Professor Rachel Harris’s research is centered on China and Central Asia, with a particular focus on the Uyghurs. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan over ...

The Department of Economics at SOAS University of London is pleased to announce that Dr José Antonio Cuesta Leiva has been appointed as Professor in Practice. José Cuesta Leiva is a leading ...

Professor Eddie Bruce-Jones joined SOAS in 2023, and is the Dean of the College of Law. Prior to SOAS, he spent 13 years as an academic at Birkbeck, University of London, where he most recently served ...

Michael Buehler is a Reader in Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London specialising in Southeast Asian politics, his teaching and ...

Surbhi Kesar is Senior Lecturer in Economics at SOAS University of London. Her recent and ongoing work focusses on labour and informal economy and the reproduction of the structure of economic dualism ...

I am a feminist historian of race relations, focussing on the life worlds and experiences of colonised peoples across the British Empire. Tackling the central role of the discipline of modern history ...

Mariano Errichiello is a scholar of Zoroastrianism specialising in modern communities. His research combines textual analysis with ethnographic insight, with particular interest in mobility, migration ...

Mayur is a Reader in Law and joined soas in 2015. He holds a BA LLB (Hons) from National Law School of India, Bangalore (2004), an LLM from Columbia Law School (2006) and a PhD in law from Birkbeck, ...

My research explores the intersection between what we call philosophy and mysticism/spirituality and the ways in which European colonialism has influenced (and continues to influence) modern ...

Matthew J. Nelson (Ph.D. Columbia) is a Professor of Politics, currently serving as Head of Department (Department of Politics and International Studies) at SOAS University of London.

A 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in anthropology or a closely related field. If you have a lower degree classification, your application may be considered if you can present a strong case, either through ...

Louise Tythacott secured a major philanthropic donation from 2017-18 to undertake research on the histories of objects looted from China’s Yuanmingyuan – or old "Summer Palace" – presently in British ...