Frontiers of Risk and Resilience As climate risks intensify and business-as-usual risk management reaches its limits, Aditya explores the frontiers of climate risk management and what a transformed risk future could look like.
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.
The reconfiguration of anti-gender activism in the queer nation of Taiwan Dr Juliette Duléry gives a talk exploring the changing landscape of anti-gender activism in Taiwan, examining how conservative Christian movements and emerging gender-critical feminist groups have shaped debates around gender, sexuality, and national identity.
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.
The Man Who Stole the Gods: A round table discussion on the looting and restitution of Khmer antiquities Join us as we sit down with award-winning reporter Matthew Campbell to discuss his latest book The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy. We will also be joined by Professor Ashley Thompson and PhD student Pim Fitzpaine to explore issues raised by the book in relation to the art history and archaeology of Hindu-Buddhist Southeast Asia.
Book talk: 'Twelve Days that Shook the Middle East' A conversation with Dr Marwan Bishara, Aljazeera’s senior political analyst, about his new book Twelve Days that Shook the Middle East, covering the war in Gaza.
'Yoga Breath': open-access book launch SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is delighted to host Dr Magdalena Kraler to launch the open-access version of her book, Yoga Breath.
Global Africa: Profiles in courage, creativity, and cruelty Author and academic Professor Adekeye Adebajo will present a short film profiling a selection of writers, thinkers, commentators and other important figures from Africa and the African-diaspora.