Welcome to the Sports and Societies Home Page!
At SOAS we pride ourselves on punching well above our weight when it comes to Sports & Societies. We have over 100 societies, which for an institution the size of SOAS merits the amazingly active students who create and compose it!
Run by students for students, societies and sports teams are a great was to socialise, compliment and expand your academic experience and of course have lots of fun. Below is the current contact list for societies and sports teams – if you see one of interest missing, why not make it.
It’s easy to start a society, and we’ll help you learn the ropes on how to run it through the year(s). Contact sports.soc@soas.ac.uk or pb14@soas.ac.uk for more information.
This is the list of the societies who have properly registered and their contact details. If your society isn’t here you must register as soon as possible (Registration Form Here).
If there are any corrections or queries please e-mail pb14@soas.ac.uk
List accurate as of 17:00 22/2/13
| 4D Presents | Sami Saker | 205617@soas.ac.uk |
| 5-a-side Football | Sami Kent | sami_kent@soas.ac.uk |
| ABACUS | Chiloong Wong-Morrow | 537918@soas.ac.uk |
| African Caribbean Society | Abiola Oyetade | 538181@soas.ac.uk |
| African Development Forum | Sinead Martin and Chloe Spoerry | 578528@soas.ac.uk |
| Ahlulbayt Isla/mic Society | Hussain Al Hilli | 249517@soas.ac.uk |
| AIESEC UCL-SOAS | Vivian Ho | 538393@soas.ac.uk |
| Albanian Society | Behar Sadriu | soasalbaniansociety@gmail.com |
| Algerian Society | Nadia AitSaid-Ghanem | 553766@soas.ac.uk |
| Anime Society | Jonathan Swee | jonathan.swee@yahoo.com |
| Arabic Poetry Society | Walaa Quisay | 297897@soas.ac.uk |
| Asio-European Cultural Exchange Society (ACES) | Mahamid Ahmed | 537891@soas.ac.uk |
| Azerbaijan Society | Shahin Abbasov | 310295@soas.ac.uk |
| Backgammon Society | Arssam Ali’i Rastani | Arssam.rastani@hotmail.de |
| Badminton | Sarah Heng | 551968@soas.ac.uk |
| Bagua Zhang Society | Eisha Karol Kumar | 569959@soas.ac.uk |
| Bar Society | Anna Moradi | 538123@soas.ac.uk |
| BeatSoc | Andre Alexander | info@beatsoc.co.uk |
| Belief and Reason Society | Aysh Chaudhry | 294348@soas.ac.uk |
| Brass Band Society | Stewart Hughes | 313420@soas.ac.uk |
| Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Society | Doug McNaught | 131192@soas.ac.uk |
| Business Society | Karl Akesson | 295010@soas.ac.uk |
| Capoeira society | Cesar Cuyami | 311296@soas.ac.uk |
| Catholic Society | Oriane-Sophie Chestopalko | 562115@soas.ac.uk |
| Ch’an Meditation London | Richard Story | rs83@soas.ac.uk |
| Chess Society | Behar | soaschesssociety@gmail.com |
| Children’s Relief Fund | Nour Haidar | nourhaidar11@gmail.com |
| China-Britain Youth Association | Angus Nicholson | 226052@soas.ac.uk |
| Chinese Cultural Society | Qizheng FANG | 534483@soas.ac.uk |
| Chinese Music Society (Silk & Bamboo Ensemble) | Ruard Absaroka | ruard@soas.ac.uk |
| Christian Union | Eleanor Fotheringham | 264604@soas.ac.uk |
| Christian-Muslim | Behar Sadriu | 232280@soas.ac.uk |
