A Critical Reading of the Multi-layered Reception of the Past: Historiographical Standards of Wang Ruoxu’s Approach to the Shiji.
A Rose by Other Names: The Love of Wisdom Beyond the West This lecture examines philosophy beyond the West, looking at the similarities and differences with the Western philosophical tradition.
Reimagining Development: Bold Directions Towards a Thriving World What if development were imagined differently? Join Peter Sutoris as he explores bold alternatives, from degrowth to Indigenous knowledge, based on his book co-authored with Uma Pradhan, envisioning more just and ethical futures.
Book launch: 'Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China' The book launch of Professor Jieyu Liu's latest book Embedded Generations will begin with an introduction of the book, followed by a Q&A session and drinks reception.
'Nationalising Oil and Knowledge in Iran: Labour, Decolonisation and Colonial Modernity, 1933–51' An in-depth conversation with Mattin Biglari about his book, 'Nationalising Oil and Knowledge in Iran: Labour, Decolonisation and Colonial Modernity, 1933–51'.
'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.
Violence, conflict and changing global orders: Marking 25 years of the MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development at SOAS SOAS is convening a half day event to mark 25 years of the MSc Violence, Conflict and Development (VCD) to discuss these issues, and bringing together scholars, current students, alumni, and practitioners.