Book Launch - The Oxford Guide to the Bantu Languages Launching the most comprehensive survey of the field of Bantu linguistics to date.
'Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail', by Peter Hain Peter Hain discusses his powerful new book, 'Liberation and Corruption', exploring why liberation and independence movements are so often betrayed once their leaders attain power.
ENGI x NOH Japanese Noh workshop New Year’s special edition Join SOAS Library and the renowned Sakurako Tanaka for an enchanting Noh workshop.
Depletion: the human costs of caring In 'Depletion', Shirin M. Rai delves into the often-overlooked human costs of care work, both paid and unpaid.
Coffee and deforestation regulations – green and good for all or a new form of unfair trade? Coffee production and trade both contributes to, and is threatened by, climate change. Agriculture accounts for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. And deforestation to convert land to crop production and livestock pasture is aggravating the problem of climate change.
Inaugural Lecture Series: Professor Julia Sallabank In this inaugural lecture, Professor Julia Sallabank will be presenting 'Language revitalisation and reclamation: theorising processes and ideologies' .
Roundtable discussion: Contemporary Chinese ink painting and the persistence of Daoism This round table discussion, which takes place in association with the SOAS Gallery exhibition ‘Strange Wonders - Dreams, Desire and Daoism: Jizi and Other Pioneers of Contemporary Ink Painting from China’, will explore the relationship between Daoism and ink painting in contemporary China.