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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.

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.

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

Join us in celebrating Dr Bi-Yu Chang’s retirement with a reflective lecture tracing her two-decade journey through the cultural politics, spatial identities, and shifting meanings of belonging in Taiwan.

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).

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.

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

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.