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'Senses of Mourning: Moharram Performances in Shiʿi Iran from the Qajar to the Covid Era', is a multisensory approach to the study of Shiʿi Iran that examines how devotional Moharram performances changed over time.

What can Britain learn from South Africa's transition from apartheid? Join veteran politician Ebrahim Rasool for lessons in negotiation and building a pluralistic society.

This lecture examines how the Labour Party's attempt to appease both anti-racist and nationalist critiques has failed, fueling a surge in grassroots anti-racism and radical nationalism, and shaping the future of British politics.

The Series in Advanced Political Economy (SAPE) was launched in 2022, jointly organised by Departments of Economics at SOAS University of London and New School for Social Research (NSSR) in New York.

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

In this talk Edoardo Marcarini will discuss how, through the mobilisation of a discourse of ancientness, Persian music has gained legitimacy in Israel.

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Julia Sallabank will be presenting 'Language revitalisation and reclamation: theorising processes and ideologies' .

This panel explores the intersection of two, usually siloed, global crises: climate and mental health, around the connecting thread of heat.

Ling Zhang traces the Voice of Malayan Revolution as an experiment in 'acoustic internationalism'—a sonic network that transcended divides to sustain solidarity amid Cold War fragmentation.