The Cost of Protection: Rethinking the Philippine State and Its Regional 'Proactive' Labor Migrant Protection Standards in the Gulf (1974-2024) When the 1970s oil boom emerged in the Gulf region, Asian labor- sending states strategically implemented labor export policies to exploit regional labor shortages and support long-term economic growth amid their financial crises.
Fashioning Lesbianism: Seitō (1911-1916) and the global New Woman Seitō (1911–1916) was a ‘proto-feminist’ magazine, published in Tokyo by a group of five women and was contributed to by over one hundred. Included among them were Hiratsuka Raichō and Otake Kōkichi—both no stranger to making their own way in life, despite what was expected of them.
The relativity of consent in sports arbitration: principle, consequences and limits Join the SOAS Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Centre for the sports arbitration webinar.
Economics Postgraduate Alumni Event We are delighted to invite you to our Postgraduate Economics Alumni Event on Thursday, 19 March 2026 at 5:00 pm in S312.
'The Time Beneath the Concrete: Palestine Between Camp and Colony' An in-depth conversation with Nasser Abourahme about his book, 'The Time beneath the Concrete: Palestine between Camp and Colony'.
The human cost of Yemen's conflict This event will discuss the human cost of Yemen’s ongoing conflict, and the evolving political and regional dynamics shaping the country over the past decade.
Buddhist Elements in the Art and Architecture of Early Islamic Afghanistan In the next Indian Art Circle lecture, Warwick Ball discusses the massive increase in Buddhist art and architecture in Afghanistan during the expansion of the Western Turk Empire (7th-10th centuries).
The everyday lives of gay men in Hainan: sociality, space and time This talk presents ethnographic research on gay men in Hainan, an economically and socially marginal Chinese province.