| Climbing & Mountaineering Club | Henry Hawkins | soascmc@gmail.com |
| Commercial Awareness Society | Christina Nelson | 536039@soas.ac.uk |
| Common Ground Garden | Anne Davison | 550784@soas.ac.uk |
| Composer’s Society | Spencer Bambrough | 538302@soas.ac.uk |
| Counterfire | Mya Pope-Weidemann | mya.counterfire@gmail.com |
| Cricket Club | Jack Winfield | 538211@soas.ac.uk |
| Cypriot Society | Sean Patrick Diffley | 536136@soas.ac.uk |
| Darts Team | Spencer Martin | 286677@soas.ac.uk |
| Debating | Sheraz | soasdebsoc@gmail.com |
| Detainee Support | Joyce Nicholls | 255160@soas.ac.uk |
| Development Economics Society | Emilia Toczydlowska | 261279@soas.ac.uk |
| Dinwiddy and Paul Robeson Resident’s Council | Jivan Mohanty | 568968@soas.ac.uk |
| Documentary Society | Baysan Alajaji | 541804@soas.ac.uk |
| Drama Society | Hannah Maguire | 299681@soas.ac.uk |
| Economics & Finance Society | Shiv Sivakumar | 538438@soas.ac.uk |
| Emerging Markets Society | Subhaan Inayat and Ziad Elhassan | 537820@soas.ac.uk |
| Energy and Climate Society | Robert van Maaren | R_van_Maaren@soas.ac.uk |
| Enterprising Leadership and Empowerment | Mimi Ajibadé | mimi.ajibade@soas.ac.uk |
| Eurovision Society | Alec Edward MacGregor | 259941@soas.ac.uk |
| Faith Explorer Society | Anja Fahlenkamp | 298869@soas.ac.uk |
| Film Society | Laura Gilchrist | 538225@soas.ac.uk |
| First Aid Society | Clotilde Sipp | 536029@soas.ac.uk |
| FoodCycle | Frank Barreca | 290832@soas.ac.uk |
| French Folk Society | Cassandre Balosso Bardin | 265751@soas.ac.uk |
| Friends Of Africa | Zabu-Mwino Litambola | 541951@soas.ac.uk |
| Friends of Armenia | Sahag Arslanian | 258352@soas.ac.uk |
| Genbukan Ninpo Society | Clare Perry | 258971@soas.ac.uk |
| Global Brigades | Samantha Helen Witte | 289269@soas.ac.uk |
| Green Group | Luisa Hinze | 539680@soas.ac.uk |
| Guerilla Choir Society | Anna Ling | 539704@soas.ac.uk |
| Historical Islamic Sources Society | Sami Fortune | 253084@soas.ac.uk |
| Horn of Africa Society | Liah Yecalo-Tecle | 568119@soas.ac.uk |
| Investment Banking and Management | Omar Naseef | o.naseef@hotmail.com |
| Iranian Music Society | Darya Alikhani | 258499@soas.ac.uk |
| Iranian Society | Darya Alikhani | 258499@soas.ac.uk |
| Islamic Society | Samir Amar Setti | 536772@soas.ac.uk |
| Italian Society | (for now) Beatrice Tura | 297894@soas.ac.uk |
| Japan Society | Emma Naomi Barker | emmanaomi.barker@gmail.com |
| Jewish Society | Gabriel Schaller, Anja Fahlenkamp | jsoc.soas@gmail.com |
| Jingkun Opera Society | Ruard Absaroka | ra44@soas.ac.uk |
| Kali Society | Anwar S R | 574102@soas.ac.uk |
| Karate-Do Society | Nathan Graham | nathangraham02@hotmail.co.uk |
| Kempo Society | Andrew Clark | 233564@soas.ac.uk |
| Ki Aikido | Daniel Kozaczuk | london@kisociety.org.uk |
| Knitsoc | Faye Cawley | faye.cawley@btinternet.com |
| Korea Society | Byoungsun Park | 558962@soas.ac.uk |
| Korean Drumming Society | Hyun Seok Kwon | hs_kwon@soas.ac.uk |
