'Palestine 36': film screening and discussion Join us for a screening of Annemarie Jacir’s latest film, 'Palestine 36', followed by a discussion with the film’s producer, Nils Åstrand.
Malangatana: The Eye of the Crocodile Join us to celebrate African Modernist Art and the book "Malangatana: The Eye on the Crocodile" by SOAS alumnus Richard Gray. This event is open to all alumni and friends of SOAS.
Global China Studies 'Now' The field of Global China Studies has become a growth industry in scholarship and journalism, in tandem with China’s outward expansion and engagement in all forms of power and influence. Join Ching Kwan Lee and Carlos Oya for a timely discussion bridging big-picture frameworks and grounded analysis, including a book launch on China’s impact on African industrialisation through labour and policy lenses.
Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalising Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine Using Palestine as a case study, 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States' shows how recognition politics operate to legitimise long-standing colonial power structures.
How corporate concentration and power shape food systems and why it matters Jennifer Clapp will discuss how corporate concentration and power shape food systems and why it matters.
Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo’s Pink Economies 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.
Digital Dependency Theory: Sovereignty and development in 21st century capitalism This event is part of the SOAS Economics Seminar Series 2025/26.
The other China or an emerging Taiwan? Democratic Taiwan in British foreign policy In this talk, Max Dixon will explore how British parliamentarians and British and Taiwanese policymakers view Taiwan, and how perceptions of Taiwan will inform the trajectory of peace and stability in cross-Strait relations.
The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China Dr Cora Lingling Xu will introduce key arguments of her latest book, 'The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China'.