Launch of Development Leadership Dialogue We are pleased to Launch the new Development Leadership Dialogues (DLD) Institute at SOAS.
Heritage as Parody: Temple Rituals and the Reenactment of Ancient Performing Arts in Nara This lecture ventures into the realm of Japanese sonic imaginations, unveiling hidden connections between heritage discourses and the materialization of nostalgia through sound.
Sound anthropology and Ala Zarei Join us for a rich evening of music from around the world, curated by classical Iranian Setar player Ala Zarei and tabla player Vishnu Vijayan.
Gifted: Selected Artworks from the SOAS Collections ‘Gifted’ is an exhibition drawing upon SOAS's remarkably rich but relatively little-known art collection. Concentrating on modern and contemporary artworks, it displays a selection of works given as gifts and donations to SOAS and provides the opportunity to share and display many of these for the first time to encourage wider engagement with the SOAS Object and Artwork Collection.
Roundtable discussion: Contemporary Chinese ink painting and the persistence of Daoism This round table discussion, which takes place in association with the SOAS Gallery exhibition ‘Strange Wonders - Dreams, Desire and Daoism: Jizi and Other Pioneers of Contemporary Ink Painting from China’, will explore the relationship between Daoism and ink painting in contemporary China.
Film discussion - The Boy and the Heron「君たちはどう生きるか」 Join Fabio Gygi, Satona Suzuki and Filippo Cervelli as we celebrate Hayao Miyazaki's legacy and delve into Studio Ghibli's latest film, "The Boy and the Heron".
Discovering the SOAS artwork and object collection Discover highlights from the SOAS Gallery's own collection in this permanent exhibition.