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134DEPARTMENT OFSTUDY OF RELIGIONSThe Department has unrivalled expertise in thereligions and philosophies of Asia and Africa.Our interest in these religions is not limited totheir presence in Asia and Africa, however, butextends to all areas of the world where they arenow represented.NUMBER OF STAFF 18RAE 5DEPARTMENT WEBSITEwww.soas.ac.uk/religionsFACULTY Arts and HumanitiesTAUGHT MASTERS DEGREESMA BUDDHIST STUDIESMA CHRISTIANITIES OF ASIA ANDAFRICAMA GENDER STUDIES ANDRELIGIONMA INDIAN RELIGIONSMA JAPANESE RELIGIONSMA STUDY OF RELIGIONSSTUDY OF RELIGIONSAt the postgraduate level we are concernedmainly with the MA Study of Religions, MAIndian Religions, MA Japanese Religions, MA inChristianities of Asia and Africa, MA BuddhistStudies, MA Gender Studies and Religion, andwith the MPhil and PhD in Religious Studies.In the coming year the Department will bereorganising its MA programmes in order toexpand course options and to provide a numberof specialist streams. We anticipate that these willbe available for the 2008/09 session. Much of theDepartment’s activity centres on the courses andseminars connected with postgraduate studies.Many of our staff and students belong jointlyto this Department and another department ofthe School, since the study of religions at SOASoften involves the use of special linguistic orinterdisciplinary skills. In addition to the regionaldepartments which specialise in the languagesand literatures of various parts of Asia and Africa,we have strong links with the Departments ofArt and Archaeology, History, and Anthropology.The study of religions is invariably a multidisciplinaryundertaking.The total number of staff and students in theDepartment is relatively large (about 150 studentsand 18 staff at the time of writing). We feel thatwe are big enough to be significant but not so bigas to be impersonal.Our courses and staff maintain a balancebetween expertise in a particular religioustradition (Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism,Christianity, Zoroastrianism, etc.) and thefields of Comparative Religion and the theoriesand methods of Religious Studies. Most of ourresearch students are working on a particularreligious tradition but we welcome applicationsfrom those wishing to work in the comparativeand methodological fields.The Department was awarded a grade 5 in the2001 Research Assessment Exercise.RESEARCH DEGREESIn addition to providing research supervision, theDepartment runs a research training programmein the Study of Religions to equip Year 1 MPhil/PhD students with the necessary research skills.There is a weekly postgraduate seminar at whichstudents meet to discuss work in progress, orpresent draft chapters of their theses. Students arealso strongly encouraged to attend other seminarsand conferences relating to their specialist fields.The Department hosts a number off specialistresearch centres, each of which run regularseminars, workshops, and host visiting speakers,and research students are welcome to be involvedin their activities.The progress of each postgraduate is supportedby a Supervisory Committee, made up of theirsupervisor, and two other members of stafffamiliar with their area of research.SOME RECENT RESEARCH THESESYulia Egorova – Jews and Judaism in Modern IndianDiscourseJoachim Persoon – Central Ethiopian Monasticism1974–1991: The Survival of an Ancient Institution ina Changing WorldZhenjing Shi – The Formation and Transformationof the Mahaparinirvanasutra in Theravada, Mahayanaand Daoism
ACADEMIC STAFF AND THEIR RESEARCH AREASProfessor T H Barrett MA(CANTAB) PHD(YALE)History of Chinese religion, notably Taoism andBuddhism; pre-modern Chinese history, especiallythe Tang periodProfessor Brian Bocking BA (LANCASTER) MA PHD(LEEDS)Head of DepartmentJapanese religions; Sino-Japanese Buddhism; the Studyof ReligionsDr Kate Crosby BA DPHIL(OXON)Research Admissions TutorBuddhism of South and South East Asia; BuddhistSanskrit and Pali literature, with particular referenceto post-and non-canonical literature, Pali philologyDr Lucia Dolce LAUREA MA(VENICE) PHD(LEIDEN)Japanese religious history, especially the medievalperiod; Japanese Tantric Buddhism; Buddhism and theesotericisation of religious practice; Millenarian writingsand prophecy; Kami-Buddhas associationDr Peter FlügelReligion and society in South Asia, Jainism, Jains,minority religions, religion and law, South Asian diasporaProfessor Paul Gifford BA(WELLINGTON) MLITT(OXON)Christianity; recent developments in AfricanChristianity; the socio-political role of religion in AfricaDr Jan-Peter Hartung BA PHD(ERFURT)Shi’a Islam; Islam in South AsiaDr Sian Hawthorne BA(LONDON) PHD(LONDON)MA Programmes ConvenorGender and religion; myth and mythology;continental theory; feminist philosophyProfessor Catherine Hezser DR. THEOL(HEIDELBERG)PHD(JTS, NEW YORK) HABILITATION(FREE