SOAS events http://www.soas.ac.uk/news Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:37:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.soas.ac.uk/assets/footer_logo.png SOAS logo http://www.soas.ac.uk Igbo Language and Performance http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/conferences/igbo-conference/05apr2013-igbo-language-and-performance.html

Date: 5 April 2013 09:00am

Finishes:6 April 2013 08:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: G2

]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0100 Anita Desai's "Fasting, Feasting" (2000) http://www.soas.ac.uk/southasianstudies/events/seminars/08apr2013-anita-desais-fasting-feasting-2000.html

Date: 8 April 2013 05:30pm

Finishes:8 April 2013 07:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: 4421

]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:30:00 +0100 Ships and Shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean: The Role of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara as the ... http://www.soas.ac.uk/art/iac/10apr2013-ships-and-shipwrecks-in-the-indian-ocean-the-role-of-the-bodhisattva-avalokiteshvara-as-th.html

Date: 10 April 2013 06:30pm

Finishes:10 April 2013 07:30pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: B111

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0100 Pre Festival Season 2013 London Palestine Film Festival http://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cps/events/11apr2013-pre-festival-season-2013-london-palestine-film-festival-.html

Date: 11 April 2013 12:00am

Finishes:26 April 2013 12:00am

Venue:

Room: Various Venues

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:00:00 +0100 Russia and the Armenian Reform Agreement in the Ottoman Empire 1912-1914 http://www.soas.ac.uk/history/events/nmehistseminar/15apr2013-russia-and-the-armenian-reform-agreement-in-the-ottoman-empire-1912-1914.html

Date: 15 April 2013 05:15pm

Finishes:15 April 2013 07:15pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: G3

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:15:00 +0100 Africa's Next Generation: A bright Future? http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/16apr2013-africas-next-generation-a-bright-future.html

Date: 16 April 2013 05:00pm

Finishes:16 April 2013 07:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0100 Rewriting the Social History of the Multicultural Mughal Court http://www.soas.ac.uk/southasianstudies/events/seminars/16apr2013-rewriting-the-social-history-of-the-multicultural-mughal-court.html

Date: 16 April 2013 05:15pm

Finishes:16 April 2013 07:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: B104

]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:15:00 +0100 Sanskrit Textual Production for the Mughal Elite http://www.soas.ac.uk/southasianstudies/events/seminars/17apr2013-sanskrit-textual-production-for-the-mughal-elite.html

Date: 17 April 2013 05:15pm

Finishes:17 April 2013 07:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: B104

]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:15:00 +0100 The Bahari Foundation Lecture in Iranian Art and Culture http://www.soas.ac.uk/art/islac/17apr2013-the-bahari-foundation-lecture-in-iranian-art-and-culture.html

Date: 17 April 2013 07:00pm

Finishes:17 April 2013 09:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre

Early ‘Siyah Qalam’ style and the Great Mongol Shahnamah

]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100 1000 Years of the Art of Japanese Books http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/tenri/

Date: 18 April 2013 10:30am

Finishes:22 June 2013 05:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery Exhibition Rooms

Treasures from the Tenri Central Library

]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:30:00 +0100 Colours of Change - Sri Lanka http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/coloursofchange/

Date: 18 April 2013 10:30am

Finishes:22 June 2013 05:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery Exhibition Rooms

A photographic exhibition by Stephen Champion

]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:30:00 +0100 Behind, a Camera in Front, a Hawza: A photographic exhibition by Massimiliano Fusari http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/hawza/

Date: 18 April 2013 10:30am

Finishes:22 June 2013 05:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Exhibition Rooms

]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:30:00 +0100 Law, Feminism and the Death of Marriage http://www.soas.ac.uk/genderstudies/events/18apr2013-law-feminism-and-the-death-of-marriage.html

Date: 18 April 2013 05:00pm

Finishes:18 April 2013 06:30pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room:

]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0100 Tanzania in transition: the contribution of a small development NGO http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/africanseminar/18apr2013-tanzania-in-transition-the-contribution-of-a-small-development-ngo.html

Date: 18 April 2013 05:15pm

Finishes:18 April 2013 06:30pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: 4421

]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:15:00 +0100 Linguistic Variation, Language Contact and the New Comparative Bantu http://www.soas.ac.uk/about/events/inaugurals/18apr2013-linguistic-variation-language-contact-and-the-new-comparative-bantu.html

Date: 18 April 2013 06:30pm

Finishes:18 April 2013 08:30pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

The inaugural lecture of Professor Lutz Marten.

