SOAS Centenary Timeline
The School of Oriental Studies was founded on 5 June 1916 when it received its Royal Charter as a college of the University of London.
The School of Oriental Studies was founded on 5 June 1916 when it received its Royal Charter as a college of the University of London.
This research cluster encompasses work on food, nutrition and health in development at both the macro and micro levels. It includes work at the regional, national and household levels as well as engaging with the effects of global trends on national and household food security, and nutrition and health status. Go to this blog
Decolonising SOAS is the university’s hub for research, collaboration and information on the decolonisation of higher education institutions. This project has been established to take forward this agenda at SOAS, and to provide a forum for debate, resources and toolkits on the decolonising process to connect up with other educational institutions and the wider community….
Social anthropologist Caroline Osella’s project – REALM (Research and Empirical Analysis of Labour Migration) is a linked group of projects about Gulf migration, which is being funded and run by Columbia University and and New York University, Abu Dhabi. REALM is part of the bigger lab, INCITE, which stands for Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics. Visit…
The Research and Evidence Facility team held a consultation meeting on the 16th of June 2017 with stakeholders in Kampala, Uganda. Participants ranged from those working for NGOs such as the Danish Refugee Council, UNHCR and UNICEF to locally based organisations such as Network for Ugandan Researchers and Research Networks. Go to this blog
The Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS was established in 1995, and aims to promote scholarship and research in all areas of Islamic Studies, past and present. The Centre has an active research programme, and a number of doctorate and MPhil degree students. Students benefit from our staff’s wide-ranging expertise within the field of Islamic Studies, and…
“When I retire, I’m going back to SOAS!” This phrase became something of a mantra for me during my final years of teaching. However, as the time to apply grew closer and this aspiration looked like becoming a reality, I started to become nervous. Go to this blog