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

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 ...

Explore the highlights of SOAS experts in the media discussing key issues and topics this month. For more updates, follow our SOAS press account on BlueSky (@soaspress.bsky.social). Director of the ...

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 ...

Jieyu Liu is Professor of Sociology and China Studies at SOAS University of London. Her research interests include gender, sexuality, family and generation. From 2024-2026, Jieyu is Research and ...