Book Launch - The Oxford Guide to the Bantu Languages Launching the most comprehensive survey of the field of Bantu linguistics to date.
Gendered Publics: Chandraprava Saikiani and the Mahila Samitis in Colonial Assam This book is the first comprehensive effort to recover the forgotten histories of the highly impactful women’s association, the Assam Mahila Samiti and the life and times of its founding Secretary Chandraprava Saikiani.
'Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail', by Peter Hain Peter Hain discusses his powerful new book, 'Liberation and Corruption', exploring why liberation and independence movements are so often betrayed once their leaders attain power.
ENGI x NOH Japanese Noh workshop New Year’s special edition Join SOAS Library and the renowned Sakurako Tanaka for an enchanting Noh workshop.
Depletion: the human costs of caring In 'Depletion', Shirin M. Rai delves into the often-overlooked human costs of care work, both paid and unpaid.
Coffee and deforestation regulations – green and good for all or a new form of unfair trade? Coffee production and trade both contributes to, and is threatened by, climate change. Agriculture accounts for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. And deforestation to convert land to crop production and livestock pasture is aggravating the problem of climate change.
Undergraduate Open Day Join us for our exciting Undergraduate Open Day at SOAS University of London, where you will have the chance to attend taster lectures, tour the Bloomsbury campus, meet our academics, and learn about student life.
Roundtable discussion: Contemporary Chinese ink painting and the persistence of Daoism This round table discussion, which takes place in association with the SOAS Gallery exhibition ‘Strange Wonders - Dreams, Desire and Daoism: Jizi and Other Pioneers of Contemporary Ink Painting from China’, will explore the relationship between Daoism and ink painting in contemporary China.