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In this talk, Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan examines how communities in Java between the fifth and fifteenth centuries CE responded with distinctive strategies to record and transmit knowledge of the past. Drawing on sources in Javanese, Sanskrit, Malay, and related languages from the Indonesian archipelago, he provides a detailed account of diverse forms of history-making in premodern Java, reconstructing a dynamic culture in which written and nonwritten modes of transmission coexisted and intersected.

Join us for panel discussion and the launch of the WATCON hub as we explore evolving dynamics and the implications for water security, water justice and the human right to water.

Dr Yung Lin examines whether public diplomacy can contribute to resolving the identity-based conflict between China and Taiwan regarding Taiwan’s political status.

Do Global Value Chains (GVCs) really “boost incomes, create better jobs, and reduce poverty”? Benjamin Selwyn will discuss how CVCs generate highly exploitative jobs, deepen poverty, stunt human development, and damage the environment.

Join us for an interactive conversation with Ms. Albanese on topics including the role of international law during an ongoing genocide and recent developments in Gaza and Palestine.

This lecture reimagines democracy in Africa as a moral art of belonging and laughter—an interplay of care and critique rooted in indigenous wisdom

Discover what it’s like to study at SOAS through the personal journeys and insights of our current students.

This exhibition presents illustrated stories from PositiveNegatives based on the Youth, Violence and Conflict Transformation research project. Focusing on Colombia and Algeria, it uses comics to illuminate young people’s experiences of conflict, peacebuilding and marginalisation, bringing academic research to wider audiences through accessible, engaging visual narratives.