SOAS Festival of Ideas Events
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Forthcoming Events
Soul Mama Journey - Breaking the cycle & Healing the Motherwound
Nehanda Truscott Reid
20 October 2020, Virtual Event, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AMFilm Masterclass with Iftikhar Dadi and Meenu Gaur
Meenu Gaur
20 October 2020, Virtual Event, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PMTheatre Masterclass in Devising with Theatre Director Ailin Conant
21 October 2020, Virtual Event, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM'Oral narratives - memory from the margins' of Oral narratives - Subjugated Knowledges'
Neelam Hussain
This session is based on three stories from the field to show how the fluidity of the spoken word has the potential to subvert the rock hard fixity of patriarchal laws, tradition and culture and change narrative trajectories and open up spaces for change.
21 October 2020, Virtual Event, 3:00 PM - 4:45 PMHow to get Published: A Masterclass with Dr. Somnath Batabyal and Jack Ramm
Somnath Batabyal and Jack Ramm
21 October 2020, Virtual Event, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMA Discussion about Michaela Coel's new BBC Drama 'I May Destroy You'
21 October 2020, Virtual Event, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMBritain's 1802 Man of the Year was Haiti's Toussaint Louverture
21 October 2020, Virtual Event, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMA Meeting of Cultures: Anna Pavlova and Uday Shankar Dance Dialogues
22 October 2020, Virtual Event, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMEncounters and Border Crossings: Towards a Post-Lockdown Anthropology
22 October 2020, Virtual Event, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMPoverty, Insecurity & Migration: Reducing COVID-19 Risks and Vulnerability
22 October 2020, Virtual Event, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMCOVID KA AAKHRI MUSHAIRA: MULTILINGUAL POETIC PERFORMANCE by London Urdu Voice
22 October 2020, Virtual Event, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMGems and Jewels: The Religions of Pakistan
Amineh Hoti
“Gems and Jewels: The Religions of Pakistan” is a welcome counter narrative to the media portrayal of a nation of rigid and at times militant exclusivism and extremism.
23 October 2020, Virtual Event, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMMusical Heritage of Kathmandu Valley - Film Screening and Panel Discussion
23 October 2020, Virtual Event, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PMLadies Who Punch in Conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Nyla Levy
23 October 2020, Virtual Event, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMThe Refugee and the Novel - A stage conversation with Susan Abulhawa
Ruba Salih (SOAS) in conversation with SUSAN ABULHAWA with performed readings by Rafeef Ziadah (SOAS academic, poet and human rights activist)
23 October 2020, Virtual Event, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMWhat is Cedaw? A Workshop by Women's Resource Centre (WRC)
A workshop hosted by the Women's Resource Centre in collaboration with the UNA Global South Action Committee on CEDAW.
24 October 2020, Virtual Event, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PMSouth Asian Multilingual Performance: Kabir by Vipul Rikhi and Bengal Qawwal by Arman Fakir
24 October 2020, Virtual Event, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PMAn Oxford-style debate - the audience will be asked to register their position before and after the debate.
24 October 2020, Virtual Event, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMDecolonisation: not just a buzz word…
Decolonisation not just a buzzword- A creative journey that captures urgent and contentious conversations through personal testimonies.
24 October 2020, Virtual Event, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMRace, Class, and Writing - Decolonising the Publishing Industry
24 October 2020, Virtual Event, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM