Events
A list of events taking place within the Department of the Study of Religions and its associated Centres can be found below. All are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.« Previous year | Show previous events for this year
2013
February
05/02/13
- Dispirited: How Contemporary Spirituality makes us Stupid, Selfish and Unhappy
David Webster, Religion, Philosophy & Ethics, University of Gloucestershire
19/02/13
- Woman's body as “awrah” in Muslim legal tradition
Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, SOAS
21/02/13
- Postgraduate Open Evening
Representatives from departments across the School will be available to answer your questions about postgraduate studies at SOAS.
26/02/13
- Research Student Seminar
Farah Mihlar
28/02/13
- Religion and Politics in Contemporary Japan: Soka Gakkai Youth and Komeito
Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen (SOAS)
The presentation will be followed by a reception
March
05/03/13
- Research Student Seminar
George Warner
07/03/13
- The fire Ritual of Japanese Mountain Ascetics
Claudio Ciniglia
12/03/13
- Research Student Seminar
Longdu Shi
14/03/13
- Interpretations and Transformations of the ‘Mother of All Buddhas’ in Medieval Shingon Buddhism
Steven Trenson (Kyōto University)
18/03/13
- Insight Day at SOAS
Various Speakers
An invitation only event for prospective undergraduate students who have received an offer from SOAS
19/03/13
- Foxes, Boats and Medications: A Ritual Panacea to Heal the Body in Heian Japan
Benedetta Lomi, Centre for the Studies of Japanese Religions, SOAS
21/03/13
23/03/13
- Religion, Media and Marginality in Africa since 1800
The list of speakers is confirmed below
This workshop is inspired by recent scholarship that investigates the connections between new electronic media, traditional print media and the growth of religious, social and political constituencies, publics and communities.
May
20/05/13
21/05/13
22/05/13
23/05/13
June
06/06/13
- Postgraduate Open Evening
Representatives from departments across the School will be available to answer your questions about postgraduate studies at SOAS.
