Professor Anna Contadini graduated (Laurea cum laude) in Arabic and Islamic Art at the Oriental Institute of Venice University with a thesis on Arabic illustrated manuscripts of the Mamluk period. She ...

Professor Rachel Harris’s research is centered on China and Central Asia, with a particular focus on the Uyghurs. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan over ...

Rai, Shirin M., (eds.), Gluhovic, Milija, (eds.), Jestrovic, Silvija, (eds.) and Saward, Michael, (eds.) (2021). New York: Oxford University Press. View this book Law ...

Jonathan Goodhand is a Professor of Conflict and Development Studies in the Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London. He is the Director of CIVAD. He is also an Honorary ...

The Department of Economics at SOAS University of London is pleased to announce that Dr José Antonio Cuesta Leiva has been appointed as Professor in Practice. José Cuesta Leiva is a leading ...

Michael Buehler is a Reader in Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London specialising in Southeast Asian politics, his teaching and ...

Arka Chakraborty researches popular music, Anglophone subcultures and ephemeral histories in South Asia. As a music historian, he specialises in recovering the vanished musical worlds of postcolonial ...

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 ...

Surbhi Kesar is Senior Lecturer in Economics at SOAS University of London. Her recent and ongoing work focusses on labour and informal economy and the reproduction of the structure of economic dualism ...

During the summer school students will attend lectures delivered by leading academics, debate key issues, engage in study skills sessions and find out more about university life and the UCAS process.

Zoë Marriage is Professor of Security and International Development at the Department of Development Studies of SOAS University of London. All Zoe's research has at its core the enquiry into how ...