Object in Focus Sign up for our workshop highlighting SOAS's Tibetan artwork collections with Dr Christian Luczanits, SOAS Lecturer in Tibetan and Buddhist Art.
Object in Focus: Chinese ceramics in the SOAS Collections Join us for a special workshop led by Professor Stacey Pierson, SOAS Professor in the History of Chinese Ceramics to explore objects from the SOAS Object & Artwork Collection, focusing on Chinese ceramics.
Learning from South Omo: New research by agro-pastoralist communities in Southern Ethiopia Learning from South Omo highlights research by agro-pastoralist communities in Southern Ethiopia. Confronting rapid change through land appropriation, tourism and climate pressures, researchers from seven groups present their own perspectives on livelihoods, identity and development. Centring local expertise, the exhibition shares aspirations and concerns for the future—research about, by and for the people of South Omo.
The road to freedom - Economics and the good society: National and global perspectives SOAS DLD Annual Lecture with Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz.
Reporting Gaza: A Public Talk with Wael Al Dahdouh Wael Al-Dahdouh will reflect on his experiences reporting from Gaza—balancing the demands of war journalism with the personal struggles faced by Gazan reporters.
Spiritual Pollution in the Sewers: Towards an Aesthetic Theory of Chinese Netfic Chinese internet fiction ('netfic') tends not to be highly regarded for its aesthetic accomplishments; however, this talk explores the aesthetic functions of netfic from a premodern perspective.
The Engine of History: Writing Calcutta and Bangladesh into the Novel Join us for a evening with two extraordinary authors, Ruchir Joshi & Manzu Islam, as they present their novels, Godzilla and the Songbird and The Great Eastern Hotel.