Surplus labour and structural transformation after land dispossession What explains the widespread and persistent surplus labour with structural transformation? While many explanations focus on the demand-side through formal sector expansion, we study how the 'push' factor of land dispossession removes subsistence options, thereby prompting migration in search of jobs even at increased risk of unemployment.
2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture: Beyond Bearing Witness: Palestine, Knowledge Production and the Political Economy of the Future The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) is pleased to invite members and non-members to attend the 2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture with Rafeef Ziadah.
Book launch: 'The Quest for Democracy in Saudi Arabia' Book launch with discussants Madawi Al-Rasheed and Maryam Aldossari. 'The Quest for Democracy in Saudi Arabia' brings together scholars and activists to examine the possibilities and challenges of democratic change in Saudi Arabia.
Inaugural Lecture Series: Professors Matthew Nelson and Rochana Bajpai Professors Matthew Nelson and Rochana Bajpai will be presenting their inaugural lectures.
The Study of Industrial Policy beyond the Hegemons Can industrial policy succeed when the wider economy works against it? Merve Sancak examines Turkey’s garment industry to show how macroeconomic instability, rising labour and energy costs, and geopolitical shifts can turn opportunities for industrial upgrading into missed opportunities.
The Energy Body: Yoga between Evidence and Experience What is the subtle or 'energy' body in Yoga, and what relevance does it have for contemporary practice? This summit brings together historians, scholars, researchers, and experienced practitioners to explore Yoga’s unseen dimension.
Religion, Science, and Truth: where does Yoga fit within a context of contested and competing epistemes? SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is delighted to host Dr Karen O'Brien-Kop and Dr Suzanne Newcombe for a seminar on the ways of knowing and the nature of knowledge in religious and yogic traditions.
Exploring Rāmacandra’s Tattvayogabindu: Implications for Late Medieval and Pre-Modern Yoga Research This online webinar explores Rāmacandra’s Tattvayogabindu, a previously little-studied Sanskrit work on Rājayoga composed in northern India during the first half of the 16th century.