Venues

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is a college of the University of London and the only Higher Education institution in the UK specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.

SOAS is a remarkable institution. Uniquely combining language scholarship, disciplinary expertise and regional focus, it has the largest concentration in Europe of academic staff concerned with Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

On the one hand, this means that SOAS remains a guardian of specialised knowledge in languages and periods and regions not available anywhere else in the UK. On the other hand, it means that SOAS scholars grapple with pressing issues - democracy, development, human rights, identity, legal systems, poverty, religion, social change - confronting two-thirds of humankind.

SOAS is perfectly placed Situated in the heart of Bloomsbury, SOAS is well-placed to involve Londoners in a wide range of activities associated with Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The School serves and supports London’s diverse, multi-lingual and multicultural communities.

The Brunei Gallery houses frequent exhibitions in different media of art from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

SOAS mounts various events and programmes for high schools in London in order to interest their pupils in the regions which SOAS studies and teaches.