| Krishna Consciousness Society | Anthony King | anthony_king47@hotmail.com |
| Kurdish Society | Berivan Naz | 289395@soas.ac.uk |
| Language Landscape | Arthur Thompson | 298701@soas.ac.uk |
| Latin American Society | Melissa Woodman | meliwoodman@yahoo.com |
| Law Society | Brijesh Patel & Abdurahman Moallim | 292021@soas.ac.uk |
| LGBTQ | The Honourable Clarence Tan | clarencejames.tan@soas.ac.uk |
| Libertarian Society | Stoyan Panchev | 546297@soas.ac.uk |
| Literary Society | Adham Smart | 289954@soas.ac.uk |
| Malaysian Society | Nirvan Gopalan Krishnan | 538103@soas.ac.uk |
| Martial Arts ME | Omar Zaki | 294333@soas.ac.uk |
| Marxist Society | Diego M. Macias Woitrin | 566503@soas.ac.uk |
| Men’s Basketball | Bijan Hakimian | 535989@soas.ac.uk |
| Men’s Volleyball | Omid Rahmani | 179887@soas.ac.uk |
| Mens Football | Lucas Farthing | 257528@soas.ac.uk |
| Men’s Tennis Team | Alex Elletson | 280807@soas.ac.uk |
| Metal Society | Morgan Lee | morganj.lee01@gmail.com |
| Modernist Society | Morgan Fiere | 232711@soas.ac.uk |
| Mouth Harp Society | Deirdre Morgan | 567199@soas.ac.uk |
| Music Society | James Gow | 295818@soas.ac.uk |
| Native Spirit Society | Zahra Hdidou | 273772@soas.ac.uk |
| Nepali Society | Barsha Gurung | 311236@soas.ac.uk |
| NEPALI SOCIETY | barsha gurung | 311236@Soas.ac.uk |
| Netball Club | Laura Prieto Martinez | 290870@soas.ac.uk |
| New Turn | JONATAN BRZEZINSKI | jonte.brzezinski@newturn.org.uk |
| News and Media Society | Abbie M Lewis | 290708@soas.ac.uk |
| Nippon Kempo Club | Mariella Pacey | 291873@soas.ac.uk |
| Nordic Society | Jenni Kortelainen | 538027@soas.ac.uk |
| Nyanga Panpipe Society from Mozambique | Rob Shipster | 263169@soas.ac.uk |
| Oxfam Society | Hope Blandamer | soasoxsoc@gmail.com |
| Pakistan | Amir Ali Khan | 232257@soas.ac.uk |
| Pakistan | Malik Eice Muhammad | 536524@soas.ac.uk |
| Palestine | Elian Weizman | palsoc@soas.ac.uk |
| Pan-African Society | Nicola Tofowomo | 294334@soas.ac.uk |
| Pencak Silat Society | Vikram Iyer | 211062@soas.ac.uk |
| Photography Society | Peter Yeung | 226484@soas.ac.uk |
| Poker | Jon Cain | 257596@soas.ac.uk |
| Polish Society | Salwa El Sousy | ses4@o2.pl or 273054@soas.ac.uk |
| Portfolio Construction Group | Robert Koenig | robertpkoenig@gmail.com |
| Portuguese Society | Sofia Couceiro | 535893@soas.ac.uk |
| Radical Architects | Leah Edwards | radicalarchitect@gmail.com |
| Reggae Society | Johann Barbé | 294279@soas.ac.uk |
| Rugby | Timothy Henderson | 212794@soas.ac.uk |
| Running Club | Brindley White | 293040@soas.ac.uk |
| Russian society | Karina Carter | karina_carter@soas.ac.uk |
| Salsa Society | Omid Rahmani | 179887@soas.ac.uk |
| Sambatage | Maren Johansen | 262282@soas.ac.uk |
| SAPA JAM | Alia Osman | 536759@soas.ac.uk |
| Saturday Club | The Honourable Clarence Tan | clarencejames.tan@soas.ac.uk |
| Saturday Club | The Hon. Clarence James Tan | clarencejames.tan@soas.ac.uk |
| Save Jeju Island | Andrew Charles | 493012@soas.ac.uk |
| Sisters Society | Farihah Hasan | 297626@soas.ac.uk |
