Nasim-e Tarab Ensemble A cross-cultural approach by the Nasim-e Tarab Ensemble of virtuoso musicians from Iran as part of the Maqam Beyond Borders project.
Lunar New Year Celebrations at SOAS | With Cheng Yu and Beibei Wang Join us for celestial and explosive music on traditional instruments from China to welcome the year of the Dragon.
2027 Yarshater Lectures in Persian Art Join a series of academic lectures dedicated to Persian art and culture.
Roundtable discussion: Comparing the partitions - India and Palestine 1947/1948 The recently published volume The Breakup of India and Palestine, examines the international and national circumstances of these decisions.
Meeting Batul: Navigating multiple identities in contemporary India Conversation with Batul, a Delhi-based Muslim Indian LGBTQIA+ activist in transition, as she reflects on her powerful personal story and the causes she defends.
Environment, Resources and Representation in the Southwest and Northwest of the Qing Empire This workshop brings together ongoing research on the environmental, religious, and cultural history of the South- and Northwestern frontier regions of the Qing empire. This event is part of the SOAS History Seminar series.
Ethnographies of Dalit Life in the Songs of Gaddar - a talk by Prof Lisa Mitchell Drawing on oral history interviews with iconic balladeer Gaddar (Gummadi Vittal Rao, 1949–2023) and the Telugu songs of the Jana Natya Mandali (People’s Theatre Troupe), this talk traces a shift in communicative relationships between city and village that became visible in the 1970s.
Home, Elsewhere: Objects That Carry Us – ZTFE performance This is the second performance exploring how Zoroastrian devotional objects and domestic ritual spaces carry memory, belonging and identity across migration.