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SOAS-GFTU Political Economy Conference The General Federation of Trade Unions Educational Trust (GFTU ET) is hosting the first-ever conference dedicated to political economy, in collaboration with the Department of Economics at SOAS, University of London.
The Manor House and Other Homes of William Adams: The English Samurai in Japan This presentation explores the variety of environments where William Adams lived during his life in Japan, from 1600-20.
Dress to Impress: Reconstructions of Medieval Robes from Nubia A live presentation of recreated costumes of Nubian kings, royal mothers, and bishops based on wall paintings from the cathedral of Faras.
The Precarious Past in Premodern Java 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.
Water Security: Transboundary Challenges 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.
Public Diplomacy as a contributing factor to managing identity-based conflict: Taiwan repositions its identity and security status (2000 – 2020) Dr Yung Lin examines whether public diplomacy can contribute to resolving the identity-based conflict between China and Taiwan regarding Taiwan’s political status.
Book launch of Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Destruction, Geopolitics 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.