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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.

The Haenyeo Voices project explores the effects of environmental change on Jeju Island's reefs by combining Haenyeo divers’ Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) with scientific monitoring, using 3D modelling, to assess transformations and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.

Dr Stefania Travagnin gives a talk on how the Taiwanese Buddhist charity Tzu Chi adapts, integrates, and finds recognition across diverse cultural and religious contexts worldwide.

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.

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.

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

Using Palestine as a case study, 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States' shows how recognition politics operate to legitimise long-standing colonial power structures.

'Evolution of Migration' introduces the last 150 years’ history of Korean migration to Australia. It discovers the first Korean immigrant in Australia, John Corea who landed in Australia in 1876, and the first Korean international student, Kim Ho Yul who studied in Melbourne in 1921-1924.