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Banned in China: first Peppa Pig, now it’s Pooh’s turn – but why?
Professor Tsang explains
7th August 2018
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Professor Tsang explains
Two exciting events take place this month which celebrate one of the most dynamic continents – the Africana Ball and Africa Utopia 2018.
1/7th of the world, or around 1.1 billion people, speak 22 languages; in the UK, only SOAS teaches 13 of them to university level.
The ConIFA Football World Cup takes place in London from 31 May to 9 June.
With Labour facing tough scrutiny over allegations of antisemitism, Catherine Hezser considers the history of Jews and Socialism
Is taking the year abroad worth it? Yes, certainly…Thanks to this programme I am not only studying the language but I am living it.
But is its model sustainable? Professor Steve Tsang considers the angles
Korean expert Dr Owen Miller expects the “thaw” in relations to continue
Development Studies grad Debika Ray opens up on the brand new publication that’s creating a new narrative
Who knew that Russell Square was home to a fictional murderer?
An evening with award-winning poet and writer, Mourid Barghouti – 11 December
Turkish, Malay, Hindi and other Indian languages also scored highly
There is something about Bloomsbury Square, which makes it an untypical Bloomsbury square.
“The best training as a journalist I could have hoped for”
Celebrating ‘Africa on the Square’ – Saturday 14 October – as part of Black History Month in Trafalgar Square
The President of SOAS’s Nigeria, Ghana and West Africa Society on lack of scholarships for African students and the future of Africa Studies in the UK
SOAS students, past and present, share their experiences about the phenomenon that is the Chinese Bridge competition.
The pace of change in Africa promises huge transformations to African societies, economies and cultures: a subject, which will be discussed at the Imagining Africa’s Future conference.
Around eighty years ago, Walter Simon fled Germany to come to the UK, where he took up a post as a lecturer at the School of Oriental Studies.
1 July 2017 sees the twentieth anniversary of the end of more than 150 years of British control of Hong Kong. A lot can happen in twenty years.
This year’s SOAS Taiwan Studies Summer School runs from 3-7 July 2017 and promises to be a packed programme of concerts, films, and lectures.
As the Caine Prize gears up to announce its 17th winner, we ask our readers ‘what would be on your shortlist’?
Tamim Al-Barghouti, one of the most important and popular Arab poets of his generation, is at SOAS on 26-27 June
The Hong Kong Statement was a great step forward, but authorities are being slow to catch up
Although there is no law criminalising same-sex conduct, 90% of Indonesian LGBTI people have experienced violence
Wen-chin Ouyang outlines how she first became interested in Arabic-Chinese comparative studies, and her current interest in the Silk Road
Learning a language is likened to climbing a mountain
Thoughts on translation from a SOAS graduate who is a co-winner of the Man Brooker International Prize 2016.
SOAS Tamil Society celebrated Pongal and Thiruvalluvar Day on January 16.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has long been a subject of fascination for the Western popular media. It is typically portrayed by the shorthand of four recurring motifs – isolationism; nuclear weapons; the Kim ruling family; and vast military parades.
Why would anyone want to ‘decolonise the curriculum’, and what does this mean for academic study? Like the word ‘democracy’, ‘decolonisation’ can mean different things.
Why should humans bother to learn another language; can a translation system, however sophisticated, replace human beings?
World Arabic Language Day (WALD) is celebrated on 18 December each year. Arabic language is believed to have its origins among nomadic tribes in the
There are approximately 80 million Korean language speakers in the world, which include 50 million in South Korea, 24 million in North Korea, and nearly
SOAS University of London was the venue for a three-day international conference on South East Asian studies. The conference provided an opportunity for the dissemination
SOAS University of London hosted the Joint East Asian Studies Conference (JEAS) from 7-9 September 2016. The conference is a triennial meeting held by the
The South Asia Institute (SSAI) at SOAS University of London represents the largest multi-disciplinary community of scholars working on South Asia of any university in
Students and academics have been celebrating the 9th SOAS Taiwan Studies Summer School at SOAS University of London. The event runs over four days and
The Director of SOAS University of London, Valerie Amos, spoke at the annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) on the