'The 'green transition' is not just a technological shift but a profound transformation that reshapes the foundations of our economic & social systems.'

New research by Tobias Franz & Angus McNelly 🍉 delves into the complexities of the green transition.

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Has the Bollywood industry been influenced by Hindu nationalist politics?

For his SOAS Department Of Anthropology MA dissertation, Kaashif Hajee conducted fieldwork and interviewed prominent Bollywood figures to find out. ⬇️

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How do companies solve the sewage problem, fix the leaks and reduce the debt mountain?

SOAS's Kate Bayliss speaks to BBC Radio 4 about the troubled state of the water industry in the UK.

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Happening next Wednesday at SOAS ⬇️

To help destress during the busy exam season, Masami shares some of her favourite London parks and green spaces to go to relax and see wildlife. 🦌🌳

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The The Conversation shares expert reviews of the 2024 Intl The Booker Prizes shortlisted books.

SOAS's Hyun Seon Lee reviews Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, a sad & heartbreaking saga about the need to heal, delving into the history of the Korean people.

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SOAS Honorary Doctor Asma Khan, a renowned chef and owner of London's well-known restaurant, Darjeeling Express, has been acknowledged in TIME magazine's esteemed list of the 100 Most Influential People 👏

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Happening this Wednesday at SOAS ⬇️

Examine the meanings of disciplinary ‘movement’ and the possibilities of scholarship it can open up at event hosted by SOAS Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies tomorrow with a programme of creative and academic sessions.

📅 Friday 10 May
🕙 10am-5pm
📍 KLT, SOAS

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As students establish Palestine solidarity camps at universities in the US and the UK, we have published a statement on the protest action currently taking place at SOAS.
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Congratulations to SOAS President Zeinab Badawi on reaching #1 on the Sunday Times bestsellers for hardback non-fiction with her book: An African History of Africa🤩

Code switching: the practice of alternating between two or more languages.

The SOAS campus is buzzing with languages from all corners of the globe - and our diverse students switch freely between them.

What are your signature code-switches?

A 200 year old Malaysian poem has been revived through community-sourcing.

SOAS's Dr Mulaika Hijjas overlooked the poem's translation from its pre-20th-century Jawi script, to the Roman script used today.

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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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