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Beyond Voting
By Destiny Adeyemi, BA African Studies Above is a word search featuring some ways in which people can engage with political conversations and educate themselves on current issues – beyond the rhetoric of voting. ANSWER KEY:
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Lockdown Recipes: A Comforting Leek and Potato Soup
By Elizabeth Edwards, BA English Cooking in lockdown can either feel like a chore or a comfort. I can’t be the only one who has found my days revolving completely around the three meals a day that offer such respite and gratification, as well as the simple joy of
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Linguistics Puzzle: Standard Zhuang
By Ella Dorn, BA Chinese and Linguistics Standard Zhuang is a language spoken by some of the Zhuang minority in Guangxi province, southern China. It is a member of the Tai family of languages along with Thai and Laotian. Since 1982, it has been written in an adapted Roman script
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BLACK HISTORY FIGURES: Malcolm X
By Fakhriya M. Suleiman, MA Global Media and Communications My first encounter with Malcolm X was during secondary school. It was Black History Month of 2010 and my history assignment was to write about a prominent Black historical figure and discuss their impact. Being a huge Michael Jackson fan, and
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Humans of SOAS: Corinna Del Debbio
By Frances Howe, LLB Trigger warning: sexual violence Corinna Del Debbio is a final year Politics and International Relations student at SOAS. On the 28th of August this year, Corinna published an open letter to SOAS regarding their guidance on ‘Preventing and Responding to Sexual and Gender-based Violence’ (SGBV). Corinna’
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Three SOAS Freshers Reflect on a Strange Start to the Year
By Ella Dorn, BA Chinese and Linguistics When Valerie Amos announced in mid-March that all SOAS classes would move online as a COVID-19 measure, many students took this in stride: public anxiety over the virus had steadily grown, and the sudden transfer of lectures and tutorials to a computer screen
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Japanese “renku” Group Poetry: An Ancient and Unique Style
By Matthew John Turnbull, MA Japanese Studies Renku has a long history in Japan, dating all the way back to the Heian Period (794 to 1185) and beyond. It was popularised by poet Matsuo Bashō and, during the Edo Period (1603-1868), finally saw widespread practice as the use of poetic
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Decolonising Knowledge, Decolonising Education: In conversation with Amina Yaqin, Director of the SOAS Festival of Ideas
By Maliha Shoaib, BA English and World Philosophies The SOAS Festival of Ideas featured a series of panels and events from 19-24 October, including a speech from Maliha Shoaib of The SOAS Spirit at the Opening Programme. (Credit: SOAS Festival of Ideas) Tell me a bit about the theme this
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Styled @ SOAS
By Cyntheiah Siva, BA Global Liberal Arts SOASCNY party On the 7th of February the SOAS Chinese department invited us to celebrate Chinese New Year. There was great food, entertainment and everyone really committed to the theme. The performers, front of house and MC’s all incorporated red into their
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Notes of SOAS Alumni: Jasdeep Degun
By Sasha Patel, BA History & South Asian Studies (Hindi Pathway) What did you study at SOAS, and how did your time here affect you – as a person, or in your career? I studied Music at SOAS and graduated in 2015. It was great being in such a central location
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IS THE PICCADILLY A LINE?
By Dogukan Atmaca, PhD Near and Middle East Research Is the Piccadilly a line, from six to five? Get on or get off… Always, mind the gap! When there is a delay, Here is the mis-hap! Just arrived at Heathrow Home is still far away Just reaching Oakwood now Is
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Horoscopes as SOASk Me Out posts
Aries – #SOASkMeOut6499 Are u icing me out because mercury is in retrograde Taurus – #SOASkMeOut6491 How do you get yourself invited on the lads holiday without explicitly asking? Gemini – #SOASkMeOut6454 Conspiracy theory: SOAS Keanu Reeves is as real as the moon landing Cancer – #SOASkMeOut6481 I just wanna give a shout-out to