The Futures of Animism This forum invites participants to reconsider the entanglements of materiality and life through the lens of animism as a mode of thought for the future.
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.
'The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective' Book launch of SOAS professor Gilbert Achcar's new publication, 'The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective'.
Effects and Implications of Ecocides in Lebanon: Relevance in State Rebuilding and Stabilisation This collaborative workshop explores the impact of ecocides in Lebanon.
The Legality and Geopolitics of the Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama Dr Lobsang Sangay sets out the legality behind the tradition of the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and examines the implications and motivations of China's involvement in the institution of the Dalai Lama.
Chinese sources on Bodhgaya from the Long First Millenium Join us for a reading and discussion of selected passages from Chinese sources on Bodhgayā.
Transregional travels to Bodhgaya in the Long First Millennium This lecture will give an overview of Chinese sources on Bodhgayā and will trace the history of Bodhgayā reflected in them.
Livestreaming as resistance: Risks and ethics of reporting genocide This blog explores how Palestinian journalists like Wael al-Dahdouh transform journalism into an act of survival, resistance, and moral urgency.
Barriers to Women's Religious Attainment in Japan: Issues and Prospects This presentation draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to examine the difficulties Japanese female mountain practitioners have encountered within religious organisations that perpetuate patriarchal customs and hierarchical systems.