Dr Lizzie Ogle Dr Lizzie Ogle is a lecturer in music with a special interest in Afro-Brazilian percussive soundworlds, collaborative ethnography and eco-musicology
The Power of the Clan: Contesting Kinship and the Making of South Korea’s Fifteenth President This talk will offer insight into the culture of clans in contemporary South Korea, the drama that unfolds within them, and their relevance in electing the highest political office in the country.
Statement on alumnus Sami Hamdi's detention in the US We are deeply concerned by reports regarding the detention of British journalist and SOAS alumnus Sami Hamdi in the United States.
An introduction to North Korean art and challenges in assembling a collection Nicholas Bonner has been collecting North Korean art since 1993 and will discuss his history of collecting and the challenges he has faced over the years.
Moving Stories: The Sufi Romance Across Language, Space & Form This talk presents episodes in the history of the Sufi romance (‘ishqiya masnavi), a genre that circulated across South Asia in the fifteenth to twentieth centuries.
Book Launch: 'Reorientating Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific' Professor Niki Alsford and Dr Ti-Han Chang share the new edited volume, 'Reorientating Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific.'