Panpan Yang to deliver talk hosted by UMAG, University of Hong Kong SOAS lecturer Panpan Yang is invited deliver a lecture hosted by the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), University of Hong Kong
Teaching and learning using the Special Collections Teaching and learning using the Special Collections
SOAS and NLU Delhi join forces to remove barriers to climate justice education For the first time, a UK university is partnering with a university in the Global South to co-design, deliver, and award an innovative Master’s degree programme to help address ‘humanity’s biggest challenge’.
Walking a Tightrope: Museum of Islamic Art, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, and the making of 'Empire of Light' in Doha An overview of how the Museum of Islamic Art, in partnership with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, organised the current exhibition 'Empire of Light: Visions and Voices of Afghanistan'.
Thomas Summers Thomas Summers is a PhD candidate in African Studies in the department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. His PhD thesis, titled "Digital Swahili: Tracking Language Innovations in Tanzanian Swahili from 2013 to 2023 on X", analyses a corpus of circa 11,000 X posts (circa 120,000 individual lexical units) to find patterns in use and spread of linguistic innovations. His research interests include: African languages in digital spaces, Swahili language and culture, Tanzanian minority languages and the wider East African community.
Jennifer Fleming Doctoral candidate researching artists of Hong Kong descent living and working in Britain. Other research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese art, diaspora art in Britain, and phenomenology as a tool for art historical research.