Iconography of the Vessantara Jātaka in Khmer Temples: Change and Continuity from the Angkor to the Post-Angkor Period This lecture focuses on the compositional patterns of Vessantara Jātaka bas-reliefs scenes carved during this period and compares these visual representations with corresponding literary sources.
Japonisme Across Time: From 19th Century Inspirations to Contemporary Visions Monika Hinkel's lecture will examine how the phenomenon of Japonisme—the Western reception and adaptation of Japanese visual culture—significantly changed the course of modern art.
SOAS Digital Research Network The SOAS DRN is uniquely positioned to understand the impact of digital technologies across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Fashioning the National Body through Patchwork This lecture explores how ornamental objects and surfaces move through multiple significations, reinforcing and complicating the nationalist histories of Korean women.
SOAS Law Journal The SOAS Law journal is a student-led publication that provides a platform for critical legal scholarship that reflects the diversity of thought within the College of Law.
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Professor Trevor H J Marchand Arabia (Yemen), West Africa (Northern Nigeria and Mali) and England: craft, carpentry and traditional building practices; apprenticeship, learning and cognition; space, place and architecture; theory in anthropology.