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Join us for a reading and discussion of selected passages from Chinese sources on Bodhgayā.

Joseph Torigian will talk about his latest book, which is the first biography of Xi Zhongxun written in English.

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.

This lecture will give an overview of Chinese sources on Bodhgayā and will trace the history of Bodhgayā reflected in them.

Monika Hinkel's lecture will examine how the phenomenon of Japonisme—the Western reception and adaptation of Japanese visual culture—significantly changed the course of modern art.

This project re-examines Sumatran sculpture by comparing it directly with material from South and Southeast Asia. It aims to identify both stylistic connections and the extent to which a Sumatran style can be defined.

1980s South Korea saw many reports promising a 'new office revolution' or a 'new wind' that would dramatically change South Korean work life through automation (jadonghwa). Drawing on newspaper archives from the 1980s and 1990s, this presentation looks at some of the technological promises and narrative tropes that were used in this period to show how offices would allow greater connections to developed countries.

In this talk, Henning Bochert is joined by Eve Leigh Writer and Inua Ellams Poems whose work Henning has translated. He will examine translation as a dynamic cultural practice that influences how societies perceive and engage with each other.

In this talk, Uditha Devapriya will present an overview of Wickramasinghe’s life and work in the context of cultural modernism in South Asia. The presentation draws on Devapriya’s research on Wickramasinghe, including his contribution to South Asian art, culture, and society.