Yoga in the Age of Overload In today’s Age of Overload, we are drowning in data – hyperconnected yet experiencing an epidemic of loneliness.
Why does Japan still use orphanage-style care rather than foster care and adoption? In this talk, Dr Michael Rivera King will focus on why Japan still uses ‘orphanage-style’ care instead of foster care and adoption for children who are unable to live with their birth parents.
Re-contextualising Colonial Conflicts: First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-1826 from the Konbaung Perspective The seminar aims to discuss one of the deadliest and least known colonial wars from multiple perspectives, with a focus on how the Konbaung Court of Ava saw and managed it in 1824-1826.
The Dawn of Physical Yoga: Giacomella Orofino The SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is thrilled to host Professor Giacomella Orofino to speak about her seminal publication, The Dawn of Physical Yoga: Dispelling the Hindrances of Immortality.
The Precarious Past in Premodern Java Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan examines how communities in Java between the 5th and 15th centuries responded with distinctive strategies to record and transmit knowledge of the past.
Book Launch: 'A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader' As part of the 'Global Taiwan—Literature and Translation Workshop', Dr Ian Rowen and Dr Ti-Han Chang introduce the new edited volume, 'A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader'.
Launch Webinar for the Global Migration Research CoMOOC Join us for a virtual launch webinar introducing the Global Migration Research: Connecting and Sharing Learning from Global Migration Research Collaborative MOOC (CoMOOC)!
The Serpent's Tale: Kundalini, Yoga, and the History of an Experience The SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is delighted to bring together Ass. Professors Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Anya Foxen for a discussion about their most recent publication, The Serpent's Tale: Kuṇḍalinī, Yoga, and the History of an Experience.