Generative AI, agency, and the imperative of virtuosity: a Buddhist perspective In this talk, the speaker argues that humanity is nearing an evolutionary and ethical tipping point—an existential crisis that is most clearly manifest along the agential frontiers of human-AI interaction.
Doing fieldwork in Taiwan: from research design to writing and publication Roundtable discussion on doing fieldwork in Taiwan, bringing together scholars and researchers to reflect on how projects change from research design to writing and publication.
Colours of Water, Colours of Ground: Pigments, Landscape, and an Ecocritical Approach to Colour in Indian Painting What colour is water? Exploring this deceptively simple question through Indian manuscripts of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, Prof. Jinah Kim (Harvard University) reveals how artists’ choices of colour encode changing relationships between humans and their environment.
From Term Sheet to Tribunal: exploring the intersection between M&A and Investment Disputes This talk will examine how investors structure cross-border M&A to access investment treaty protection.
Financing the Future: Public Development Banks and Climate Action This event will explore how the global public development bank system can be systematically developed, scaled, and leveraged to expand the financing of climate action and sustainable development.
The 35th Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese (SPPA) We are delighted to announce the 35th Sir Peter Parker Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at SOAS.
New Frontiers of Sustainable Structural Transformation and Industrial Policy A two-day hybrid conference exploring new frontiers in sustainable structural transformation and industrial policy in the Global South.