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SOAS in the Media: June 2025
Explore the highlights of SOAS experts in the media discussing key issues and topics this month. For more updates, follow our SOAS press account on BlueSky (@soaspress.bsky.social). Dr Subir Sinha ...
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Ruin aesthetics and the (post)colonial state: Reading a South Asian palimpsest
Join us for the SSAI Annual Lecture 2025 by Sadia Abbas. This talk examines Manganhar’s critique of colonial narratives, from Greek antiquity to post-1857 photography, revealing how art exposes ...
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Quiet noise: In conversation with the Poet Han Dong
Join us for an engaging discussion with acclaimed Chinese author Han Dong, known for his bold, introspective poetry and prose. Han will be in conversation with Nicky Harman, his principal English ...
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The concept of wabi in the tea ceremony
In this lecture, Dr Kōzu will reconsider the fundamental interpretation of wabi in the Tea Ceremony. Dr Asao Kōzu was born in Tokyo in 1953. Graduated from the School of Political Science and ...
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Manipur and its ‘Other’: When martial studies meets comics studies
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School of Law, Gender and Media
The School of Law is the only one of its kind in the UK - dedicated to legal systems and legal challenges of the developing world, with complementary strengths in human rights, international law and ...
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2025 Annual PKES Workshop
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SOAS Alumni Event in Geneva
Join us for an informal reception where you’ll have the chance to meet and chat with professionals working in international diplomacy, governance, and policy, from governments, NGOs, and global ...
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Violence, conflict and changing global orders: Marking 25 years of the MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development at SOAS
In 2000/01 the Department of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London launched a new MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development. This pioneering, multi- and inter-disciplinary degree programme ...
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SOAS Middle East Institute
The SOAS Middle East Institute (SMEI) is an interdisciplinary institute promoting innovative engagement on the Middle East through research and outreach. The SMEI is a forward-thinking hub bringing ...
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Capitalism and conflict at the margins: Why online scams flourish in Myanmar’s borderlands
In their new research initiative, The Centrality of the Margins, Xu Peng, Jonathan Goodhand, Patrick Meehan and Naomi Yonder ask what explains the concentration and resilience of scam compounds in ...