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SOAS is excited to be hosting the Summer Graduation Day 2025 at Friends House, Euston, London on Tuesday 2, Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 September 2025.

Join Fabio Gygi, Satona Suzuki and Filippo Cervelli as we celebrate Hayao Miyazaki's legacy and delve into Studio Ghibli's latest film, "The Boy and the Heron".

Sunthorn Phu (1786–1855) is an unlikely figure through which to understand nineteenth-century Buddhism in Siam. Despite being described as a “drunken writer” by the court astrologer after his death, he is now the national poet of Thailand. In this talk, Paul Lewis McBain shall explain how his newly-published book A Drunken Bee argues that the irreverent, rebellious, and parodic voice of Sunthorn Phu is an invaluable resource for understanding the Buddhism of early Bangkok.

Meet a SOAS representative in Tokyo, and learn about what life at SOAS is like.

Meet a SOAS representative in Osaka.

This exhibition presents illustrated stories from PositiveNegatives illuminating young peoples' experiences of conflict, peacebuilding and marginalisation.

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.

This talk will cover the results of a study examining over 1000 silver coins from museums in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and the UK bearing distinctive Rising Sun and Srivatsa motifs.

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.