The subaltern’s Shanghai: How Dharavi is designing its own renaissance Despite the continued threat to its existence, Mumbai’s Dharavi proves an example of sustainability, creativity and adaptability
Book launch: Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War A book launch and discussion with co-authors, Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan, and discussant Birhan Gebrekirstos
European Research Council grants awarded to Maqām music project and Zoroastrian ritual analysis Funding has been awarded to two SOAS researchers: Professor Almut Hintze will be analysing prehistoric oral culture of the Indo-Iranians, and Professor Rachel Harris will be leading a project on a musical tradition found across Western and Central Asia.
Activating a UN Special Session on Disarmament A conference seeking to build a constituency working towards the implementation of a Special Session devoted to disarmament at the UNGA.
‘Today’s Era Must Not Be of War’ A conference to support the convening of the next Special Session on Disarmament and give effect to the G20’s call to end this era of war.
Why Hakka Language Revitalization Matters in Taiwan? Minority languages in Taiwan, including Hakka and Indigenous, face intergenerational language loss. Meinong successfully implements bilingual education and language acquisition strategies to control Hakka language loss in schools.