Special Collections exhibitions
SOAS Archives & Special Collections has contributed material from the Library’s unique archives, manuscript and rare books collections towards a range of local, national and international exhibitions.
2019
Hassan Musa: the artist's stamp , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Jan-Mar 2019
2018
Edith Brown: Medicine Woman , The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria, Jan-Mar 2018
A Legacy to Hong Kong History. Ying Wa Bicentenary Exhibition , Hong Kong Museum of History, Nov-Dec 2018
2017
Music, Faith and Diplomacy Along the Silk Road , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Jul 2017-Mar 2018
Celebrating Art and Music: The SOAS Collections , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Apr-Jun 2017
2016
Academics, Agents and Activists: A History of the School of Oriental & African Studies, 1916-2016 , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Oct-Dec 2016
The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in history and imagination , National Museum, Delhi, Mar-May 2016
2015
Maps of Persia 1477–1925: A graphical journey through the history of Iran , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Jan-Mar 2015
Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation , British Museum, Apr-Aug 2015
Missionaries and Idols in Polynesia , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Jul-Sep 2015
2014
Music in China, Museum of East Asian Art , Bath, Jan – May 2015
The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, May 2014-Sep 2016
2013
Experience Barnsley , Barnsley Town Hall, Jun-Sep 2013
General Fereydoun Djam , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Apr-Sep 2013
The Life & Afterlife of David Livingstone: Exploring Missionary Archives, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Oct 2013-May 2014
The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Oct-Dec 2013
2012
The Printed Image in China, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May-Jul 2012
Gifts of Recognition: Modern and Contemporary Art from the SOAS Collections , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Jul-Sep 2012
The Man Who Wouldn’t Run on a Sunday: Eric Liddell in the SOAS Archives , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Jul-Sep 2012
Pirates, Merchants and Shipping on the North China Coast: from the archives of John Swire & Sons , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Oct-Dec 2012
Akbar: The Great Emperor of India, 1542-1605 , Fondazione Roma Arte – Musei, Oct 2012-Jan 2013
David Livingstone, I Presume? National Museums Scotland, Nov 2012- Apr 2013
2011
Centenary of the Xinhai Revolution , National Library of China, Jan 2011
Dirt, Wellcome Collection , London, Mar-Aug 2011
1911 Wuchang Uprising , Beijing World Art Museum, 2011
2010
The Printed Image in China , British Museum, May-Sep 2010
Posing Questions: Being and Image in Asia and Europe , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Jan-Mar 2010
2008
Beyond Diplomacy: an exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and the United Kingdom , Embassy of Japan, London, Sep-Oct 2008
Western Eyes: Historical Photographs of China in British Collections, 1860-1930 , National Library of China, British Library, Sep 2008
Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia, 1760-1860 , Musée du quai Branly, Paris, Jun-Sep 2008
2007
Objects of Instruction: Treasures of the School of Oriental & African Studies , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Oct-Dec 2007
Picturing China, 1870-1950: Photographs from British Collections , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Oct-Dec 2007
Procession of the Korean Ambassadors , British Museum, 2007-2012
2006
Des missionaries au bout du mond – un siècle de missions en Asie et Océanie , 1860-1960, Archives de Marseille, Apr-Jun 2006
Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia, 1760-1860 , Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, May-Aug 2006
Power and Taboo: Sacred Objects from the Pacific , British Museum, Sep 2006-Jan 2007
2005
The Colonial and Postcolonial History of the Book, 1765-2005: Researching the Margins , Open University in Association with the University of London Institute of English Studies and Senate House Library, London, Oct-Nov 2005
2004
Goa and the Great Mughal, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal, Jun-Sep 2004
The Indigenous and the Foreign: Art & Architecture of 17th Century Ethiopia , Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Jul-Sep 2004
Asia: Body Mind Spirit – A Major Exhibition of Asian Treasures from the Wellcome Library , Wellcome Collection, Oct-Dec 2004