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“...Joseph Pearson Wood
Michael Palin Scholar 2016-17 MA Intensive South Asian Studies
The choice of university that I would apply to
for my undergraduate degree was always
obvious.
I've known about SOAS since early 2009 after
visiting to attend a public lecture with my
brother on the colonial impact of land policy in
India.
Being fifteen years old at the time and just
about to start my GCSEs, most of the lecture
was completely alien to me and to say I was
confused would be a huge understatement! I
was however, intrigued nonetheless.
It was this intrigue, both for the university itself
and also for India as an academic subject that
sustained me through both my GCSEs and A-
Levels.
Having grown up in Solihull, just outside of
Birmingham, I was surrounded by many
different diaspora communities, and my interest
in South Asianotably Pakistanstems from
hearing the many different languages and
observing many different cultures from a young
age.
Applying to SOAS therefore seemed like a no-...”
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