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5 March 2025

| Centre for Global Media and Communications

Major new TV series launches, inspired by SOAS scholar's novel

Scholar’s compelling novel on journalism in India inspires major new series.

27 February 2025

SOAS partners in multimillion-pound initiative to decarbonise Bloomsbury heating supply

SOAS has joined a collaborative project with the University of London and UCL to decarbonise the Bloomsbury estate by 99%, partly funded through a £7.2m grant from the Green Heat Network Fund.

20 February 2025

| Department of Politics and International Studies

Politics experts' research spotlighted at the Munich Security Conference 2025

SOAS had its first official presence at the Munich Security Conference this year, to discuss alternative approaches to the global world order.

11 February 2025

| Development Leadership Dialogue Institute & Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation

Major £1.5m donation from Hyundai Motor Group to support students from Africa

SOAS and the Hyundai Motor Group are working together to promote sustainable development in a new agreement aimed at broadening collaborative efforts to nurture future generations in Africa.

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Fashion on a student budget: Where to thrift near SOAS

MA student Lilly shares her favourite thrift shops near SOAS for vintage coats, cozy scarves and budget-friendly finds.

Say goodbye to instant noodles: How to eat out in London on a student budget

Student Ereza shares her hacks for eating out and enjoying some of the best food that London has to offer, while still sticking to a student budget.

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20 March 2025

Iraq Invasion 22 years on – Reflections, realities and hopes for the future

Join us for a powerful discussion marking 22 years since the Iraq War, featuring Iraqi journalist and filmmaker Meethak Al-Khatib.

27 March 2025

Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2025 - Controlling women, controlling society: The politics of virtue in Afghanistan

In this lecture, Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights Afghanistan, will speak about key elements of the current human rights crisis in Afghanistan under the Taliban Mark II.

23 April 2025 to 23 April 2025

SOAS Inaugural Lecture Series: Professor Marloes Janson and Professor Jieyu Liu (College of Law, Anthropology and Politics)

In this Inaugural lecture, Professor Marloes Janson and Professor Jieyu Liu will be presenting lectures on "Rewriting Africa's Narrative" and "Doing Intimacy: Family Life and Social Change in China" respectively.

7 May 2025 to 8 May 2025

Kamran Djam Lectures 2025 | The Wisdom of Iran: From the Gāthās of Zarathushtra to the Masnavī of Rūmī

In these lectures, two distinctive understandings of Wisdom, from the Zoroastrian and the Sufi Muslim traditions respectively, are discussed in juxtaposition, in a study of two of the most famous examples of their religious literature.

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Major new TV series launches, inspired by SOAS scholar's novel

SOAS partners in multimillion-pound initiative to decarbonise Bloomsbury heating supply

Politics experts' research spotlighted at the Munich Security Conference 2025

Major £1.5m donation from Hyundai Motor Group to support students from Africa

Fashion on a student budget: Where to thrift near SOAS

Say goodbye to instant noodles: How to eat out in London on a student budget

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Iraq Invasion 22 years on – Reflections, realities and hopes for the future

Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2025 - Controlling women, controlling society: The politics of virtue in Afghanistan

SOAS Inaugural Lecture Series: Professor Marloes Janson and Professor Jieyu Liu (College of Law, Anthropology and Politics)

Kamran Djam Lectures 2025 | The Wisdom of Iran: From the Gāthās of Zarathushtra to the Masnavī of Rūmī

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Major new TV series launches, inspired by SOAS scholar's novel

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Politics experts' research spotlighted at the Munich Security Conference 2025

Major £1.5m donation from Hyundai Motor Group to support students from Africa

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Fashion on a student budget: Where to thrift near SOAS

Say goodbye to instant noodles: How to eat out in London on a student budget

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Iraq Invasion 22 years on – Reflections, realities and hopes for the future

Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2025 - Controlling women, controlling society: The politics of virtue in Afghanistan

SOAS Inaugural Lecture Series: Professor Marloes Janson and Professor Jieyu Liu (College of Law, Anthropology and Politics)

Kamran Djam Lectures 2025 | The Wisdom of Iran: From the Gāthās of Zarathushtra to the Masnavī of Rūmī

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