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7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Venue
Shangri-La Far Eastern Taipei, 201 Tun Hwa South Road, Section 2, Taipei 10675 Taiwan

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Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adam Habib and Director of Advancement, Shona Aitken look forward to hosting you for this Alumni Reception in Taiwan, along with Professor of Sociology and China Studies and Deputy Dean for College of Law, Anthropology and Politics at SOAS, Jieyu Liu.

This event will be an opportunity to network, connect with fellow SOAS alumni and find out more about how you can engage with SOAS both locally in Taiwan and in London.

Image credit: Timo Volz via Unsplash

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Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adam Habib 

Professor Adam Habib is an academic, researcher, activist, administrator, and well-known public intellectual with over 30 years of expertise spanning five universities and multiple institutions. A Professor of Political Science, he currently serves as Director of SOAS, University of London, after previously holding the role of Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg. 

Director of Advancement, Shona Aitken

Shona Aitken has been leading SOAS’s Advancement team since 2021. Working closely with the Vice-Chancellor, Shona has strategic oversight of institutional philanthropic priorities and the global alumni engagement strategy. 

Professor Jieyu Liu

Jieyu Liu is Professor of Sociology and China Studies and Deputy Dean for College of Law, Anthropology and Politics at SOAS.

She is the author of Gender and Work in Urban China: Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation (2007), Beauties at Work: Gender, Sexuality and Power in Chinese Companies (2016), Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China (2025) and co-editor of The China Quarterly.

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