Module course for LCS7013_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Dr. Ali Alavi
Convenor email: sa137@soas.ac.uk
Office room: Room MB P461
Office hours: Monday 17.00-18.00 & Tuesday 14.00-15.00
Assessment 1: Name: Written essay
Assessment 1: Weighting: 60%
Assessment 1: Due date: 07/12/2026
Assessment 1: Format: 2500 words written essay
Assessment 2: Name: Recorded powerpoint presentation
Assessment 2: Weighting: 40%
Assessment 2: Due date: 11/01/2027
Assessment 2: Format: 15 mins recorded powerpoint presentation via panopto
Page template: On campus 2026/27
Module course for LCS7010_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Husam Al-Mallak
Convenor email: ha10@soas.ac.uk
Page template: On campus 2026/27
Module course for LCS7008_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Naresh Sharma
Convenor email: ns19@soas.ac.uk
Intended learning outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this Module the student will be able to:
- Apply language skills to locate source texts and research materials on their chosen topic.
- Produce original academic content in their language of study.
- Analyse in their language of study in writing and/or orally about their chosen topic.
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Autonomy
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Autonomy
Page template: On campus 2026/27
Module course for LCS6002_01_YL_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Dr. Carmen McCain
Convenor email: cm74@soas.ac.uk
Page template: On campus 2026/27
Module course for LCS5003_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Husam Al-Mallak
Convenor email: ha10@soas.ac.uk
Page template: On campus 2026/27
Module course for LCS5001_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Yair Wallach
Convenor email: yw11@soas.ac.uk
Office room: 415
Office hours: Thursday 12-1, Friday 11-12
Appointment booking link: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/bookwithme/user/168bfd6419e14c6c9af03f601e6261e7@soas.ac.uk/meetingtype/SVRwCe7HMUGxuT6WGxi68g2?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=mlink
Module dates: Thursday 3-5pm, Semester 1
Intended learning outcomes: Students will become familiar with key debates around the questions of health, well-being, embodiment, resilience, environment and climate change through the lens of cultural studies and with reference to Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Students will have understood the importance of culture, cultural understanding, and cultural difference in the approach to solving the problems of our times in relation to health and climate change
Students will critically analyse different framings of these key topics and their implications to the regions studied
Assessment 1: Name: AS1
Assessment 1: Weighting: 40%
Assessment 1: Due date: 16/11/2026
Assessment 1: Release date: 1/12/2026
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Autonomy
Assessment 1: Format: 20 minute podcast, in pairs
Assessment 2: Name: AS2
Assessment 2: Weighting: 60%
Assessment 2: Due date: 04/01/2027
Assessment 2: Release date: 18/01/2027
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Retrieval
Assessment 2: Format: 1,500 word essay
Page template: On campus 2026/27
Module course for LCS4001_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Dr Sahana Bajpaie
Convenor email: sb165@soas.ac.uk
Office room: MB 376
Office hours: Tuesdays 1-3 to be booked only through email
Intended learning outcomes:
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Identify and compare storytelling traditions and genres from Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
- Analyse how stories work across spoken, written, performed, visual, and digital forms.
- Explain how music, dance, theatre, and visual art contribute to storytelling.
- Interpret stories in their cultural contexts while examining connections between cultures.
- Critically assess ideas of the “universal” and the “local” in narrative.
- Question the distinction between folklore and “high art” using examples from the module.
- Analyse videos and sound recordings as primary sources alongside written texts.
Assessment 1: Name: Assignment 1 (AS1)
Assessment 1: Weighting: 40%
Assessment 1: Due date: 9/11/2026
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Retrieval
Assessment 1: Format: 7-minute narrated presentation
Assessment 2: Name: Assignment 2 (AS2)
Assessment 2: Weighting: 60%
Assessment 2: Due date: 11/12/2026
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Retrieval;Editing
Assessment 2: Format: Essay - 2000 words
Page template: On campus 2026/27
Module course for FLM5001_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Dr Ben Murtagh
Convenor email: bm10@soas.ac.uk
Office room: Office MB 466
Office hours: drop-in in person office hours: Tuesdays 11-12, Thursdays 11-12
Appointment booking link: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/bookwithme/user/3a68a97aec434b028035dac8dbd1cb18@soas.ac.uk/meetingtype/SVRwCe7HMUGxuT6WGxi68g2?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=mlink
Module dates: Semester 1: Tuesdays 12-2
Intended learning outcomes:
1. demonstrate an understanding and appreciation the relationships between cities and screen cultures
2. critically analyse screen texts in a comparative context
3. demonstrate an understanding of how film and other screen cultures can be utilised to project national agendas and identities, as well as carving out spaces for minority and marginalised voices
4. develop critical responses to cinematic work based upon aesthetic or cultural values
Assessment 1: Name: AS1
Assessment 1: Weighting: 40%
Assessment 1: Due date: 04/12/2026
Assessment 1: Release date: 25/12/2026
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Editing
Assessment 1: Format: Viewing Diary.
Assessment 2: Name: AS2
Assessment 2: Weighting: 60%
Assessment 2: Due date: 08/01/2027
Assessment 2: Release date: 29/01/2027
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Editing;Retrieval
Assessment 2: Format: Essay or Recorded Video Presentation
Page template: On campus 2026/27
Module course for FLM4001_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (ORG:LCLS)
Convenor name: Dana Healy
Convenor email: dh4@soas.ac.uk
Assessment 1: Name: Assignment 1 (AS1)
Assessment 1: Weighting: 40%
Assessment 1: Due date: week 5
Assessment 1: Release date: as per SOAS regulations
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Autonomy
Assessment 1: Format: 1000-word essay
Assessment 2: Name: Assignment 2 )AS2)
Assessment 2: Weighting: 60%
Assessment 2: Due date: week 10
Assessment 2: Release date: as per SOAS regulations
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Autonomy
Assessment 2: Format: 1500-word essay
Page template: On campus 2026/27
