SOAS South Asia Institute launches new Fellowship to support social justice SOAS will launch the Ambedkar–Kalaignar Visiting Fellowship, through the SOAS South Asia Institute.
Fantasy and reality in Edo Japan’s red-light district: Keisai Eisen’s Ukiyo-e woodblock prints A closer look at three of Keisai Eisen's (1790-1848) mass-produced woodblock prints that aimed to show the glamour of Edo Japan’s red-light district and set fashion trends of the time.
Valedictory Lecture - On Manuscripts, Rituals and Curious Images: A Journey through the Ruptures of Japanese Buddhism This lecture reflects on a scholarly journey that has sought to challenge conventional narratives of Japanese Buddhism through a ritual and visual approach to Buddhist epistemic practices.
Xiao Lin Xiao Lin is a doctoral researcher in the Department of History at SOAS. Her research focuses on Manchu intellectuals in the late Qing and Republic of China periods, exploring questions of political thought, identity, and transnational exchange.
Chih-Chien Liu Liu Chih-Chien is a PhD student within the Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at SOAS, University of London. His research concentrates on the influence of digital technology on the political arena and democratic responses, with particular emphasis on experiences in East Asia.
Syed Talha Ahsan Talha Ahsan is a historian and podcaster on the lives of the Caliphs. He is currently a PhD researcher on Ḥanbalism at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics supervised by Prof. Hugh Kennedy.
Yang He Yang He is a PhD candidate in Translation Studies at SOAS, University of London, specializing in the translation and representation of Chinese political discourse in cross-cultural contexts. Her research interests include news translation, media discourse analysis, critical discourse studies, and cross-cultural political communication
Alessandra Francone Alessandra Francone is a doctoral researcher in the LCL department. Her thesis "The effects of sociohistorical context on lexical borrowing: a re-evaluation of "basic vocabulary"" straddles historical linguistics and contact linguistics, and focuses on lexical borrowing in languages spoken in the Baltic region and the central Mediterranean.
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