Hindu Amir of Muslims This lecture explores the formation of Indigenised Islam in Malabar, a region along the Indian Ocean’s coastal fringes.
Doing fieldwork in Taiwan: from research design to writing and publication Roundtable discussion on doing fieldwork in Taiwan, bringing together scholars and researchers to reflect on how projects change from research design to writing and publication.
Undergraduate Open Day Join us for our exciting Undergraduate Open Day at SOAS University of London, where you will have the chance to attend taster lectures, tour the Bloomsbury campus, meet our academics, and learn about student life.
Mapping, Transparency and Accountability on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) As industrial livestock systems expand across regions and sectors, the lack of publicly accessible, reliable data on concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) poses major challenges for research, community advocacy, and regulatory oversight. This workshop brings together perspectives from research and practice to examine how better mapped CAFO data could support transparency, strengthen accountability processes, and enable communities to navigate and contest the impacts of industrial animal agriculture.
Linking critical minerals to economic transformation: how to move from wishful to strategic thinking A large proportion of the minerals and metals deemed critical for low-carbon technologies/green transition are held in low and middle-income countries.
Book talk: 'Resistance in the Era of Nationalisms: Performing Identities in Taiwan and Hong Kong' Dr Hsin-I Sydney Yueh gives a book talk on 'Resistance in the Era of Nationalisms', reflecting on the book’s key themes and the process of co-editing the volume.
Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia: Coercion and accommodation in the Malay World during the long nineteenth century This guest lecture presents some of the recent results of the research programme Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia, which investigates treaty-making and cross-cultural diplomacy between indigenous Southeast Asian polities and colonial powers in Southeast Asia from the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
The Art of 'Disturbing the Peace': Spectral Politics and Infrastructural Afterlives in the Taiwan Strait Dr Chris Cristóbal Chan gives a talk on the Beishan Broadcast Wall in Kinmen, exploring sound, spectrality, and the afterlives of Cold War infrastructure in the Taiwan Strait.
Book launch: 'From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures' by Lara Sheehi Join us for an in-depth and interdisciplinary conversation about Lara Sheehi’s new book.