Moving Stories: The Sufi Romance Across Language, Space & Form This talk presents episodes in the history of the Sufi romance (‘ishqiya masnavi), a genre that circulated across South Asia in the fifteenth to twentieth centuries.
RSAA and SOAS annual presentation on Asia for sixth form students 2025 The Royal Society for Asian Affairs and SOAS University of London invites school students to attend a day of talks about several aspects of Asia.
Coffee and deforestation regulations – green and good for all or a new form of unfair trade? Coffee production and trade both contributes to, and is threatened by, climate change. Agriculture accounts for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. And deforestation to convert land to crop production and livestock pasture is aggravating the problem of climate change.
Sixth Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network held at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo The SOAS-hosted Japan Economy Network (JEN) held its Sixth Annual Conference at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo on 21-22 March 2024. The JEN2024 conference was co-hosted by Hitotsubashi University and the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo.
Fifth Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network held at Columbia University, New York City, 23-24 March 2023 The SOAS-hosted Japan Economy Network (JEN) held its Fifth Annual Conference at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School in New York City.
Community-sourcing project brings 200-year-old Malay poem back into circulation Dr Mulaika Hijjas, Senior Lecturer in South East Asian Studies at SOAS University of London, launched an edition of a 200 year old poem produced through community-sourcing at the Kuala Lumpur Alternative Book Fair in Malaysia.