UNIV. BERLIN)Judaism in Hellenistic and Roman times; rabbinicliterature; social history of Jews in late antiquity;American Jewish history and literatureDr Almut Hintze BA(HEIDELBERG) MPHIL(OXON)DPHIL(ERLANGEN) DHABIL(BERLIN)ZoroastrianismDr Erica Hunter PHD(MELBOURNE)Eastern Christianity, i.e. the Chalcedonian andnon-Chalcedonian churches of the Middle East,with particular reference to IraqDr Angelika Malinar MA PHD(TÜBINGEN)Hinduism in South Asia; theological and philosophicalliterature, Sanskrit epics and puranas; Hindu traditionsin modern contextsDr Ulrich Pagel BA PHD(LONDON)Tibetan language and literature; Tibeto-MongolianBuddhism; Mongolian languageDr Antonello Palumbo LAUREA MA PHD(NAPLES)Ideological history of pre-modern China; Chinesereligions, notably Taoism and Buddhism; Manichaeismand Eastern Christianity in medieval China; Chinesecultural relations with Central AsiaDr Theodore Proferes BA(NEW YORK) MA PHD(HARVARD)Vedic language and religion; Indian philosophyProfessor Christopher Shackle BA DIPSOC ANTHROPBLITT(OXON) PHD(LONDON) FBAPanjabi and Urdu languages and literatures; regionallanguages of Pakistan and North West India; Sufismand Islam in South Asia; Sikhism and its scriptures;comparative literature of the Islamic worldDr Tadeusz Skorupski LTH(VATICAN) PHD(LONDON)Buddhist studies; philosophical and religious doctrines;literature; iconographyDr Cosimo Zene BA MA PHD(LONDON)Research TutorThemes and figures in the study of religion; continentalphilosophy; missiology; Asian ChristianityCalm karma – Buddhist monk in Rizongmonastery, India135STUDY OF RELIGIONS
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CONTENTS2 LIFE AND STUDY AT SOAS4 A
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3LIFE AND STUDY AT SOAS
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LOCATION5SOAS is based in the heart
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POSTGRADUATE STUDY AT SOAS7EXCELLEN
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FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCEST
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degree from a UK university, or equ
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DISTANCE LEARNINGSOAS runs an extre
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FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTAL CENTRES19F
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CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY CENTRALASIA
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conferences on the GCC States, conv
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STUDENTS’ UNIONAll SOAS students
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SOAS STUDENT SOCIETIES29• ABACUS
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UNIVERSITY OF LONDONINTERCOLLEGIATE
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INTERCOLLEGIATE RESIDENCES FEE PER
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additional support, according to th
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39ON-CAMPUS DEGREES
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Dr Tanya Kai Easton BA(GETTYSBURG)
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SOME RECENT RESEARCH THESESNigel El
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The dissertation (approximately 10,
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The degree is suitable for students
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Students must take the equivalent o
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The degree is designed to acquaint
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Dr Charlotte Horlyck BA MA PHD (LON
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DEPARTMENT OFCHINA AND INNER ASIATh
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DEPARTMENT OFDEVELOPMENT STUDIESThe
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DEPARTMENT OFECONOMICSThe Departmen
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Professor Mushtaq Khan BA(OXON) MPH
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MSC ECONOMICS PROGRAMMESNot all cou
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Mr Norman Flynn BA(ECON)(SUSSEX)MA(
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MSC INTERNATIONALMANAGEMENT (MIDDLE
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Dr Michael Charney BA(MICHIGAN-FLIN
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- Locating China I: China and Other
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TERM DATES AND OPEN DAYS1852008-200
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OTHER USEFUL CONTACTS187KING’S CO
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A-Z OF POSTGRADUATEDEGREES AND DIPL
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INDEX191Academic resources 16Accomm
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