The Centres and Institutes Office oversees the administration of the Centre for the Study of Pakistan. For further ...

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 ...

Narrated by a member of Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community, the film tackles the difficult subject of the use of fake news and misinformation regarding the plight of religious minorities in a ...

The SOAS Research Ethics Policy sets out the ethical principles which staff, students and other researchers are expected to follow when conducting research under the auspices of SOAS. The policy, ...

The SOAS Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS) exists to promote the disciplines of Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies in relation to Africa, ...

This intimate ethnographic film by Stephen Jones (2024) portrays the New Year’s rituals of devotional associations in the village of Gaoluo just south of Beijing, using footage taken during a 3-week ...

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The AU's 2019 Transitional Justice Policy marked a milestone in addressing historical violations, but implementation has been inconsistent. This seminar explores how grassroots actors and localized ...

The transatlantic slave trade displaced millions of Africans, with lasting historical and economic impacts. Reparations debates center on recognition and redress. This seminar will discuss why and how ...

Professor Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst will deliver two public lectures. Lecture 1: The changing nature of global enterprise: from multinational to ...

We are pleased to announce the SOAS DLD Annual Lecture with Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz. In this lecture, Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz will explain how collective action, with well-designed ...

The SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is thrilled to host Dr Lucy May Constantini (SOAS MA Alumni) of the University of Vienna. Kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘ is a somatically and ritually transmitted martial art with an ...