SOAS University of London, Full Time Masters Degrees in Anthropology

Are you interested in how different people around the world do things differently? Have you ever questioned the taken for granted assumptions about what… Read more

Are you interested in how different people around the world do things differently? Have you ever questioned the taken for granted assumptions about what… Read more

is directed at students who wish to combine knowledge of the anthropology of food with expertise in a regional language. It prepares students to apply their anthropological knowledge in a specific region by achieving proficiency in a language. Read more

offers you the opportunity to explore historically and culturally variable foodways, from foraging to industrial food, from Asia, Africa and the Middle East to Europe and the Americas. Read more

The MRes Social Anthropology offers students training in social science research methods, with a strong focus on ethnographic methods. Read more

offers students training in social science research methods, with a strong focus on ethnographic methods. It aims to provide students with the skills they need to conduct research at a doctoral level, or to work as social science researchers. Read more

A majority of our PhD graduates have embarked on an academic career, taking up lectureships in universities in the UK as well as abroad, or pursuing further their interests through post-doctoral fellowships and other research-based posts. Read more

Today our planet faces deepening socio-economic inequalities, global health crises, planetary degradation, and the unfathomable possibility of species extinction. Read more

What is ‘migration’? Do we live in an age of ‘migration’, or an age of ‘borders’? How are contemporary experiences of migration and border regimes racialised… Read more

What is ‘migration’? Do we live in an age of ‘migration’, or an age of ‘borders’? How are contemporary experiences of migration and border regimes racialised… Read more

programme provides exceptional opportunities for advanced study of one of the world’s most diverse and important regions. Students can choose to concentrate on pre-modern or modern South Asia and can acquire a basic knowledge of one of the area’s languages, or build upon pre-existing knowledge. Read more

provides exceptional opportunities for studying this diverse and fascinating area at the postgraduate level through a variety of disciplinary approaches. Read more

at SOAS provides an unrivalled programme of advanced modules on Africa - one of the world’s most fascinating and challenging regions. Read more

is the most comprehensive available anywhere in Europe. Read more

programme provides exceptional opportunities for advanced study of one of the world’s most diverse and important regions, and students gain competency in language skills, intercultural awareness and understanding. Read more

The MA Music programme provides theoretical and practical grounding in the discipline of ethnomusicology, as well as the opportunity to develop performance and ethnographic skills. Read more

enables students to critically assess the historical development of Iranian society, economics and culture within the context of the wider west Asian area and to appreciate the complexity of the history and cultural make up of Iran. Read more