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The Michael Palin Scholar and Dr Alan
Entwistle Digitisation Project
2016-17...”
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“...ntroduction
I am pleased to present the first progress report on the Michael
Palin Scholarship recipientJoe Pearson Woodand the Alan
Entwistle Digitisation Project, generously funded by you.
Having now been back at SOAS for more than half a year, Joe is
fully immersed in his two-year Master's course in Intensive South
Asian Studies. It is clear from his statement that without the support
that the Michael Palin Scholarship has offered him, he would have
had great difficulty returning to SOAS to further his studies. We are
very pleased with his progress thus far and look forward to keeping
up with his development over the coming months.
The Alan Entwistle Digitisation project is now complete with the
materials published online for all to access and enjoy. Enclosed in
this reportand featuring on the front coverare some of the
images that have been digitized thanks to your donation.
I hope you enjoy reading about Joe's experiences so far as a
postgraduate student at SOAS, and the progress...”
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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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“..."As a result [of the Michael Palin Scholarship], I have had
the opportunity to further my studies and contribute to
the wonderful SOAS community without financial
worry"
difficult to study had it not been for the
scholarship.
Academically speaking, SOAS is a challenging
environment but needless to say extremely
enjoyable. I have especially enjoyed the cultural
studies aspect of the course and have found
new interests in South Asian poetry, which my
Urdu study helps profoundly with.
As a result of my scholarship, I am also taking
extracurricular Persian/Farsi classes and have
set up a critical Pakistan reading/study group
with various PhD and Master's students. We
hope to hold events and potentially to produce
academic material. As a further result of my
scholarship, I have been able to become
involved with the SOAS refugee support society,
and have also been gradually becoming more
involved with local political campaigning.
I believe my studies are progressing well. I have
achieved...”
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