I’m a 76-year-old medical journalist, podcaster and jazz musician and here’s why I started studying Mandarin Chinese at SOAS.
Now, more than ever, we need language which reflects real lives, and promotes inclusivity. Here’s why trans-inclusive language should be on the agenda – and how we might go about it.
Celebrating Professor Philip Jaggar’s 75th year, presenting a retrospective look on his life and his work around the Hausa language.
Alumna Yaa tells us why – and how – we should travel in Africa: get off the beaten track, leave only footprints and support local businesses.
“Identity is a delicate thing. All my labels come with problems.”
A historical journey documenting the teaching of the Hausa language at SOAS.
As India observes Hindi Diwas, we talk to Hindi lecturer Rakesh Nautiyal to discuss the politics behind the day.
Linguist expert urges minority language speakers to “use their languages more” online.
Monika Radojevic discusses the ‘casual racism’ around her half-Brazilian, half-Montenegrin ethnicity
Dr Christopher Lucas explains how attitudes can get transferred onto language.
“It was a great opportunity to immerse myself in the SOAS community”
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.”
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?
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
To mark National Poetry Day, Southbank Centre launches a major new project to collect and preserve poems in endangered languages.
Received Pronunciation (RP) is under attack. The assailant? It comes in the form of Multicultural London English (MLE).
As the Caine Prize gears up to announce its 17th winner, we ask our readers ‘what would be on your shortlist’?
