How to save money as a student in London Learn how to make your money go further. Digital Ambassador Surabhi shares some tips on how to budget as a student.
Gained in Translation: Remembering Ruth Christie (1923-2021) An evening of Turkish poetry and prose in celebration of Ruth's work and contribution to Turkish literature Readings in Turkish and English.
New scholarship for Black British students pursuing an undergraduate degree We are proud to announce an exciting new partnership with The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation to offer talented Black British students funding to undertake a three-year undergraduate degree programme at SOAS. This year the inaugural Cowrie Scholarship was awarded to Remaya Robinson-Beckford.
Debt and Climate: Addressing Overlapping Crises A discussion between members of the IMF, civil society and academia on how to address the overlapping debt and climate crises.
Kamran Djam Annual Lecture 2022: What Makes the Great Mongol Shahnama Great? The lecture on what makes the Great Mongol Shahnama great will focus first on the contemporary context from which this manuscript sprang, identifying how its painters built on what their predecessors had achieved and on the work of their contemporary colleagues.
Kamran Djam Annual Lecture 2022: What Problems Does the Great Mongol Shahnama Pose? The lecture on the problems posed by the Great Mongol Shahnama, probably produced in Tabriz c.1320 1335, will open with a brief history of the manuscript in order to contextualise what follows.
Kenji Takahashi – Physiological Teachings of Yoga as Found in the Mahābhārata The ancient Indian epic Mahābhārata (circa BC 2C~ AD 4C), especially in its didactic parts, contains many intriguing early teachings of Yoga before the establishment of classical doctrines.
Reader competence and uses of written texts in early China as reflected in punctuation practices Despite the persistent cliché that that pre-modern Chinese texts have no punctuation, recently discovered manuscripts from early China show rich and varied punctuation practices. This presentation will discuss approaches to studying punctuation and other means of defining textual identity.
The Penrose Lectures 2022 For this year's Penrose Lectures, Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL) will deliver the lectures "From market fixing to market shaping: a new policy framework" and "A challenge-led approach to industrial strategy: lessons for the global south".