Dr Jean-Francois Caron Jean-Francois Caron is Associate Professor of Political Science at Nazarbayev University.
Professor Owen Wright Awarded 2025 British Academy Derek Allen Prize A prestigious British Academy prize has gone to an emeritus professor of Musicology of the Middle East at SOAS.
Iconography of the Vessantara Jātaka in Khmer Temples: Change and Continuity from the Angkor to the Post-Angkor Period This lecture focuses on the compositional patterns of Vessantara Jātaka bas-reliefs scenes carved during this period and compares these visual representations with corresponding literary sources.
Currents Of Currency: Tracing Early First Millennium Southeast Asian Trade Through Coinage 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.
Dr Richard Williams teaches at the Rajasthani Bhasha Academy in Udaipur, India Dr Williams explored archives relating to music history in Rajasthan.
Locust Control and State Activism in Ming China This presentation will introduce the history of the climate and natural disasters in imperial China, focusing on the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and locust control.
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra Southeast and South Asian visual culture and identity, with focus on photography; cultural policy and governance in ASEAN contexts; sustainable infrastructure for creative economies; legal perspectives on cultural production; postcolonial cultural diplomacy and soft power
'Legal Resistance under Authoritarianism': Professional Awakening from Political Crisis Dr Eric Yan-ho Lai talks about his new book 'Legal Resistance Under Authoritarianism: The Struggle for the Rule of Law in Hong Kong', which examines the decline of Hong Kong’s rule of law.