Repentance ritual in East Asian Buddhism Join us for a discussion between several scholars and practitioners exploring the performance of repentance in East Asian Buddhism.
Stranger things: supranormal events in modern Chinese Buddhist autobiography This talk focuses on the autobiographical writings of the eminent 20th century Chan master Laiguo Miaoshu.
From Subordination to Revolution: A Gramscian Theory of Popular Mobilization What drives subordinated groups to challenge power? Join us as John Chalcraft unveils a groundbreaking theory of popular mobilization, tracing the path from subordination to revolution across the globe.
Workers’ Voices on Trade Union Education 2026 launched by SOAS & GFTU Educational Trust The General Federation of Trade Unions Educational Trust launched a survey Workers’ Voices on Trade Union Education 2026, in partnership with the Department of Economics, SOAS University of London. The survey is conducted as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project funded by Innovate UK (UKRI). The project aims to strengthen trade union education by informing academic research with the lived experiences of workers.
SOAS boosts access to university-style learning through schools SOAS celebrates another year of transformative engagement with The Brilliant Club - delivering scholar programmes to over 300 students across the UK.
How economic reform revived totalitarian rule in China Professor Minxin Pei will talk about his latest book, .The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism'.
Christopher Cooper-Davies Christopher Cooper Davies is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of History.
Capitalist development in Late Qing China: a reassessment of the 1883 financial crisis Zhiqing Hu's talk reexamines the 1883 financial crisis in Qing-era China within the global context of capitalism and financialisation.
Curator’s Tour 2: I Couldn't Stand By Join the exhibition curator, Dr Benjamin Worku-Dix, for a guided tour of 'I Couldn't Stand By: Youth, Violence and Peace — An Exhibition of Young Hope' at SOAS Gallery.