city filled with music ...

In the next Indian Art Circle lecture, Dr Murad Khan Mumtaz (Associate Professor, Department of Art, Williams College) will how discuss figurative painting was intimately linked to a unique ...