]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0100 Wakosho: An Overview of Early Japanese books from the Tenri Central Library http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/tenri/19apr2013-wakosho-an-overview-of-early-japanese-books-from-the-tenri-central-library.html

Date: 19 April 2013 03:00pm

Finishes:19 April 2013 05:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT)

]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0100 Family and jobs & Gammon (a board game) http://www.soas.ac.uk/lci/chinese-taster-lessons/19apr2013-family-and-jobs--gammon-a-board-game.html

Date: 19 April 2013 06:30pm

Finishes:19 April 2013 08:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: 232

Join us for FREE Chinese taster lessons and have fun!

]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0100 The Art of Struggle: Addressing Human Rights Through Music http://www.soas.ac.uk/about/events/2013/20apr2013-the-art-of-struggle-addressing-human-rights-through-music.html

Date: 20 April 2013 10:00am

Finishes:20 April 2013 06:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: G2

A conference on Music and Human rights organised by Violeta Ruano under the supervision of Dr. Angela Impey.

]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:00:00 +0100 Rebellion` or `Civil War` Circassian Paramilitary Activism During the Turkish - Greek War of ... http://www.soas.ac.uk/history/events/nmehistseminar/22apr2013-rebellion-or-civil-war-circassian-paramilitary-activism-during-the-turkish---greek-war-of-.html

Date: 22 April 2013 05:15pm

Finishes:22 April 2013 07:15pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: G3

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:15:00 +0100 The March on Civilization: The Quest for Modernity in Authoritarian Turkey, 1930-1945 http://www.soas.ac.uk/history/events/nmehistseminar/22apr2013-the-march-on-civilization-the-quest-for-modernity-in-authoritarian-turkey-1930-1945.html

Date: 22 April 2013 05:15pm

Finishes:22 April 2013 07:15pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: G3

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:15:00 +0100 Beautifying the Body in Ancient Africa and Today http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/22apr2013-beautifying-the-body-in-ancient-africa-and-today.html

Date: 22 April 2013 06:00pm

Finishes:22 April 2013 09:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Suite

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:00:00 +0100 Upgrade presentations http://www.soas.ac.uk/history/events/seaeahistseminar/23apr2013-upgrade-presentations.html

Date: 23 April 2013 05:00pm

Finishes:23 April 2013 07:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: 4418

Anneliese Smit: The Dynamics of the Mao Cult in Tibet during the Cultural Revolution

Wasitthee Chaiyakan: Pan-Tai Notions in Thai Text Books

]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0100 Building Nations, Breaking Communities: the Locality of Caste Violence in Colonial North India http://www.soas.ac.uk/history/events/sahistseminar/23apr2013-building-nations-breaking-communities-the-locality-of-caste-violence-in-colonial-north-ind.html

Date: 23 April 2013 05:00pm

Finishes:23 April 2013 06:30pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: B104

]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0100 Spanish-Welsh Bilingualism in Patagonia http://www.soas.ac.uk/clp/events/seminars/24apr2013-spanish-welsh-bilingualism-in-patagonia.html

Date: 24 April 2013 03:00pm

Finishes:24 April 2013 05:00pm

Venue: Faber Building

Room: FG01

This workshop will deal with the process involved in building multilingual corpora, including the initial stage of planning, data collection, data transcription and analysis.

]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0100 Transforming Beauty: Artistic and Cultural Contacts Between The Middle East and Europe http://www.soas.ac.uk/about/events/inaugurals/24apr2013-transforming-beauty-artistic-and-cultural-contacts-between-the-middle-east-and-europe.html

Date: 24 April 2013 06:30pm

Finishes:24 April 2013 08:30pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Anna Contadini.

]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0100 Pashtoun Literature http://www.soas.ac.uk/cclps/cclps-reading-group/24apr2013-pashtoun-literature.html

Date: 24 April 2013 06:45pm

Finishes:24 April 2013 08:00pm

Venue: other

Room:

]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:45:00 +0100 A day of Tangut studies: a celebration of language and culture in China's Xixia Dynasty http://www.soas.ac.uk/lci/events/25apr2013-a-day-of-tangut-studies-a-celebration-of-language-and-culture-in-chinas-xixia-dynasty.html

Date: 25 April 2013 02:00pm

Finishes:25 April 2013 05:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: 116

The speakers will include Dr. Liu Changqing (Ningxia University), Dr. Imre Galambos (Cambridge), Dr. Guillaume Jacques (CRLAO, CNRS), Dr. Andrew West.

