Transnational Practices: Film Culture and Politics in China (1949–1989) Examining transnational film practices in China against the backdrop of the shifting global order from 1949 to 1989.
President Appointed as President of SOAS in October 2021, Zeinab Badawi is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist and SOAS alumna.
Stranger things: supranormal Events in Modern Chinese Buddhist Autobiography This talk focuses on the autobiographical writings of the eminent 20th century Chan master Laiguo Miaoshu.
Book launch: Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China The book launch of Professor Jieyu Liu's latest book Embedded Generations will begin with an introduction of the book, followed by a Q&A session and drinks reception.
Professor Rachel V Harrison Modern Thai Cultural Studies, Cinema and Literature; gender studies with reference to Thailand; literary criticism and South East Asian Literatures in a comparative context; Western film set in South East Asia
Dr Christopher Gerteis Modern and Contemporary Japanese history. Social and cultural history of the 20th century, especially the intersection of consumer capitalism and historical memory.
Professor Gurharpal Singh Emeritus Professor Gurharpal Singh was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, SOAS, from 2011 to 2017.
Professor Cristobal Kay Latin American theories of development, political economy of agrarian change, rural livelihoods, farming systems, land reform, peasant movements, historical comparative analyses of the European and Latin American rural economy and society