Ancient Kedah As A Trans-Oceanic Economic Hub: Recent Findings In The Bukit Choras Archaeological Site This lecture presents Ancient Kedah, specifically the Bujang Valley complex, not as a peripheral entity but as a pivotal trans-oceanic economic hub within the maritime Silk Road.
Lara Lewington discusses AI and health to an audience of young entrepreneurs The Black British Initiative (BBI) and SOAS hosted BBC journalist and technology reporter Lara Lewington, to discuss AI and its impact on health.
Lunar New Year: How SOAS students celebrate and how you can get involved How do different cultures celebrate Lunar New Year? SOAS students from around the world share their traditions and what they're planning to do this year.
Ancientness, Myth, and Sonic Imagination: Making Persian Music Legible in Israel In this talk Edoardo Marcarini will discuss how, through the mobilisation of a discourse of ancientness, Persian music has gained legitimacy in Israel.
Dr Bernard Regan Bernard’s research is focused on Palestine and the British Mandate. His book “The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine” was published in 2017.
Remitting through crisis: learning lessons from the pandemic As the world confronts ongoing climate, conflict and cost-of-living problems, what can we learn from the pandemic period about people’s remittance practices through times of crisis?