1909, 2016

SOAS Picture Archive: Finsbury Circus

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|19th September 2016|Collections & Research|0 comments

In continuation of the SOAS Centenary series, we explore the history of SOAS’s buildings through images from the SOAS Picture Archive and other items from the SOAS School Archive, starting with the London Institution building in Finsbury Circus. The SOAS story began in Finsbury Circus when the Cromer Committee (or Oriental Studies Committee), a body tasked with establishing a centre for oriental studies in London, identified a likely site in the City of London for the

0906, 2016

SOAS Picture Archive: Library

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|9th June 2016|Collections & Research|0 comments

As part of our SOAS Centenary series, we take another look at hi-lights from the SOAS Picture Archive.This week we’ve found some nostalgic images of SOAS Library, showing some of the changes that have taken place over the years… A full catalogue of images is available on the SOAS Archive Catalogue. Photographs and visual items from the collection can be ordered and consulted in the Special Collections Reading Room.

1105, 2016

SOAS Picture Archive

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|11th May 2016|Collections & Research|0 comments

As part of our SOAS Centenary series, this week we will be exploring the SOAS Picture Archive, which forms a fascinating part of SOAS’s own corporate archive collection. Images from the archive are now appearing across the campus as the School builds up to the start of the official SOAS Centenary celebrations. Comprising photographs and other visual media held by the School and the School’s photographer, the SOAS Picture Archive

2203, 2016

New release of historic SOAS Committee Papers

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|22nd March 2016|Collections & Research|0 comments

In continuation of the SOAS Centenary celebrations, the catalogued minutes and papers of SOAS Boards and Committees are being published in phases on the SOAS Archive Catalogue. In this second blog, the Corporate Records Manager and Archivist, David Ogden, outlines the history and functions of the Academic Board. The precursor to the Academic Board was the Academic Organisation Committee, which applied for the School’s admission to the University of London. A

2101, 2016

Historical SOAS records released to researchers

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|21st January 2016|Collections & Research|0 comments

In continuation of the SOAS Centenary celebrations, catalogues for the minutes and papers of SOAS Boards and Committees have now been published on the SOAS Archive Catalogue. In the first of a series of short blogs accompanying the release of each set of committee papers, the Corporate Records Manager and Archivist, David Ogden, looks at the history of the Governing Body. The Governing Body of SOAS (known as the School of Oriental

0408, 2015

SOAS History: Ralph Lilley Turner

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|4th August 2015|Collections & Research|3 comments

In the lead-up to the SOAS Centenary in 2016, we will be taking a look at the history of the School through collections held at SOAS Archives. This week, the School’s Corporate Records Manager & Archivist, Adele Picken, looks at the papers of Ralph Lilley Turner, second Director of the School of Oriental Studies (later School of Oriental & African Studies), 1937-1957. Ralph Lilley Turner was a renowned Indologist and became the second Director

1304, 2015

SOAS History: Sir Edward Denison Ross

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|13th April 2015|Collections & Research|0 comments

In the lead-up to the SOAS Centenary in 2016, we will be taking a look at the history of the School through collections held at SOAS Archives. This week, the School’s Corporate Records Manager & Archivist, Adele Picken, looks at the papers of Edward Denison Ross, first Director of the School of Oriental Studies (later School of Oriental & African Studies), 1917-1938. Denison Ross was born in London on 6

0101, 2015

SOAS in the snow

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|1st January 2015|Collections & Research|0 comments

To bring in the New Year, we bring you some chilly seasonal images of SOAS in the snow, taken in the 1980s. All of the images are drawn from the SOAS Picture Archive, which can be ordered and seen in the Special Collections Reading Room. Happy New Year!

2003, 2014

Women’s History Month 2014: Alice Werner: Linguist, Writer and Teacher

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|20th March 2014|Collections & Research|0 comments

In celebration of Women’s History Month and UNESCO World Poetry Day, we are taking a look at the life of Alice Werner, writer, poet and teacher of the Bantu language. Born in Trieste on 26 June 1859 and educated in Germany and England, Alice traveled extensively, living in New Zealand, Mexico, America and throughout Europe She is notable for her many achievements. Not only was she was one of the first women to graduate from Newnham College,