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Introduction to MA programmes in Anthropology

Explore SOAS’s Anthropology MA programmes and discover how the discipline helps you understand global social challenges.

Re-contextualising colonial conflicts: first Anglo-Burmese War from the Konbaung perspective

The seminar aims to discuss one of the deadliest and least known colonial wars from multiple perspectives, with a focus on how the Konbaung Court of Ava saw and managed it in 1824-1826.

Book Launch: 'A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader'

As part of the 'Global Taiwan—Literature and Translation Workshop', Dr Ian Rowen and Dr Ti-Han Chang introduce the new edited volume, 'A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader'.

In conversation with H.E. the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania

H.E. Asta Radikaitė, the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Kingdom, joins us for a discussion on diplomacy, foreign policy and regional security.

Repentance ritual in East Asian Buddhism

Join us for a discussion between several scholars and practitioners exploring the performance of repentance in East Asian Buddhism.

Currents Of Currency: Tracing Early First Millennium Southeast Asian Trade Through Coinage

This talk will cover the results of a study examining over 1000 silver coins from museums in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and the UK bearing distinctive Rising Sun and Srivatsa motifs.

Neural Buddhism: Biomedical Interpretations of the Dharma

Join us for the Neural Buddhism conference, charting contemporary attitudes to Buddhism and Buddhist meditation viewed through the evolving lenses of the biomedical sciences.

Beyond National Transitions: Local Political Orders and the ReMaking of Authority in Myanmar

This seminar uses Myanmar’s evolving conflict environment to reflect on how local elites navigate authority during moments of state rupture, and what these dynamics reveal about the limits of nationally led transitions and the enduring significance of local political orders.