SOAS Professor Philippe Cullet has been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) fund for his project on water conflicts & security in South Asia.

Philippe will be looking at how climate change is threatening the human right to water and the conflicts this entails.

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How can we establish better financial footing for unis? Is free higher education possible? What about reliance on intl fees?

Join the next VC's Lecture Series, University financing: has the model broken and can it be fixed?

🗓 Wed 22 May
🕕 6pm
📍 BGLT

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What impact has African migration had on Africa and the world?

Nick Westcott explains how many Africans abroad are contributing to their new communities and are becoming increasingly influential.

Martine Dennis's Africa Here and Now Podcast

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An insightful night as Professors Phil Clark and Dafydd Fell kicked off our Inaugural Lecture Series last week with talks on #Rwanda and #Taiwan .

Don't miss out on our upcoming lectures - stay tuned for more!

Join us for our next SOAS Undergraduate Open Day on 15 June.

Explore campus, attend taster lectures and learn from students what it's like to study in the centre of London at one of the UK's most international universities.

Book your place ⬇️

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SOAS's new MA in Global Urban Sociology with Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR offers equal fees to all students - half the intl tuition fee typically charged at UK unis.

The programme will focus on the global sociology of cities and urban life-worlds.

The Indian Express
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'These researchers have brought fresh perspectives & made important findings that are influencing both academic & policy responses'

Phil Clark's research programme supporting Rwandan scholars marks 10-years of progress & impact this year

Phil Clark

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'Akira Toriyama’s manga was instrumental in making the medium go global.'

Dr Filippo Cervelli looks at the legacy of the late Japanese manga artist and creator of Dragon Ball, his impact on culture and Japan’s global image. 🇯🇵

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Wondering where our world-famous Thiruvalluvar statue has gone?

Upholding our respect for the statue, we are restoring it to its original condition. It will be returned as soon as this is complete 💛

'The film instead celebrates the vivid stories of djinns around this beautiful instrument'

Lucy Durán's research on the kora informs award-winning documentary exploring the instrument's history.

Music at SOAS
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SOAS anthropologists who secured a grant worth nearly £8 million to set up a new mental health research centre in London have launched new scholarship opportunities for the study of mental health and anthropology - deadline to apply 31 May: bit.ly/44b045R SOAS Department Of Anthropology

'All that you learn throughout the years works like building blocks, shaping you into the person you are today. '

📚 Caera shares what she's learnt as a final-year BA Japanese and International Relations student, academically and beyond.

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How does Zoroastrianism connect Mumbai and Hong Kong?

Next Tuesday (30 Apr) SOAS SPIZS will be hosting Leilah Vevaina to speak about how the Mumbai Parsi community has sustained a relationship with Hong Kong through shipbuilding and the tea trade 🛳️🫖

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📝 It's coming up to exam season.

Final-year student Caera shares how she copes with this busy time of year, from making a realistic plan to getting creative with study methods.

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Dr Yannis Dafermos from SOAS Economics will be speaking tomorrow at LIDC's online event on global climate injustice 🌍⬇️

'It is up for debate whether India maintains its status as the 'world's largest democracy.''

⬇️ A SOAS student writes an opinion blog about the 2024 election and its implications for democracy in India.

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How can we can rethink, repair, and rebuild society?

Former Green Party leader Baroness Natalie Bennett Natalie Bennett will be discussing this question at SOAS with BBC Investigative Journalist Divya Talwar.

📅 Mon 22 Apr
🕤 9.30am
📍 SALT
🏫SOAS Influencing Corridors of Power
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'Ambitious in scope and refreshing in perspective, the book stretches from the origins of Homo sapiens in east Africa through to the end of apartheid in South Africa.'

The @Guardian reviews Zeinab Badawi's new book, An African History of Africa.

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