New book on India’s regional politics shortlisted for major accolade ‘India’s Near East: A New History’ by Dr Avinash Paliwal has been shortlisted in the prestigious 2025 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay New India Foundation Awards.
The recognition of caste and the “Caste in Canada” project This panel examines the experience and address of caste in Canada, featuring the Chetna Association and UBC's "Caste in Canada" project.
Zhang Hanxiang Hanxiang Zhang is a London-based filmmaker currently pursuing a PhD in Film Studies at SOAS, University of London. His current practice-based project, Diasporic Chinese Identities in Southeast Asian Tropical Space – A Visual Representation, is related to his previous research on the Chinese diaspora, and continues to explore the identities of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia through documentary filmmaking. Their current PhD research u
Dr Caspar Melville, Senior Lecturer in Global Creative and Cultural Industries, has passed at the age of 58 SOAS remembers Dr Caspar Melville, Senior Lecturer in Global Creative & Cultural Industries, who passed away last month.
Dr Andrea Janku China, Social and Cultural History; The Early Press and the History of Communication; Environmental History