Fragments and Missing Pieces: The Puzzle of Editing a Kharoṣṭhī Birch-bark Manuscript The workshop explains the process of editing a birch-bark manuscript, using the example of the Mahāyāna sūtra.
Mahāyāna Without the Concept of Mahāyāna: Evidence From an Early Kharoṣṭhī Manuscript from Gandhāra This lecture will present the content of the Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts from Gandhāra, discussing parallels and its broader context within Mahāyāna literature.
The Struggle for Hong Kong: A Decolonisation Lens This talk offers a new interpretation of popular protests in Hong Kong since 1997, when Britain handed its sovereignty over the territory to China.
Continuous Clarity: Strategic Knowledge without Falter Arthur Mason explores the kinds of knowledge and visuality that enables the reduction of complexity into forms of simplicity to make a judgement about tomorrow.
Learning from South Omo: New research by agro-pastoralist communities in Southern Ethiopia Learning from South Omo highlights research by agro-pastoralist communities in Southern Ethiopia. Confronting rapid change through land appropriation, tourism and climate pressures, researchers from seven groups present their own perspectives on livelihoods, identity and development. Centring local expertise, the exhibition shares aspirations and concerns for the future—research about, by and for the people of South Omo.
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.
MT24: Making Tracks Join us for an evening with MT24, a dynamic ensemble combining musical traditions from across the globe.
Suzumeno Tears Join us for a folk fusion evening with Suzumeno Tears and their unique blend of Japanese, Balkan, and Brazilian music.