SOAS Alumni reception in Jeddah with Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib SOAS Alumni Reception in Jeddah with Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib.
SOAS alumni reception in Riyadh with Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib SOAS Alumni Reception in Riyadh with Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib.
SOAS Economist assists in unveiling plaque to Joan Robinson On Tuesday 9 April, English Heritage unveiled another of its characteristic blue plaques on the house at 44 Kensington Park Gardens, in the Notting Hill district of London, where the famous economist Joan Robinson (1903-1983) lived, while attending St. Paul's School (she was then Joan Maurice).
The Bibi-Lakkat Complex: Representations of Femininity and Female Responses to Vice in the Ludic Arts of Qajar Iran The poker-like As nas was one of the most popular card games in Qajar era Iran. Played primarily in coffeehouses (gavehkhaneh), where men could socialise within the urban environment of nineteenth-century towns and cities, games also took place closer to home within the otherwise chaste domestic environment.
New policy brief calls for shift from crisis response to resilience building in the Horn of Africa The Centre for Pan-African Studies at SOAS and Shabaka have published a new policy brief that calls for a fundamental shift in the approach to humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa.
Re-thinking British foreign policy The lecture will set out to explore what a new policy should look like, taking account of recent changes in geopolitical realities, of the real costs of Brexit to Britain, and of Britain’s underlying economic and strategic interests.
Gender equalities and climate change in Pakistan Join us for a talk on how gender inequalities exacerbate the impacts of climate change in Pakistan, highlighting the need for gender-responsive policies in climate action.
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and beyond: A panel discussion Join us for a talk that will explores the complex aftermath of Sri Lanka's 2022 debt default, including the IMF's role, international intervention, and its implication for both political stability and economic development within Sri Lanka.