One of the leading UK collections of archives, manuscripts and rare books on Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. We make available over 3 kilometres of archives, 60,000 rare books, and manuscripts in ...

Ha-Joon Chang is Research Professor at the Department of Economics of SOAS University of London and Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation (CSST). Ha-Joon Chang has worked ...

Step into the heart of global learning at SOAS University of London: The World’s University. Here, you won’t just study, you’ll engage with the world through dialogue and mutual exchange. From ...

The following catalogues can help you locate Special Collections material you may wish to use. If you are unsure of what you are looking for, you can also explore our collections by region. If you are ...

In the context of Zoroastrian heritage, oral literature preserved in both Zoroastrian Dari (Behdini) and Persian in Iran and Parsi Gujarati in India—has often been overlooked in comparison with ...

SOAS University of London will award honorary degrees to eight distinguished individuals at this year’s graduation ceremonies. The awardees include economist Gary Stevenson; development practitioner ...

A new report co-authored by SOAS University of London’s Dr Anna Lindley and Asylum Welcome, an Oxfordshire-based charity, sheds light on the significant barriers newly-recognised refugees face when ...

SOAS University of London ranks in the global top three universities for Development Studies, and in the top 20 for Politics and Anthropology, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject ...

Noura Abughris graduated from SOAS with an LLB in 2017. She subsequently trained and worked as a Solicitor Advocate in London for five years before relocating to Dubai, where she currently works as an ...

SOAS University of London will award honorary degrees to seven distinguished individuals at this year’s graduation ceremonies. The awardees include economist Dr K.Y. Amoako; the Uyghur ethnographer ...

We are shocked and extremely saddened to hear of the terrorist attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Greater Manchester today. Violence and antisemitism have no place in our ...

People seek stability and reliability during periods of uncertainty, and they will often take anything that looks helpful, seems to make sense, or otherwise fills a void. Absent the perfect, it seems, ...