Jonathan Egid is a Lecturer in Philosophy at SOAS, University of London. He received his PhD in Philosophy from King’s College London in June 2024, writing a thesis on a 17th century Ethiopian ...

The Japan and Korea Department is able to supervise MPhil and PhD degrees by research and thesis in a wide range of cultural and linguistic subjects. Intending research students should not feel ...

SOAS Gallery is delighted to present Embroidery Traditions of Afghanistan, a new exhibition revealing the rich diversity, skill, and beauty of embroidery from across Afghanistan. The exhibition draws ...

Professor Eddie Bruce-Jones joined SOAS in 2023, and is the Dean of the College of Law. Prior to SOAS, he spent 13 years as an academic at Birkbeck, University of London, where he most recently served ...

Gould, Rebecca Ruth, (eds.) and Tahmasebian, Kayvan, (eds.) (2020). London: Routledge.

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Louise Tythacott secured a major philanthropic donation from 2017-18 to undertake research on the histories of objects looted from China’s Yuanmingyuan – or old "Summer Palace" – presently in British ...

Leilah Vevaina received her PhD in Social Anthropology from the New School for Social Research in 2015. She has an MA in Anthropology from The New School (2007) as well as an MA in Social Thought from ...

In celebration of International Women's Day, we look back at some notable alumni from SOAS, University of London, who have broken barriers and made significant contributions in their respective fields ...

SOAS has soared in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 with four of its subjects ranked in the global top 25 and 13 in the global top 100. These outstanding results are a powerful ...

SOAS University of London President Zeinab Badawi marked the launch of Humanitarian Action for Sudan (HAS) at SOAS, an initiative created to address the crisis in Sudan and improve humanitarian ...

Jotika Khur-Yearn, Southeast Asia Librarian at SOAS, discusses his recent work on a project to improve catalogue metadata for the library’s important collection of Southeast Asian manuscripts, ...