Join us in celebrating 80 Years of Nuruddin Farah. Thu 22 Oct, 19:00–20:30 at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT), SOAS w/ the @SomaliWeekFest. Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-…
Please join our colleagues @SOAS_SPIZS for Home, Elsewhere: Objects That Carry Us, a theatre piece exploring how devotional objects carry memory, belonging and identity across migration.📅 22 April | 7pm | SOAS Gallery. Register 👉 soas.ac.uk/about/event/ho…
Please join our colleague @KirstieKwarteng, AFFORD UK, and the All-Party Parliament Group for Ghana for the Diaspora Trade and Investment Mission to Ghana launch event, taking place at the Houses of Parliament on 6th November at 3pm. Please register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/diaspora-tra…
Sharing our final event ahead of @ESRC#festivalofsocialscience, Mon–Tue 3–4 Nov 2025: Confronting Oppression & AI at the Workplace, a session for ages 15–17 at SOAS Senate House (invite-only). Details: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/confron… Stay tuned for more posts live from the day!
Sharing another #ESRCFestival event: Object-Stories and Shan Culture, hands-on object handling + discussion exploring Shan communities via the SOAS Teaching Collection. In person, invite-only.
Details: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/object-…
Tomorrow (Thu 30 Oct), 5–7pm, in SOAS SWLT + online: Join us & @SOAS_CMDS for @Terminalias Paolo Novak’s launch of Buildings of Refuge (BUP, 2025), on migration, asylum & EU borders. RSVP: soas.ac.uk/about/event/bo…
Sharing another #esrcfestival event ahead of next week: BEYOND BORDERS: My Story, My Future, a creative workshop for 15–17s on identity, belonging & resilience. 4 Nov 2025, 11:30–12:30, SOAS Senate House (invite-only). Info: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/beyond-…
Ahead of the @ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025, we are spotlighting some of our events. Today, we share Staging Identity, an event inviting EAL young people to create short theatre pieces to explore how objects shape who we are. More: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/staging…
SOAS joins the UK-wide #FestivalOfSocialScience (theme: Our Working Lives) for our 3rd run on 3–4 Nov. Interactive workshops with young students on identity, migration & how culture shapes work—from AI to art. Follow our highlights here!
Join us on 24 Oct 2025 (12:00–13:00 BST) for the Launch Webinar of the Global Migration Research CoMOOC, developed with researchers from @SOAS_CMDS@UCL_IOE@QMULGeography. For more details and to register now: soas.ac.uk/about/event/la…
Students are at the centre of the Festival of Social Science 🎓 Their reflections help shape future research & impact. Thank you for sharing your voices! #esrcfestival@SOASUNI@ESRC
Delighted to share a fantastic blog by our colleague Paolo Novak @Terminalias:
Asylum accommodation is a political battleground. Drawing on his research in Italy, Paolo shows how the UK’s case reveals that it is never just about housing, but about power, inequality, and
🌍🎮 Umoja: The Game explores resistance to slavery on the Swahili Coast. A collaboration between Marie Rodet, SOAS, @UNESCO, Pwani University & Jiwe Studio - check out our press release here:
👉 soas.ac.uk/about/news/umo…
🚀 Tomorrow in Kilifi! The first public Demo Launch of Umoja The Game 🎮✨
Created by Marie Kershaw & Jiwe Studios, Umoja is an interactive journey along the Swahili Coast, blending histories of resistance to slavery with innovative gameplay.
👉 Trailer: lnkd.in/eEd8RxNg
Day Two of the #FestivalOfSocialScience at SOAS was full of insight and reflection
🎤 Laura Hammond opened the day 📚 Eleanor, Swad & Foluke shared powerful sessions 🌍 Christina, Taylor & Mary returned for more
A brilliant end to a beautiful festival. #SOAS#Impact#Belonging
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🔹 Laura Hammond welcomed students 🔹 Taylor Woods on AI & tech 🔹 Christina Yacoub on belonging 🔹 Eleanor Newbigin on shared histories
A powerful start exploring identity, space & story. #SOAS
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