SOAS Carceral Policy, Policing and Race Inaugural Conference Taking place 7-8 September, the inaugural conference of Carceral Policy, Policing and Race will explore the varying realities and meanings of carcerality around the world, and will ask how these realities have been shaped by histories of colonialism and slavery.
Book launch: Anthropology PhD student Flora Hastings in conversation with Prof Charles ... Livestream Zoom book launch, 2 March, 5.30pm: Anthropology PhD student Flora Hastings in conversation with Professor Charles Hirschkind, University of California - Berkeley, on his new book: The Feeling of History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia (University of Chicago Press), followed by Q&A.
SOAS statement on wildfire damage to the University of Cape Town We are devastated to hear of the destruction caused to the University of Cape Town, particularly its library, by wildfire. We wish to express our sympathy and support to the UCT community who experienced utter shock and sadness at seeing parts of their campus consumed in flames.
Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine The Senate has published a ‘Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine’.
Workshop report: Law, human rights and civil society in Hong Kong SOAS China Institute (SCI) and Georgetown Center for Asian Law (GCAL) jointly hosted a closed-door workshop on law, human rights and civil society in Hong Kong.
Kanika Sharma wins the Indian Law Review Best Article Prize The article seeks to rewrite important Indian legal judgments from a feminist lens
Politics and International Relations alumna publishes book on women’s access to transitional ... Noemí Pérez Vásquez, who recently completed her PhD in Politics and International Relations at SOAS has published the book, “Women’s Access to Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste”.