Clause cosubordination: the Yaghnobi case Part of the SOAS Linguistics Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Imaging of Asian women in historical photography Author Elaine Chiew will discuss the academic research she conducted as an early historian into the self-imaging of Chinese women in early Singapore photography as a limited exercise of agency that formed the background of her novel The Light Between Us.
How We Appear and How We Are Felt: in conversation with Dr Khairani Barokka about 'Annah, Infinite' A reading and discussion of 'Annah, Infinite', an experimental work of creative non-fiction which challenges art history, confronts colonial ableism, and reclaims a stolen spirit.
Doing research on, in and around Chinese financed, constructed and maintained Parliament buildings in Africa This talk examines the construction of African parliament buildings by the Chinese state as a significant modality of contemporary diplomatic engagement, offering a critical lens on Sino-African relations and the evolution of African political institutions.
SOAS Alumni Receptions in Southeast Asia Join our annual Vice‑Chancellor Alumni Receptions in Southeast Asia this April & May!
Inaugural Lecture Series: Professors Emilia Onyema and Lutz Oette In this inaugural lecture, Professors Emilia Onyema and Lutz Oette will be presenting lectures on 'Africa and International Arbitration: Friend or Foe' and 'Human Rights in Crisis' respectively.
Black Britain and Nelson Mandela Join us for a special evening celebrating the launch of Black Britain and Nelson Mandela, a exploration of Nelson Mandela's legacy on Black intellectual thought on race and social justice in Britain.
Under-MAN: A Genre Analysis of the Ethnological and Psycho-analytic Demonization of the Black Male A seminar presented by Prof. Tommy J. Curry (University of Edinburgh) as part of the SOAS History Seminar Series