To mark the opening of Empty Cradles: Israel’s Disappeared Children at the Brunei Gallery, we interview one of the curators about the importance of sharing these stories, and what he hopes visitors will take away from the exhibition.
Producer of Child of Empire, Saadia Gardezi talks to us about where the idea for the immersive film came from, the importance of sharing these Partition stories, and what’s next.
In a post-truth world, India has seen history subverted to follow a specific agenda of Hindu nationalism.
Toslima Khatun explores the role of UK museums in holding artefacts from around the world. Is it preservation or exploitation?
World Heritage Day celebrates the importance of diversity of cultural heritage. We’ve picked out five of the most impressive heritage sites from around the world.
“Legally speaking, slavery does not exist but it’s traces, it’s ghosts very much continue to exist to this day.”
From History and IR at SOAS to a legal tech firm, Christopher tells us his Clearing story.
Professor Steve Tsang gives us an insight into some of his favourite books on the history and politics of Hong Kong.
As Black Lives Matter protests happen across the globe, it’s clear we need to include Black history in schools.
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal.
I got interested in Assyriology because I was fascinated by the many ‘firsts’ [world’s first civilizations, writing systems, literary texts]
Put it down to the Saharan heatwave on 25 July but a plan to try and find out more about what was happening in the
What does the Holocaust have to do with me? | Bella Saltiel
Looking to enrol for September 2018…
I’d recommend history books that are more specialised without losing sight of the big picture… texts that you enjoy reading and that make you curious to explore things further…
The founder of social enterprise Humanised studied BA and MA History at SOAS.
“During my extensive wanderings I used various methods of transport, from my own legs to an aeroplane”
Why make your home here? “I answer that the undulating hills and heather belong to me. The curlew’s call belongs to me. The sea and sky belong to me.”
I feel that everything relates back to history; how do we have a chance of bettering our world without a deep understanding of what caused it to become the way it is today
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2017
Few people who sit on the benches or eat at the café in Red Lion Square are aware of its recent violent history.
Torrington Square is at the centre of the compass for the University of London, with Senate House to the south; SOAS to the east; Birkbeck to the west; and UCL further off to the north.
Open Garden Squares Weekend, held on 17-18 June, is an opportunity to visit Bedford Square, close to the SOAS campus.
Few of the modern day occupants of Argyle Square’s Georgian terraces would be likely to guess the area’s less than glamorous history.
Files hidden from public for 68 years now available to view online
Woburn Square is the smallest of the Bloomsbury squares and also the closest to the SOAS campus. It is perhaps also the square with which SOAS has the most troubled history.
The Brunswick Centre is a familiar meeting-point for SOAS students; however, fewer perhaps venture a few paces further in order to visit Brunswick Square
A selection of podcasts provided by the Jewish Music Institute that examines the work of suppressed composers forced to flee from the Nazis between 1933-1945.
Black History Month is an annual celebration of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. In the United Kingdom the event
