The Japan and Korea Department is able to supervise MPhil and PhD degrees by research and thesis in a wide range of cultural and linguistic subjects. Intending research students should not feel ...

One of the leading UK collections of archives, manuscripts and rare books on Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. We make available over 3 kilometres of archives, 60,000 rare books, and manuscripts in ...

Step into the heart of global learning at SOAS University of London: The World’s University. Here, you won’t just study, you’ll engage with the world through dialogue and mutual exchange. From ...

The following catalogues can help you locate Special Collections material you may wish to use. If you are unsure of what you are looking for, you can also explore our collections by region. If you are ...

Ha-Joon Chang is Research Professor at the Department of Economics of SOAS University of London and Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation (CSST). Ha-Joon Chang has worked ...

In the context of Zoroastrian heritage, oral literature preserved in both Zoroastrian Dari (Behdini) and Persian in Iran and Parsi Gujarati in India—has often been overlooked in comparison with ...

SOAS is a member of the UBEL Doctoral Training Partnership (UBEL-DTP), alongside UCL, Birkbeck, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of East London. The Partnership ...

SOAS University of London ranks in the global top three universities for Development Studies, and in the top 20 for Politics and Anthropology, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject ...

Noura Abughris graduated from SOAS with an LLB in 2017. She subsequently trained and worked as a Solicitor Advocate in London for five years before relocating to Dubai, where she currently works as an ...

A SOAS expert has been nominated as one of the world’s top thinkers by Prospect Magazine for 2025, an accolade that spotlights individuals for their ideas and impact on the wider world. Professor ...

People seek stability and reliability during periods of uncertainty, and they will often take anything that looks helpful, seems to make sense, or otherwise fills a void. Absent the perfect, it seems, ...

The current crisis in Sudan has deep roots. Seemingly erupting suddenly, it has in fact been a long time coming. Sudan is a highly unequal country – socially, politically, and economically, along ...