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.2013
January
15/01/13
- Fantastic Bodies: Some Reflections on Religion and Body in Science Fiction Films
Alexander Ornella, Department of Humanities: Religion, University of Hull
29/01/13
- Research Student Seminar
Jonathon O’Donnell
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
26/02/13
- Research Student Seminar
Farah Mihlar
March
05/03/13
- Research Student Seminar
George Warner
12/03/13
- Research Student Seminar
Longdu Shi
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
- Gay Rights, the Devil, and the End Times: Public Religion and the Enchantment of the Homosexuality Debate in Zambia
Dr Adriaan van Klinken, Department of Theology and Religious Studies , University of Leeds
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
02/05/13
- When was Zarathushtra?
Professor Martin West (All Souls College, Oxford)
Presenting the sixteenth Dastur Dr Sohrab Hormasji Kutar Memorial Lecture
Follow by reception.
20/05/13
21/05/13
22/05/13
23/05/13
- Teaching the Abrahamic Religions: A Subversive Enterprise?
Guy G. Stroumsa
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.
