SOAS Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Opening next week!

Be sure to check out the Learning from South Omo exhibition while it is on display in the SOAS Gallery from 14 October to 13 December.

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📣 Our departmental research seminar series kicks off tomorrow!

Prof Ash Amin (Cambridge) will be speaking about 'Foreclosure and its Foreshadows: Inside the 'Black Heart' of Naples'.

📅 Wednesday 8 October 3–5pm (UK time)
📍 Main Building, RB01 & online: soas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/9374936443...

Dried lakebed in desert landscape, dunes in the distance, dramatic clouds overhead, shrubs in foreground.

Using luminescence dating, @abistone.bsky.social and her colleagues aim to shine a light on a neglected part of Africa’s archaeological record, out in the remote, hyper-arid landscapes of the Namib Sand Sea. @pans-river-namib.bsky.social
👉 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/astone

Artistry@Work - Royal Anthropological Institute Artistry@Work Online Seminar Series in the Anthropology of Artists & Artisans, 2025–2026 Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Clermont-Ferrand, In collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute O...

🎨Artistry@Work returns!
Monthly online seminars on artists & artisans, hosted by RAI & MSH Clermont-Ferrand.
🗓️ Starts 07 Oct – Free with registration.
🔗 therai.org.uk/series/artistrywork
#Anthropology #Craftwork

📣Our weekly departmental research seminar lineup is now live!

This year we are running the series with our own Centre for Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA).

Talks will invite us to think in new ways about forms of life, distress, wellbeing and personhood.

Wednesdays 3-5pm, RB01, SOAS.

Check out some footage from the launch of the Learning from South Omo exhibition in Addis Ababa!

The exhibition is also coming to London in October. Watch this space 👀

@emmacrewe.bsky.social @richaxe.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

🎙️Have a listen to Dr Naomi Leite speaking to the New Books Network podcast about her work 'Unorthodox Kin', an exploration of "chosen" identity, kin, and community in a global era.

📚 Available here: newbooksnetwork.com/unorthodox-kin

📢 New publication alert!

In The Sociological Review, Prof Jieyu Liu explores how young people in urban China navigate marriage decisions within complex social and cultural frameworks.

Read here 🔽

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0038...

#Sociology #ChinaStudies #Marriage

Critical Explorations of Crisis Critical Explorations of Crisis - Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities; Bringing together a broad team of contributors, this book argues for a new interdisciplinary field of crisis studies.…

Covering a range of cases, this book critically explores the intersections of #SocioEconomic, #Political, #Climate, and #Health factors to unravel the dynamic and transformative forces of crisis.

The NACCH 2025 International Academic Conference on Newah Cultural Heritage convenes 6 Sept (online) & 13–14 Sept (in person). With 31 papers from 18 countries, scholars, community leaders and activists will examine continuity, change & global significance of Newah culture. More info here: nacch.org

New #OpenAccess entry on 'Sustainability' out in @anthroencyclo.bsky.social

Written by Prof. @alicerudge.bsky.social at @soasanthro.bsky.social

Find it here: www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/sustai...

Hannah Bennett on X: "Good luck to all students getting results today! I really look forward to meeting our new @SOASanthro students in September! For students who did not initially select SOAS but got higher grades than expected, or just missed their offers do consider us in clearing!" / X Good luck to all students getting results today! I really look forward to meeting our new @SOASanthro students in September! For students who did not initially select SOAS but got higher grades than expected, or just missed their offers do consider us in clearing!

Good luck to all students getting results today! Really looking forward to meeting our new students in September! For students who did not initially select SOAS but got higher grades than expected, or just missed their offers do consider us in clearing!
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Award-winning screenwriter and story
consultant James Moran offers an innovative
five-session course at @soasanthro.bsky.social, drawing on exceptional storytelling such as Pixar animation, Iranian
cinema, and Chekhov. I have heard amazing things about James and his courses so really recommend this.

Stereotypes, struggle, and survival: Reclaiming the Story Behind Mofiz For a long time, people have made the derogatory word mofiz synonymous with the residents of the Rangpur region.

Saad Quassem explains how the word "Mofiz" belittles people from Rangpur, Bangladesh, assuring stereotyping. He details the history of struggle and survival despite persistent colonial stereotypes. www.thedailystar.net/ds/big-pictu...

