Gifted: Selected Artworks from the SOAS Collections ‘Gifted’ is an exhibition drawing upon SOAS's remarkably rich but relatively little-known art collection. Concentrating on modern and contemporary artworks, it displays a selection of works given as gifts and donations to SOAS and provides the opportunity to share and display many of these for the first time to encourage wider engagement with the SOAS Object and Artwork Collection.
The 'Strangers' Home Screening of a documentary exploring how sailors from across the British empire and beyond built a community around London's Docks in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries.
Book Launch - The Oxford Guide to the Bantu Languages Launching the most comprehensive survey of the field of Bantu linguistics to date.
The Trial that Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence Learn about the historic INA trial and its role in India's journey to independence. We are joined by Subhashini Ali, daughter of the accused, Prem Sahgal, for a personal perspective.
Japanese aesthetics of recycling This exhibition highlights the beauty of Japanese recycling, showcasing objects made of cotton, hemp, bast fibres, washi (handmade paper) and pottery dating mostly from the Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai).
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.
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.