Mapping the political economy of climate vulnerability in the Global South Federica Genovese argues that ecological vulnerability has increasingly translated into political activation in the Global South.
'Deus Artifex' or why we should all be iconographers? Perspectives on the interlacement of multiple media in the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu Turkmen realms of the 15th Century This seminar explores the approaches used to analyse diverse and overlapping cultural, religious, and political self-representations of 15th-Century Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu realms.
Walking a Tightrope: Museum of Islamic Art, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, and the making of 'Empire of Light' in Doha An overview of how the Museum of Islamic Art, in partnership with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, organised the current exhibition 'Empire of Light: Visions and Voices of Afghanistan'.
Rebel English Academy (Book talk) From the brilliant Booker-longlisted Mohammed Hanif comes a lively, rich novel about the power of language, friendship, and protest in the face of political turmoil
Mango UK University Exhibition March 2026: Bangkok Meet SOAS at the upcoming Mango Learning UK University fair in Bangkok, Thailand.
Indians are just marvellous: painted tropes from Early Modern wonder manuscripts This lecture unravels what it meant to be a gharib (rare) Indian in the Islamicate cosmos, how artists in Hindustan visualised and replicated popular tropes of wisdom, eros and idolatry.
'Rabindrasangeet and its Performative Afterlives during the Marxist Cultural Movement of 1940s Bengal' The SOAS Public Music Research Seminar Series is a valuable forum for ethnomusicology and related fields in London, bringing rising and established scholars to share innovative music research with SOAS audiences.
The Mekong: A confluence of power, survival, and change The Mekong is a vast river system, winding from the roof of Asia through thick jungle and into one of the most fertile rice deltas in the world. A vital artery, the river has long stood at the confluence of profound historical change. At once shaped by trade, conflict, and colonialism, since the 1960s it has become a locus of development and geopolitics.