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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The BA Arabic provides an intensive study of Modern Standard Arabic in its first year. Students are free to choose a second module on Arabic culture, Middle Eastern literature or Islam as the year's ...

The Chinese BA programme is suitable for both absolute beginners as well as those with some knowledge of the Chinese language. You will spend the third year of study in China or Taiwan furthering ...

The BA Korean programme provides you with the highest level of competence in all aspects of the written and spoken language, as well as an introduction to both classical and modern Korean culture - ...

At SOAS we interrogate the great challenges of our time - climate change, political and social polarisation, and inequality - through a global lens. Our mission is to develop local and global ...

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