| SOAS Ceilidh Band Society | Hattie Gemill | 276975@soas.ac.uk |
| SOAS Hindu Society | Ravi Normandale & Vithyah Chelvam | 289946@soas.ac.uk |
| Soas Mens 2nd XI | Jordan Howes | 299693@soas.ac.uk |
| SOAS Middle East and North Africa Society | Walaa Quisay | 297897@soas.ac.uk |
| SOAS Syria Society | Razan Saffour | 322280@soas.ac.uk |
| SOASIS (Israel Society) | Tali Janner-Klausner | tali.jk@gmail.com |
| South Asian Film Society | Aashi Gahlot; Marta Schmidt | 529059@soas.ac.uk |
| Spanish English Language Exchange | Valerie Giesen | 289123@soas.ac.uk |
| Squash | Elliot Aruldoss | 291919@soas.ac.uk |
| Stop the War | Sam Dathi | 573843@soas.ac.uk |
| Street Dance Society | Tara Radan-Aleksic | tararadanaleksich@yahoo.com |
| Students for Sensible Drug Policy | Theo Scheiner | 290683@soas.ac.uk |
| Study of Religions Society | Grace Wilcock | 565820@soas.ac.uk |
| Study Tours Society | Ali Zaherinezhad | 234517@soas.ac.uk |
| Sudanese Society | Omar Zaki | 294333@soas.ac.uk |
| Swahili Society | Waseem Meghjee | 557417@soas.ac.uk |
| Sword-play Society | Dong Chen | 581111@soas.ac.uk |
| SWSS | Dave Allen | 296946@soas.ac.uk |
| Taijiquan and Qi Kong Society | Lucy Moloney | 538453@soas.ac.uk |
| TEAM UP | Amar Kadri | soas.president@teamup.org.uk |
| Thai Society | Aydan Stuart | 231209@soas.ac.uk |
| The Angle News | Louise Callaghan | 290856@soas.ac.uk |
| The History Underground | James Gow | 295818@soas.ac.uk |
| The Renaissance Group | Filippo Gabriele La Verghetta | 249304@soas.ac.uk |
| The Spoken Word Society | Ehsan and Mohamed-Zain | 540395@soas.ac.uk |
| Traditional Aikido Society | Emilia Toczydlowska | 261279@soas.ac.uk |
| Turkish Society | Disha Mukherji | 541357@soas.ac.uk |
| Ukulele Societly | Andrew Charles | 493012@soas.ac.uk |
| UN Society | Meghna Raghunath | 557245@soas.ac.uk |
| Urdu | Amir Ali Khan | 232257@soas.ac.uk |
| Urdu Conversation Group | Alia Osman | 536759@soas.ac.uk |
| Ventures | Mark Aagerup & Adrian Ochs | 535244@soas.ac.uk |
| Video Game Club | Ibrahim Adaci | 500939@soas.ac.uk |
| Vintage Society | Benedicte Joan | 586486@soas.ac.uk |
| West African Drumming Singing and Dancing Society | Rob Shipster & Sarah Nana Appiah Bimpong | 263169@soas.ac.uk |
| West Papua Society | Anna Ling | 539704@soas.ac.uk |
| WILPF | Holly Ahom | 547063@soas.ac.uk |
| Women for Women International | Noshin Salari Rad | 311178@soas.ac.uk |
| Women in Business | Karina Carter | karina_carter@soas.ac.uk |
| Women’s Basketball | Marula Richter | 258517@soas.ac.uk |
| Women’s Football | Precious Mealia | 529821@soas.ac.uk |
| Women’s Hockey Society | Lexi Brathwaite | 252670@soas.ac.uk |
| Women’s Volleyball | Valentina Toledo | 535987@soas.ac.uk |
| Women’s Society | Maria Caroline Oberg | 310340@soas.ac.uk |
| Women’s Tennis Team | Bianca Rangecroft | 537981@soas.ac.uk |
| World Music Choir | Deborah Viney | dv4@soas.ac.uk |
| Yemen Society | Warda Eissadi | 290712@soas.ac.uk |
| Yoga Society | Noemi Franco Beldades | soasyoga@yahoo.co.uk |
| ZOA SOAS | Lauren Hales | 296928@soas.ac.uk |
