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The SOAS Library is open 7-days a week, from 8am-11pm on weekdays, and 9:30am-10pm at the weekend. Explore our catalogue of over 1.3 million volumes housed in the SOAS Library, together with a major ...
At SOAS we interrogate the great challenges of our time - climate change, political and social polarisation, and inequality - through a global lens. Our mission is to develop local and global ...
In the 2025 SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School, we are honoured to welcome Dr Chun-Chi Wang to share her insights on contemporary Taiwanese documentary, feminist film practices, and the ...
You're invited to the launch of the Global South Peace and Conflict Studies Network. Join the co-founders, Sarah Njeri, Natália Bueno and Roberta Holanda Maschietto, for a session to discuss ways in ...
Explore the history of Visva-Bharati, Rabindranath Tagore’s pioneering 1921 university that reimagined education by uniting rural reconstruction, arts, and global dialogue.
As part of the 2025 SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School, we are delighted to host a roundtable discussion on women in Taiwan cinema.
As part of the 2025 SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School, we are delighted to screen Girls’ School, a groundbreaking yet often overlooked work by one of Taiwan’s early female directors, LEE ...
Step into the world of Han Suyin like never before with Dr. Florence Kuek’s An Ethical Literary Criticism of Han Suyin’s Autobiography – Braving Irrationality.
In the 2025 Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School, we are excited to feature Dr Lev Nachman’s book talk, which offers a timely analysis of how identity, territory, and external threats shape party ...
This conference seeks to explore the complex and thriving flows that shape South East Asia, from its literary traditions to its sociopolitical landscapes.
Join fellow University of London alumni in Japan for the 25th London Daigaku Kai Party, an evening of celebration, connection and community on 3 July, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Enjoy food, drinks, and ...
As part of the 2025 SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School, we are proud to present the restored version of The Woman of Wrath, a landmark in feminist Taiwanese cinema, adapted from Li Ang’s ...