Queering Pop Music Explores debates and theories in queer music studies, and listens in on the musical strategies developed by artists and activists.
Sovereignty vs. Stabilization: Arbitrating State Contracts and PPPs Amidst Global Economic Shocks What happens when a global economic crisis hits a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project, and a government alters its contractual promises to save its macroeconomy? This webinar will provide a cutting-edge overview of the ultimate legal showdown between a State’s right to regulate and an investor’s right to contractual predictability amidst modern currency devaluations, hyperinflation, and supply chain collapses.
Dependency or Emancipation? Institutional Histories, Social Value, and UK Higher Education This event is part of the SOAS Economics Seminar Series 2025/26.
'In the Making: An Australia-Taiwan Indigenous Art Exchange': screening and discussion Dr Sophie McIntyre screens and discusses the bilingual documentary 'In the Making', exploring collaboration between Indigenous artists from Australia and Taiwan.
Researching the Digital Illicit Economy: Methods, Ethics, and Access (Scam Industries Focus) This workshop convenes a methodological discussion on how to research digital economies, with a focus on scam industries and cyber-enabled financial crime. Bringing together perspectives from financial crime research, empirical work on Southeast Asia scam markets, and scholarship on digital authoritarianism, the session examines how researchers can generate credible evidence when access is restricted and data are fragmented.
Toppling heads: regime change and immunity in international law This talk explores what happens to international law when it is ignored, and regime change is driven by force not democracy.
Transnational advocacy: big law, pro bono, and the rule of law This Masterclass examines the changing landscape of transnational advocacy at a moment of rising authoritarianism and shrinking civic space.
“The Allure of Frowned Eyebrows and Dishevelled Hair: Images of Female Sorrow, Anger, and Unadorned Beauty in Wang Cihui’s (1593-1642) Xianglianti (Fragrant-Dressing-Case Style) Poetry”
Transmission as a Creative Act: Pluriversalizing contemporary art’s relationship/s to the past This lecture examines how globally engaged Chinese contemporary artists use historiographic art to critically reflect on contemporary art’s relation to the past.