'Palestine 36': film screening and discussion Join us for a screening of Annemarie Jacir’s latest film, 'Palestine 36', followed by a discussion with the film’s producer, Nils Åstrand.
From loneliness to connection in later life: insights from Thailand and Myanmar This presentation explores how practices of everyday life shape experiences of loneliness and care among older Thai and Myanmar adults living along the northern Thailand–Myanmar border.
Malangatana: The Eye of the Crocodile Join us to celebrate African Modernist Art and the book "Malangatana: The Eye on the Crocodile" by SOAS alumnus Richard Gray. This event is open to all alumni and friends of SOAS.
Global China Studies 'Now' The field of Global China Studies has become a growth industry in scholarship and journalism, in tandem with China’s outward expansion and engagement in all forms of power and influence. Join Ching Kwan Lee and Carlos Oya for a timely discussion bridging big-picture frameworks and grounded analysis, including a book launch on China’s impact on African industrialisation through labour and policy lenses.
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 gilded cage: technology, development, and state capitalism in China This talk will explore the rise and nature of China's techno-developmental regime, its implications for state-capital-labor relations, and its varied impacts on different social groups.
How corporate concentration and power shape food systems and why it matters Jennifer Clapp will discuss how corporate concentration and power shape food systems and why it matters.
Digital Dependency Theory: Sovereignty and development in 21st century capitalism This event is part of the SOAS Economics Seminar Series 2025/26.
Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo’s Pink Economies Michelle Ho traces the genders manifesting alongside Japanese popular culture in Akihabara, an area in Tokyo renowned for the fandom and consumption of anime, manga, and games.