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0100 The Timurid Kalila wa Dimna in the Gulistan Library http://www.soas.ac.uk/art/events/ressemislamicart/25apr2013-the-timurid-kalila-wa-dimna-in-the-gulistan-library.html

Date: 25 April 2013 05:30pm

Finishes:25 April 2013 07:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: B111

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:30:00 +0100 Saharawi songstress with international attitude http://www.soas.ac.uk/music/events/concerts/25apr2013-saharawi-songstress-with-international-attitude.html

Date: 25 April 2013 07:00pm

Finishes:25 April 2013 09:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

Saharawi songstress with international attitude]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100 SDS Conference 2013 - 'A Future Without Immigration Detention?' http://www.soas.ac.uk/migrationdiaspora/seminarsevents/26apr2013-sds-conference-2013---a-future-without-immigration-detention.html

Date: 26 April 2013 05:00pm

Finishes:27 April 2013 04:30pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery and Main Building

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0100 Imperial Indo-Persian Treatments of Sanskrit Stories and Knowledge Systems http://www.soas.ac.uk/southasianstudies/events/seminars/26apr2013-imperial-indo-persian-treatments-of-sanskrit-stories-and-knowledge-systems.html

Date: 26 April 2013 05:15pm

Finishes:26 April 2013 07:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: B111

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:15:00 +0100 CfP - Africa Research Day, University of London http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/afnet/events/29apr2013-cfp---africa-research-day-university-of-london.html

Date: 29 April 2013 09:00am

Finishes:29 April 2013 05:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0100 The Fascination of Japanese Traditional Books http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/tenri/30apr2013-the-fascination-of-japanese-traditional-books.html

Date: 30 April 2013 04:00pm

Finishes:30 April 2013 05:30pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: Room G3

]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0100 Book Launch: The Shining Girls http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/01may2013-book-launch-the-shining-girls.html

Date: 1 May 2013 06:00pm

Finishes:1 May 2013 08:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Suite

]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:00 +0100 An inquiry into the challenges and possibilities of reviving the ‘dying’ art of Asir (Saudi ... http://www.soas.ac.uk/art/events/ressemislamicart/02may2013-an-inquiry-into-the-challenges-and-possibilities-of-reviving-the-dying-art-of-asir-saudi-a.html

Date: 2 May 2013 05:00pm

Finishes:2 May 2013 07:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: B320

]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00:00 +0100 When was Zarathushtra? http://www.soas.ac.uk/religions/events/dastur-dr-sohrab-hormasji-kutar-memorial-lecture/02may2013-when-was-zarathushtra.html

Date: 2 May 2013 06:00pm

Finishes:2 May 2013 08:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre

Presenting the sixteenth Dastur Dr Sohrab Hormasji Kutar Memorial Lecture

Follow by reception.

]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 17:00:00 +0100 Sake Tasting http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/tenri/02may2013-sake-tasting.html

Date: 2 May 2013 06:00pm

Finishes:2 May 2013 08:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Gallery Suite

Several types of Japanese Sake tasting with Japanese music AFTER FIVE, which encourage book enthusiast and non-book enthusiasts to come and have a look at the new exhibition at Brunei Gallery.

]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 17:00:00 +0100 The 2013 London Palestine Film Festival http://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cps/events/03may2013-the-2013-london-palestine-film-festival-.html

Date: 3 May 2013 12:00am

Finishes:15 May 2013 12:00am

Venue:

Room: Various Venues

]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 23:00:00 +0100 The life of the Buddha in wall inscriptions of Western Tibet http://www.soas.ac.uk/cia/tibetanstudies/events/03may2013-the-life-of-the-buddha-in-wall-inscriptions-of-western-tibet.html

Date: 3 May 2013 05:30pm

Finishes:3 May 2013 06:30pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: 116

]]> Fri, 03 May 2013 16:30:00 +0100 Inside African Anthropology http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/03may2013-inside-african-anthropology.html

Date: 3 May 2013 06:00pm

Finishes:3 May 2013 08:00pm

Venue: Brunei Gallery

Room: Brunei Suite

]]> Fri, 03 May 2013 17:00:00 +0100 Birthday and Chinese Zodiac & Chinese calligraphy http://www.soas.ac.uk/lci/chinese-taster-lessons/03may2013-birthday-and-chinese-zodiac--chinese-calligraphy.html

Date: 3 May 2013 06:30pm

Finishes:3 May 2013 08:00pm

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Room: 232

Join us for FREE Chinese taster lessons and have fun!

]]> Fri, 03 May 2013 17:30:00 +0100