Unveiled: Three Tableaux of Maryam An evening of Persian musical performance organised by the Cambridge Shahnameh Centre, Southampton Arts Academy and the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS.
Between Far Formosa and the True North: What Canada-Taiwan Relations Reveal about the Emergent Inter-state System The Canada-Taiwan relationship, if viewed as one between peoples, societies and places rather than between states, reveals much about the chimeric “One China” notion, but also about the emergent inter-state system itself.
Truly Human: Indigeneity and Resurgence on Formosa Truly Human contributes to a decolonizing anthropology at a time when all humans need Indigenous land-based teachings more than ever.
The Gay Rights Movement and Its Challenges in Taiwan This talk intends to provide a sociohistorical view and showcase how gay rights activists and LGBTQ+ people encountered social challenges such as stigmatization, sexual bigotry, media sensationalism, and school violence.
Poetics of Rebellion: Hybridity, Minor Narrative, Yang Mu This lecture attempts to respond critically to the birth of Taiwanese identity through a fastidious reading of Yang Mu’s works.
Remembering and Repurposing the Japanese Colonial Legacy in Taiwan This lecture will reflect on the 50 years of Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan (1895-1945).
Exploring the Historical Narrative of Taiwan in the 17th Century How to comprehend Taiwan historiography against the background of ‘a divided nations’ framework the island has been discussed in history textbooks?
Ecodocumentary Making and Taiwanese Environmental Movements in the Early 21st Century This talk traces the development of environmental discourse in Taiwan as reflected in two activist eco-documentaries produced by Taiwan’s Public Television in 2010 and 2020.
32nd PKES Annual Workshop SOAS is hosting the 32nd Annual Workshop of the Post-Keynesian Economics Society. The workshop will cover a wide range of contemporary topics, including financialisation, asset manager capitalism, gender effects on economic development and the political economy of exchange rates and inflation.