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Archives & Special Collections Open Day, Wednesday 22nd February
7 February 2012 16:00

Archives & Special Collections will be opening their doors to students and staff from 11am to 4pm on Wednesday 22nd February. A selection of material will be on display to view throughout the day. Guided tours will be available at 11.30, 12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30 on a first-come-first-served basis. Please click on the title above for more details

February-March Edition of The Middle East in London Hits Newsstands
5 February 2012 16:00

The February-March Edition of The Middle East in London, the bi-monthly magazine of the London Middle East Institute, is now available.

Announcing a new MA in the Study of Contemporary Pakistan at SOAS
5 February 2012 16:00

This pioneering MA aims to understand Contemporary Pakistan in its complexities of culture, nation, politics, religion, law and economics. Students who enrol for this MA will be able to engage in a deep interdisciplinary analysis of the diversity and richness of Pakistan

€915,000 grant awarded for Department of Economics research
26 January 2012 16:00

Jan Toporowski and Ben Fine, Department of Economics, have won a European Commission Framework Seven five-year research grant worth €915,000.

Development Viewpoint N.69 has been published
22 January 2012 16:00

The Centre for Development Policy and Research is very pleased to announce the publication of Policy Development Viewpoint #69 “India’s Software and IT Services Sector: An Elite Enclave or a Boon to Development?”

UN Secretary-General supports SOAS initiative on the UN in WW2
16 January 2012 16:00

A seminar to be held at Lancaster House on 18 January, 2012 will celebrate the 70th anniversary of a crucial diplomatic initiative of WW2: the Declaration by twenty six United Nations on 1 January, 1942.

EATS 2012 Calls for Papers
15 January 2012 16:00

Call For Papers: The Ninth Annual Conference of the European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS) to be Held on 18-21 June 2012 at the University of South Denmark.

Tibetan Studies triumphs again at the Arts and Humanities Research Council
8 January 2012 16:00

Dr Ulrich Pagel and Dr Nathan W. Hill win £542,000 research grant to build annotated digital corpus of Tibetan.

Christmas Closure
21 December 2011 16:00

The Special Collections Reading Room will be closing at 1pm on Thursday 22nd December and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 3rd January.

CFP: AEGIS Thematic Workshop: Children & Migration in Africa: an Interdisciplinary Perspective
19 December 2011 16:00

Call for Papers

Dr Iwasaki Appointed President of the Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe
18 December 2011 16:00

Dr Noriko Iwasaki of the Linguistics Department has been appointed the President of the Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe (AJE) for a three year term.

Dr Lerche Wins Grant to Study Working Poor in China and India
18 December 2011 16:00

Dr Jens Lerche of the Development Studies Department and his associates have been awarded a grant for a research project into labour conditions and the working poor in China and India.

Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF) Visiting Fellowship Programme at SOAS
14 December 2011 16:00

The Centre for Iranian Studies (CIS) at the London Middle East Institute, SOAS invites applications for the IHF Visiting Fellowship Programme. One fellowship will be tenable from March 2012 for a maximum period of six months. Thereafter two fellowships per year will be offered starting from the beginning of the academic year 2012/13. Each fellowship is available for a minimum of four and a maximum of six months.

Dr Fell spoke at Taiwan Election Seminar in Washington in December 2011
14 December 2011 16:00

Dr Dafydd Fell spoke at Taiwan Election Seminar in Washington in December 2011. 

Post-Doc Position in Taiwan Studies at University of Ottawa
14 December 2011 16:00

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Taiwan Studies at University of Ottawa Open for Competition.

New Programme Launch: MA Traditions of Yoga and Meditation
12 December 2011 16:00

The SOAS Department of the Study of Religions has launched a new MA programme in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation

(subject to approval).  

‘Infectious Enthusiasm’ Wins Dr David Hughes a Japan Society Prize
12 December 2011 16:00

Dr David Hughes has been awarded a prize by the Japan Society for his significant contribution to engaging people with Japanese culture, particularly through sharing musical traditions and performances.