Join our Research Degrees: MPhil/PhD in Religion — as a PhD student at SOAS you will be welcomed by our research community of doctoral researchers from across the globe and play a vital role in ...

Zhang, Yu, (eds.), Meng, J, (eds.) and Lo, Dic, (eds.) (2002). Beijing: Economic Science Press (China).

The documentary When the Tide Goes Out unravels the little-known history of radical political cultures of the South Asian diaspora in British Columbia in the long sixties. It combines a rich archive ...

Join us for a captivating book discussion with Ambassador Sangeeta Bahadur, as she delves into her latest novel Devadasi. Set in ancient India, the book explores themes of empowerment, societal ...

The language of The 1001 Nights is a fascinating blend of Classical and colloquial Arabic, reflecting its origins in the oral storytelling traditions of the Middle East and its development over ...

The minimum entry requirement is the ability to demonstrate the potential to study at undergraduate level. However, programmes may have their own specific requirements, such as, in the case of ...

In the first of the monthly Indian Art Circle lectures in 2024-25, Dr Anna Slaczka (Curator of South Asian Art, Rijksmuseum) will discuss the current exhibition at the Rijksmuseum: Asian Bronze: 4000 ...

The SOAS Department of Politics and International Studies is pleased to welcome author Rusha Latif for a book launch and discussion, celebrating the publication of Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a ...

On the MPhil/PhD in African Languages and Cultures, supervision is provided for research leading to MPhil and PhD degrees within the broad general area of African studies. Research topics such as the ...

This module presents, from a comparative legal perspective, an overview of Islamic law in its theoretical, historical and jurisprudential evolution. Islamic legal theory (Usul al-Fiqh) is considered ...

In this module we examine theories about the relationship between law, rights and social change, using country and thematic case studies to illuminate and deepen our understanding of both the ...

Dissertations are wide-ranging in terms of disciplines and topics, including the fields of gender & development, feminist legal theory, area studies, cultural studies, queer studies, literature, film ...