Natasja, a BA Japanese and History of Art student, is on her year abroad in Tokyo and shares her advice on making meaningful ...

The School’s mission is to be a leading centre for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It sees its role as advancing the knowledge and understanding of the cultures and societies of these ...

The SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies was launched in June 2018 thanks to the generous donation from a ...

In this workshop, Vignesh Ishwar focuses on the relationship between space and Karnatik music. He will explore how spatial transformations reflect changing notions of accessibility, inclusivity, and ...

Myriad inquiries into the foundations and operation of modern law have explored the centrality of violence to its constitution and practice. One type of legal violence that sustains colonial modernity ...

In Carbon colonialism, Laurie Parsons provides an eye-opening, ground level view on climate breakdown in the Global South, drawing on the author’s fifteen years of research in the field. Climate ...

The SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is delighted to host Dr Adrián Muñoz of the Centre for Asian and African Studies, El Colegio de México. Modern yoga is a truly transnational cultural phenomenon, as ...

The SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) represents the most extensive and diverse community of scholars working on South Asia of any university in Europe. While most of its members’ research and teaching ...

Tech giants dominate our digital world, but their monopolistic grip isn’t inevitable. In this blog, Taylor D.H. Rockhill explores how we can push back so the future of technology is in the hands of ...

After 2-years at the helm of the SOAS Middle East Institute, Professor Lina Khatib is leaving SOAS University of London to pursue other interests. SOAS thanks Professor Khatib for the valuable ...

SOAS Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Kingsley Ugwuanyi has recently contributed to a new range of Nigerian words and phrases being added to the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s truly rewarding to see ...

From January 8 to 10, 2025, the SOAS Centre for Pan-African Studies convened a landmark workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing together over 30 academics from across Africa, Europe, and North ...