A Critical Reading of the Multi-layered Reception of the Past: Historiographical Standards of Wang Ruoxu’s Approach to the Shiji.
This Map is an Archive: Making and Sharing Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Gujarat Samira Sheikh explores how knowledge became durable and authoritative in 18th-century India through a map of Gujarat.
Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa (Haneda Sumiko, 2004) - Film Screening and Q&A A rare chance to experience Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa on the big screen. Haneda Sumiko's extraordinary film brings 17th-century Japanese picture scrolls to life through cinema, music and storytelling. Includes a post-screening Q&A.
How the Confucian Classics Became Sacred: Rhetorical Exegesis across East Asia This talk explores rhetorical exegesis – close attention to language, literary form, textual structure, and rhetorical technique – as a distinctive mode of engaging with the Classics across premodern East Asia.
Modal Migration, Maqām Beyond Nation An international conference exploring the contemporary mobilities, cosmopolitan settings, and cross-border potentials of the diverse but interlinked musical world of maqām.
Four dimensions of presidential leadership in South Africa: From Mandela to Ramaphosa How much do political leaders shape a country’s path? Anthony Butler explores presidential power and leadership in post-apartheid South Africa.
Violence, conflict and changing global orders: Marking 25 years of the MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development at SOAS SOAS is convening a half day event to mark 25 years of the MSc Violence, Conflict and Development (VCD) to discuss these issues, and bringing together scholars, current students, alumni, and practitioners.