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By Eesa Japal, BA History & Politics On 19 November 2021, Chomsky virtually conversed with participants of the Policy Forum Society at SOAS regarding American hegemonic narcissism. Before the US entered the war, high-level planners and analysts concluded that in the post-war world the United States would seek to hold unquestioned power, to ensure the […]
By Chiara Broglia, MA Linguistics Ever since women started competing in their own sport category, the sex of female athletes, particularly those capable of exceptional athletic performance, has been questioned. However, only recent developments pointed out the issue with sex testing, highlighting its discriminatory nature and opening a much deeper conversation on the notion of […]
By Tabea Leiss, BA International Relations and Development Studies Are you struggling with the academic expectations and demands in your first year at university? You are not alone! The SOAS Collaborative Student Learning (CSL) project can help you manage the work. Collaborative Student Learning is aimed at giving first-year students the opportunity to improve their […]
By Haritha Balasubramaniyan, BA Global Liberal Arts What do menopausal matriarchs in West Africa, clay tablets in nineteenth century Baghdad and Sudanese music have in common? Of course they have all been topics of articles in the SOAS History Blog! ‘… the SOAS History Blog has been creating new ways for resident history enthusiasts to […]
By Chris Hoellriegl, MSc Development Studies Sports have many faces. Apart from diversion or pleasure, sports can for instance be a ‘big business’ when considering an annual revenue of 715.1 M Euro of Barcelona FC alone in 2019/20. What many may not be directly aware of, is that sport plays an increasingly important role in […]
By Lulu Goad, Arabic BA With the first ‘Queer Climb’ having been organised towards the end of 2019, the team at Yonder Climb, in North East London, felt it was about time they brought back this monthly event. The event was truly an evening allowing for the intersection of the climbing and Queer communities. As […]