Week beginning Monday 20 May 2019
Monday 20 May 2019
5.00pm:
- Romantic, Rebel, and Reactionary: The Metamorphosis of Byron in Twentieth-Century China
LI Ou (Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong)
6.00pm:
- Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates
Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
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Event to mark the publication of Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab book Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates
7.00pm:
- The Yarshater Lectures in Persian Art - Painting and Production: A New Model for Safavid Isfahan
Dr Massumeh Farhad, Chief Curator and The Ebrahimi Family Curator of Persian, Arab and Turkish Art, Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Instituton, Washington, D.C.
7.30pm:
- The data revolution: solving the climate crisis
Dr Harald Heubaum (SOAS); Felicia Jackson (SOAS)
Tuesday 21 May 2019
5.00pm:
- ASEAN Film Festival
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A week-long festival showcasing South East Asian contemporary feature films from each of the ten ASEAN-member nations.
6.45pm:
- Ramen Teh (Ramen Shop)
Director: Eric Khoo
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Join us on the opening night of the ASEAN Film Festival with a screening of Ramen Teh (Ramen Shop).
7.00pm:
- The Yarshater Lectures in Persian Art - Safavid Albums: Shifting the Visual Language
Dr Massumeh Farhad, Chief Curator and The Ebrahimi Family Curator of Persian, Arab and Turkish Art, Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Instituton, Washington, D.C.
7.30pm:
- Virtual Ritual / Digitising Endangered Languages
Dr Sarah Stewart (SOAS)
7.30pm:
- Virtual Ritual / Digitising Endangered Languages at the Pint of Science festival
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MUYA project to take part in the Pint of Science festival
Wednesday 22 May 2019
2.00pm:
- Inclusive Technology Drop in
Assistive Technology Trainer Nicholas Christodoulou and Paul Boateng
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Runs weekly until the end of term 3
2.00pm:
- Decolonising the History of Art and Archaeology: Publishing Cultures in Southeast Asia and Beyond
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This workshop examines the state of the field of the History of Art and Archaeology in a range of non-Western areas through the prism of publishing cultures.
3.00pm:
- Grief and Mourning in Ghana: A Tentative Mystery
Dr John Parker
3.00pm:
- What is world theory? Abdallah Laroui and the Language of Ideas
Speaker: Prof Hosam Aboul Ela (Houston)
3.00pm:
- Interrogating Communalism: Violence among Minorities in South India
Salah Punathil (University of Hyderabad)
4.00pm:
- Apa Ada Dengan Rina (What’s so special about Rina?)
Director: Halif Haji Mohamad, Farid Azlan Ghani
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Bruneian comedy feature film released in 2013.
5.00pm:
- Japan's Long Stagnation, Deflation, and Abenomics - Mechanisms and Lessons
Prof Kenji Aramaki (Tokyo Woman's Christian University & University of Tokyo)
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Launch of Kenji Aramaki's new book on Japan's Long Stagnation, Deflation, and Abenomics - Mechanisms and Lessons.
5.00pm:
- Ecstatic Surrender: an evening of Qawwali poetry and music
Mahmood Jamal (Poet and Qawwali scholar)
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A screening and discussion of Qawwali music and poetry.
7.00pm:
- Legend of Muay Thai 9 Satra
Director: Pongsa Kornsri, Gun Phansuwon and Nat Yoswatananont
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UK premiere of the 2018 Thai animated fantasy film.
7.30pm:
- Anti-Corruption / Self-Destruction of the Planet
Dr Dan Plesch (SOAS), Dr Pallavi Roy (SOAS)
Thursday 23 May 2019
12.00pm:
- Cyber-Diplomacy: international affairs in the digital age
Dr. Corneliu Bjola (Oxford), Shaun Riordan, Dr. J.Simon Rofe (SOAS), plus more TBC
4.00pm:
- Price of Love
Director: Matthew Robinson
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Film screening of award-winning Cambodian family film released in 2016.
5.00pm:
- The China Gentrification Footnote: Why Culture and Capital are not Enough
Professor Luigi Tomba (China Studies Centre, The University of Sydney)
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Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.
5.00pm:
- Brahmos and Swaminarayanis: The Ambiguous Legacy of Reform
Brian A. Hatcher (Tufts University)
5.30pm:
- Philosophy and Soteriology in late Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism: Kamalaśīla on reasoning and meditation
Prof Birgit Kellner (The Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, IKGA)
6.30pm:
- Keluarga Cemara (Cemara’s Family)
Director: Yandy Laurens
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The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion conducted by the Indonesia Film Society and The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia.
Friday 24 May 2019
10.00am:
- Global Studies Day 2019
Kevin Rosier (CISD); Jonas Mikkelsen (CISD); Kevin Miletic (CISD); plus more
4.00pm:
- Sabaidee Luangprabang (Hello Luangprabang)
Director: Sakchai Deenan
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2008 romantic drama film directed by Sakchai Deenan.
5.30pm:
- Lok Sabha Elections in India 2019 and Prospects for the Future
Professor James Manor (Institute of Commonwealth Studies), Dr. James Chiriyankandath (Institute of Commonwealth Studies), Dr. Mukulika Banerjee (LSE), Dr. Rekha Diwakar (University of Sussex), Dr. Rochana Bajpai, SOAS and Prof. Gurharpal Singh SOAS
6.00pm:
- Rise of the Legend (Lee Chong Wei)
Director: Teng Bee
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2018 Malaysian biopic film directed by Teng Bee about the inspirational story of national icon Lee Chong Wei.
6.00pm:
- Annotating Colonial Histories: José Rizal and The Rethinking of Filipino Identity in 19th Century England
Prof Jose Victor Z. Torres (De La Salle University-Manila)
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To celebrate the launch of Sentro Rizal London, Philippine Studies at SOAS with the Philippine Embassy and the National Commission on Culture presents a discussion on Rizal, rewriting Philippine history and the formation of the Philippine nation-state.
Saturday 25 May 2019
10.00am:
- Kamalaśīla’s Bhāvanākramas – selected passages on reasoning and meditation (Seminar)
Prof Birgit Kellner (The Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, IKGA)
1.00pm:
- Mi
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2018 film from Myanmar based on the book of the same name.
3.30pm:
- The Tailor
Director: Trần Bửu Lộc, Nguyễn Lê Phương Khanh
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2017 Vietnamese drama film directed by Trần Bửu Lộc and Nguyễn Lê Phương Khanh.
6.30pm:
- Kung Paano Siya Nawala (How she left me)
Director: Joel Ruiz
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2018 drama and romance film directed by Joel Ruiz.