Help us keep the Helen Kanitkar Library open The Helen Kanitkar Library is a social study space, for anthropology and sociology students. The library is staffed by a student librarian and volunteers, supervised by a member of staff, and relies o...

The Anthropology and Sociology department launched an appeal for the Helen Kanitkar Library. The library relies on the generosity of alumni to stay open. Only £2,000 is needed to cover the 25-26 academic years expenses. 🔗Make a gift here: ow.ly/bgti50W38gu

Earlier this month, high-level members of the Supreme Court of India delivered a special talk on technology’s ever-growing relationship with law to the next generation of students pursing careers in judiciary fields.

Read more about the special address: bit.ly/4liWIoC

This is a multidisciplinary 5-year project, hosted by the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS University of London, which involves focusing on different sports and religions in the four countries.

SOAS's Marloes Janson has been awarded an @erc.europa.eu
Advanced Grant for her project Muscular Faith: The Interplay between Sport and Religion in Africa to study boxing in Nigeria, soccer in South Africa, karate in Egypt, and long-distance running in Kenya with African partners.

Help us keep the Helen Kanitkar Library open The Helen Kanitkar Library is a social study space, for anthropology and sociology students. The library is staffed by a student librarian and volunteers, supervised by a member of staff, and relies o...

The Anthropology and Sociology department launched an appeal for the Helen Kanitkar Library. The library relies on the generosity of alumni to stay open. Only £2,000 is needed to cover the 25-26 academic years expenses. 🔗Make a gift here: ow.ly/bgti50W38gu

YouTube video by CAMHRA CAMHRA Inaugural Lecture: Thoughts for a new alliance of anthropology and mental health

CAMHRA Inaugural Lecture by Dr. Bhrigupati Singh is now available on our YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMtv...

Our student Edward Patrick Tinne won the
@RoyalAnthro student prize for his work “Chinese Self-Cultivation Journeys to the West: Phenomenology and Epistemology in the Philosophical Art of Change.” Go Patrick!

Incredible inaugural lecture by Bhrigupati Singh. Erudite, generous, captivating. He represented our dept so beautifully ❤️

Good news day! I'm very pleased to be able to announce this after a little wait. I can't wait to get stuck into it with Alice Rudge of @soasanthro.bsky.social, @graemewarren.bsky.social, and an exciting new face who will fill our PDRA position in due course! Full intro thread to follow...

European History Quarterly Roundtable: Histories of Race in Europe and Questions of Knowledge Production - Bolaji Balogun, Sarah Demart, Claire Eldridge, Chandra Frank, Camilla Hawthorne, Stefanie Mic...

It is great to see this new roundtable with colleagues published in the European History Quarterly journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I’ll start with this coz it’s new and it’s open access: Open Conversations about creative collaboration and Living Democracy eprints.soas.ac.uk/42856/

CAMHRA Public Launch:

Inaugural Lecture by Dr Bhrigupati Singh

‘What can and cannot be quantified: Thoughts for a new alliance of anthropology and mental health’

With opening remarks by Prof. Laura Hammond (Deputy Vice-Chancellor)

28 April, 5:30–8:30pm

www.eventbrite.com/e/camhra-ina...

CAMHRA Public Launch:

Inaugural Lecture by Dr Bhrigupati Singh

‘What can and cannot be quantified: Thoughts for a new alliance of anthropology and mental health’

With opening remarks by Prof. Laura Hammond (Deputy Vice-Chancellor)

28 April, 5:30–8:30pm

www.eventbrite.com/e/camhra-ina...

The RAI on X: "Booking now open for London #Anthropology Day 2025! When: Friday, 25th April 2025 Where: Senate House, London 🔗Book here: https://t.co/hhXKfvjm4A. 🔗 See our programme here: https://t.co/8098UXlGXX #londonanthropologyday #LAD25 #universitytasterday #anthropologylondon https://t.co/SaVDcqKJne" / X Booking now open for London #Anthropology Day 2025! When: Friday, 25th April 2025 Where: Senate House, London 🔗Book here: https://t.co/hhXKfvjm4A. 🔗 See our programme here: https://t.co/8098UXlGXX #londonanthropologyday #LAD25 #universitytasterday #anthropologylondon https://t.co/SaVDcqKJne

Find us at the London Anthropology Day. A great way to meet our academics and learn more about anthropology.

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