Fragments and Missing Pieces: The Puzzle of Editing a Kharoṣṭhī Birch-bark Manuscript The workshop explains the process of editing a birch-bark manuscript, using the example of the Mahāyāna sūtra.
From green living to Buddhist environmentalism: Exploring Buddhism for a sustainable future This conference is part of a multi-year research project that has explored the potentials of Buddhism to advance the practice of environmental protection and mitigate climate change.
Why Socioeconomic Conditions Matter in Shaping State Institutions that Propels or Hinders A compelling exploration of why some nations thrive while others stagnate, Jawied Nawabi will discuss how the power of the state, and its early struggles with landed elites, shapes long-term economic development.
ReSIA: The Concept of Mediation on the Timurid Qur’ans on Chinese Gold-Painted Coloured Paper This seminar will discuss the concept of mediation in Islamic art as applied on the extraordinary Timurid Qur'ans on Chinese gold-painted coloured paper.
Imaging of Asian women in historical photography Author Elaine Chiew will discuss the academic research she conducted as an early historian into the self-imaging of Chinese women in early Singapore photography as a limited exercise of agency that formed the background of her novel The Light Between Us.
Urdu Shayari Masterclass: Women and Urdu Poetry From Mah Laqa Chanda to Zehra Nigah Join us for our next masterclass on Urdu poetry, run by Urdu Culture London and SOAS. This time we will be exploring works by a range of women, from the eighteenth century through to the present.