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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.

'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.

Book launch of Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Destruction, Geopolitics

Do Global Value Chains (GVCs) really “boost incomes, create better jobs, and reduce poverty”? Benjamin Selwyn will discuss how CVCs generate highly exploitative jobs, deepen poverty, stunt human development, and damage the environment.

Book launch: 'Human Capital: The Tragedy of the Education Commons'

Does today’s education system make better people or just better workers? Join Guy Standing as he explores how education has been reshaped by market logics, and what it would take to revive it for the common good.

Sacred power: the motif of the seven magical signs

The motif of the Seven Magical Signs is a set of seven symbols believed to represent the Most Exalted Name of God. They are discussed in texts on magic such as the Shams alma‘arif al-kubra and appear on amulets and various talismanic objects.

'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.

Decolonisation: lessons from postcolonial Uganda with Mahmood Mamdani

Join Professors Banda and Mamdani for a thought-provoking talk and Q&A, followed by closing remarks and a book signing.

Creative Conversations on Vitality and Distress: A New Dialogue for Mental Health

Join us for the second panel discussion of CAMHRArts, titled, Creative Conversations on Vitality and Distress: A New Dialogue for Mental Health