Certificate in South Asian Studies

This project’s interdisciplinary team investigates manuscript libraries from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the first landing point, geographically and historically, of Islam in South East Asia, to better understand the intellectual and writing traditions of the region.

This 4-day British Academy Writing Workshop and 6-months of mentorship sought to amplify the voices of academic women writing about Hausa cultural studies in Northern Nigeria by providing support in revising research in preparation for publication.

As part of this project we will run two writing workshops in Kenya for Early Career Researchers in linguistics to work with experienced editors, improve writing skills and strengthen scholarly networks.

Variation in Swahili: contact, change and identity investigates different ways in which Swahili is spoken, how its varieties are influenced by other languages, and what this means for speakers and their identities.

Examining transnational film practices in China against the backdrop of the shifting global order from 1949 to 1989.

A biography a town and the diverse people that made it, from Korean workers to Russian engineers and Japanese scientists.

Exploring how Islam and Muslims are represented and perceived on UK university campuses.

Exploring multilingualism’s revolutionary potential and creative force in language, literature, thought and the visual arts.

Countering the identification of world literature with English by highlighting the multilingualism and the many factors that contribute to regional and transnational literary fields.

A far-reaching and sustained study of key authors, texts, and topics from around the world and throughout history.

Investigating the phenomenon of "prominent internal possessors" from a theoretical and cross-linguistic perspective.