Citizens to Traitors: The Bengali Internment in Pakistan Join author Ilyas Chattha for a book talk on the internment of Bengalis in Pakistan after the 1971 war, exploring how citizens were reclassified as suspected traitors.
Stylistic Networks in Early Southeast Asia: Mitred Viṣṇu Sculptures from Bangka This project re-examines Sumatran sculpture by comparing it directly with material from South and Southeast Asia. It aims to identify both stylistic connections and the extent to which a Sumatran style can be defined.
Is China’s Urban-Rural Income Gap Still Relevant? Professor Sicular discusses why, in the context of China's rapid urbanisation, standard approaches to measuring the urban-rural income gap have become less relevant.
Why does Japan still use orphanage-style care rather than foster care and adoption? In this talk, Dr Michael Rivera King will focus on why Japan still uses ‘orphanage-style’ care instead of foster care and adoption for children who are unable to live with their birth parents.
Complicit: British Complicity in the Genocide in Gaza Join us for a discussion between Peter Oborne and Professor Martin Shaw about British complicity in mass atrocities in Gaza.
Undergraduate Study Abroad: Your Gateway to a Global Education Get the inside track on the SOAS study abroad experience directly from our staff and students.
The Manor House and Other Homes of William Adams: The English Samurai in Japan This presentation explores the variety of environments where William Adams lived during his life in Japan, from 1600-20.
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.
I Couldn't Stand By: Youth, Violence and Peace — An Exhibition of Young Hope This exhibition presents illustrated stories from PositiveNegatives illuminating young peoples' experiences of conflict, peacebuilding and marginalisation.