External Event: Pourdavoud Center / Amuzegar Lecture Series - Afshin Marashi Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran
External Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series - Carlo G. Cereti Narseh’s Diadem: Religion, Royalty, and Power under the Early Sasanians
Can Visual Culture Studies Contribute to Human Dignity? Protestant Missions and Image Conflict in Meiji Japan: Icon-Aversion and Image Negotiation This lecture asks what it means for visual culture studies—often positioned at some remove from moral philosophy or political theory—to speak responsibly about a heavyweight concept such as human dignity.
External Event - Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Michael Jackson Bonner Sasanian Iran: A Personal View
Why I chose to study economics at SOAS "I could not have cared less about economics. Until I got sick." Shloka shares how the experience of illness taught her about the relationship between global inequalities and 'developing' economies.
2026 Philippine Studies Conference: 'Archipelagic Tongues — Philippine Languages and Meaning-making, Austronesian Worlds and Global Futures' The 2026 Philippine Studies Conference examines Philippine languages as communicative systems, sites of power, and repositories of knowledge and practice.
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6 top tips how to balance work, life and studying Looking for advice? Natasja shares how it's possible to thrive, not just survive, while studying full-time and working a side job.