Supporters should try to create a culture of intellectual politics based on logic, rather than blindly following their emotional attachment to Imran Khan.
Maya Terro is a Hunger Hero, SOAS alumna, Chevening Changemaker and co-founder of FoodBlessed.
Our introductory reading list for MA Social Anthropology will prepare you for your degree – or inspire you to apply.
Intrigued about the MA Anthropology of Food programme? We’ve put together a menu of books to introduce you to the subject.
Western mathematics is not the same wherever you go. Mariana Ferreira understands the use of mathematics in some communities to be based on social relations, interactions and understandings of reciprocity.
Understanding of disability is rooted in colonialism, in which bodies were transformed into commodities – now, it’s time to decolonise.
Geography and Anthropolgy are disciplines that are, in many ways, intertwined. An upcoming conference explores this connection.
A project in SOAS’s Anthropology department improving relationships between parliaments and people is changing lives.
Social anthropologist F.G.Bailey, whose papers are housed in the SOAS Archive, explored Odisha, North-East India, after India’s independence.
Falling statues, racism – and why Anthropology could also do with falling from its pedestal.
Despite recent calls for sanctions on Israel by 127 British MP’s, the government’s lack of clear opposition to the US-Israeli plan to begin annexation of
Photographs from J.P.Mills’ trips to India in 1920s tell a fascinating story.
Issues surrounding climate justice, low carbon transport and nation-building.
Make the most out of learning and training opportunities around you; build up a support network; and bring your passion and enthusiasm to work.
Ella Al-Shamahi joins an MBI Al Jaber expedition to the island of Socotra.
To tie in with Refugee Week, PositiveNegatives have released Dear Habib, a short animation sharing the true story of a young, unaccompanied migrant called Habib.
Kate Harrisson’s rise at the FCO has been remarkable
Alys Tomlinson says her MA in Anthropology, Travel and Tourism helped “inform’ her creative work
Anthropologist Emma Crewe finds out what is like to be an MP in Ethiopia
“Do we have zero tolerance for female genital surgeries, or only when performed on bodies of colour?”
What books do a 30-minute search via web and library ‘shelf test’ turn up, and how does an academic convenor of degree programmes respond?
A disease that people of sub-Saharan African descent are most at risk of – but what do the public know?
I’m in first year studying a BA in Social Anthropology
Novelist Zadie Smith joined SOAS scholar Dr Marloes Janson to launch the paperback edition of her latest book, Swing Time.
SOAS students typically celebrate Holi with a big party in one of the Bloomsbury squares. Rather more emphasis is placed on the fun and the frolics of the festival, and slightly less on chasing out evil on a big bonfire.
Is theatre a white invention? Thoughts on race and theatre
“Rob and I met in November 2010, shortly after both starting our BAs”
The origins of the refugee camp close to Calais, which became known as the ‘Jungle’ has a troubled history, which dates back over fifteen years.
SOAS University of London supports Anthropology in London Day, which was held on 14 June 2016. This year’s event focused on anthropological engagements in politics.
