Medicines should not be a luxury: why we need to re-think our approach to intellectual property rights to support public health DLD Conversation with Nick Dearden, Els Torreele and Ha-Joon Chang exploring why we must rethink intellectual property rights to ensure equitable access to life-saving treatments worldwide.
Moving Stories: The Sufi Romance Across Language, Space & Form This talk presents episodes in the history of the Sufi romance (‘ishqiya masnavi), a genre that circulated across South Asia in the fifteenth to twentieth centuries.
RSAA and SOAS annual presentation on Asia for sixth form students 2025 The Royal Society for Asian Affairs and SOAS University of London invites school students to attend a day of talks about several aspects of Asia.
Coffee and deforestation regulations – green and good for all or a new form of unfair trade? Coffee production and trade both contributes to, and is threatened by, climate change. Agriculture accounts for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. And deforestation to convert land to crop production and livestock pasture is aggravating the problem of climate change.
'Heat on the Mind' This panel explores the intersection of two, usually siloed, global crises: climate and mental health, around the connecting thread of heat.
A Young Photographer in Old Beijing: a talk with pictures by Patrick M Dransfield Patrick Dransfield will share highlights from the 800+ archive, his thoughts on art, and doing business with Chinese people in the context of these unique images of a China in transition.
Film Screening and Public Launch Discussion: 'Dargeçit' (Hold Still) and Archives of Solidarity The Archives of Solidarity project team presents a film screening and discussion on archives of disappearance, violence and solidarity.
Abortion disputes and gender politics in Taiwan In the 2025 SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School, we are pleased to welcome Professor Ling-fang Cheng to share her insights on gender politics and reproductive rights in Taiwan.