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Book launch: 'The Twilight Years of Taiwan’s Sugar Railways'

Professor Dafydd Fell and Wang Hsiang launch their book, 'The Twilight Years of Taiwan’s Sugar Railways', exploring the fascinating legacy of Taiwan’s once-thriving sugar railway system.

Kundalini’s modern transformation and its nationalistic politicisation

This talk will examine kundalini, a Hindu tantric energy concept and goddess, and explore how its evolution over the 19th and 20th centuries.

Listening to kinaesthetic experiences in contemporary Yoga practice

Marissa Clarke will explore the qualitative experience of movement in contemporary yoga practice.

In Conversation with the High Commissioner of the Republic of Zambia to the UK

A unique opportunity to hear directly from a senior African diplomat about the realities of diplomatic life today, both in general and in the context of working in London as a major global diplomatic hub.

Yogic metaethics: what it is and why it matters

Dr Brett Parris will discuss the metaethical positions of the major yogic traditions and how these cohere with modern concerns and values.

Museums without Object: ‘Revolutionary Museums’ in Midwestern Nepal

Seminar presented by Dr Stefanie Lotter (SOAS, University of London) as part of the SOAS Anthropology and Sociology Department Seminar Series

The scourge that lays waste at noon: Monks, acedia, and the anthropology of depression

Seminar presented by Dr Richard Irvine (University of St Andrews) as part of the SOAS Anthropology and Sociology Department Seminar Series

SOAS Public Music Research Seminar Series: Pan-Africanism and Musical Transnationalism in the Art and Music of Nii Noi Nortey

The SOAS Public Music Research Seminar Series is a valuable forum for ethnomusicology and related fields in London, bringing rising and established scholars to share innovative music research with SOAS audiences. Events on the series are free to attend, public, and are available via Zoom.

The role of arbitration and ADR in energy transition and mining disputes

This session explores recent trends on energy, mining and low carbon transition related disputes, and the role of arbitration as a mechanism for the fair, timely and effective resolution of such disputes.