Book Launch: 'Reorientating Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific' Professor Niki Alsford and Dr Ti-Han Chang share the new edited volume, 'Reorientating Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific.'
The Power of the Clan: Contesting Kinship and the Making of South Korea’s Fifteenth President This talk will offer insight into the culture of clans in contemporary South Korea, the drama that unfolds within them, and their relevance in electing the highest political office in the country.
Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalising Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine Using Palestine as a case study, 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States' shows how recognition politics operate to legitimise long-standing colonial power structures.
The aura of power: Delhi as a capital down the centuries This talk examines the fascinating history of Delhi, its evolution from a modest trading centre – to the capital of a small kingdom – to the seat of several successive dynasties, and the capital of one the largest empires of its time – the Mughal empire.
Book Launch: Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure SOAS lecturer Paolo Novak's new book offers a fresh perspective on the European migration crisis by chronicling its everyday realities in a central Italian province
Valedictory Lecture - On Manuscripts, Rituals and Curious Images: A Journey through the Ruptures of Japanese Buddhism This lecture reflects on a scholarly journey that has sought to challenge conventional narratives of Japanese Buddhism through a ritual and visual approach to Buddhist epistemic practices.
Depletion: the human costs of caring In 'Depletion', Shirin M. Rai delves into the often-overlooked human costs of care work, both paid and unpaid.
Korean culture workshop series We are pleased to invite you to a series of special events introducing Korean traditional culture, organised by the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS University of London, in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Centre UK and the Korea Tourism Organization London Office.