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Seminar presented by Dr Rosie McVey as part of the SOAS Anthropology and Sociology Department Seminar Series.

Professor Dafydd Fell and Wang Hsiang launch their book, 'The Twilight Years of Taiwan’s Sugar Railways', exploring the fascinating legacy of Taiwan’s once-thriving sugar railway system.

The Mekong is a vast river system, winding from the roof of Asia through thick jungle and into one of the most fertile rice deltas in the world. A vital artery, the river has long stood at the confluence of profound historical change. At once shaped by trade, conflict, and colonialism, since the 1960s it has become a locus of development and geopolitics.

Dr Nathan F. Batto gives an online talk about his recent book 'Making Punches Count: The Individual Logic of Legislative Brawls'.

We will celebrate Hausa literature with Hausa novelist and poet Sa'adatu Baba Ahmad, and examine how Nigeria's universities are building translation infrastructure with Prof. Yakubu Magaji Azare (Bayero University).

Ussama Makdisi asks why, across so many parts of the liberal West that so solemnly proclaims the universality of law and human rights, is Palestinian life consistently devalued?

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.

The webinar will explore the gig workers mobility, platform labor in India, and comparisons with British and Brazilian contexts.

Join us for a captivating exploration of cinema, culture, and community through the lens of the acclaimed Malaysian feature film, Tegkang.