In the new calendar, a semester is a study block with 10 weeks of teaching and a reading week. Each semester includes a ...

Caspar (aka Drjazzfunk) joined the School of Arts at SOAS in 2013 as a lecturer and quickly became a much loved and admired colleague and teacher across the university. He built SOAS’s flagship MA ...

During this webinar, we’ll walk you through the new scholarship opportunities available to international postgraduate students. SOAS has significantly expanded our scholarship offerings for 2025, with ...

The MA Buddhist Studies is an interdisciplinary programme that engages with Buddhism as a field of inquiry from a historical, philosophical, anthropological and material culture perspectives though a ...

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The SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies was launched in June 2018 thanks to the generous donation from a Parsi benefactor, Mr Shapoor Mistry, in the name of his father, Mr ...

Our degree programmes cover the rich histories, systems of religious belief, and philosophical traditions of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. We are unique for being the original and path-breaking ...

In their brief account of the reign of mythical ruler Zhuanxu in the first chapter of the Shiji (Records of the Scribes, ca. 100 BCE), Sima Qian (145–86 BCE) and his father Sima Tan (d. 110 BCE) ...

During this webinar, our Student Advice Service team will guide you through all the essential information needed for your visa application. If you're coming to SOAS to study a full-time course that ...

The Feminist Centre for Racial Justice (FCRJ), SOAS University of London invites an application for a split-site funded PhD. FCRJ is one of several officially constituted research centres at SOAS ...

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 ...