features
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’
features
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
features
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
features
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
features
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
features
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
features
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
features
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
features
By Maliha Shoaib, BA English and World Philosophies Modest Fashion is one of the latest developing movements in the fashion industry. Hafsa Lodi’s debut book, Modesty: A Fashion Paradox examines the causes, controversies and key players involved in this global market. Lodi is a journalist who has been covering
features
Tara Bhat (BA History) & Cyntheiah Siva (BA Global Liberal Arts) The 16th of January marked a night of celebration of the cultural diversity of the student body here at SOAS. Hosted by the SOAS MENA society in collaboration with PalSoc, Afghan Soc, Pakistani Soc, Bangladeshi Soc and SomSoc, the
features
features
Imaan Khan, BA Social Anthropology and Politics Conducting real-life fieldwork, as opposed to between the shelves of the SOAS library required motivation, and both attentive listening and observational skills. At one point or another, most people will go through the nervousness of trying something for the first time. While there