Oceans as Archives: A Conversation between Renisa Mawani and Mikki Stelder On the roots, currents and capillaries of the relationships between law, race, colonialism and environmental destruction by turning to oceans.
HALFWAY HOME: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration Professor Reuben J Miller of the University of Chicago will talk about his groundbreaking new book, "Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration".
SOAS Development for Transformation Centre publications The DevTraC publishes Policy Briefs, and Development Viewpoints which draw on research by SOAS researchers. The publications aim to promote critical thinking and debate on development issues, and to engage with urgent policy challenges in this field.
Book Talk: William Franklin Sands in Late Choson Korea: At the Deathbed of Empire, 1896-1904 William Franklin Sands was the highest-ranking foreign adviser in the Korean government in the twilight years of the Choson dynasty. His book, entitled Undiplomatic Memories, first published in 1930, has been the seemingly definitive account of his life and career in Seoul. However, his papers paint a much more complex picture of the events in Korea that Sands participated in leading up to the Russo-Japanese War.
Legacy of the British Mandate in Palestine Workshop This workshop hopes to bring together emerging researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to examine the question of British “legacy” in Palestine/Israel to better understand the relationship between the Mandate and today.
Overcoming Barriers: Korea in Translation Brother Anthony, translator of numerous Korean books, poetry and fiction, surveys his efforts to make Korea and its culture known in English.
Virtual Artist talk with Lilian Mary Nabulime The showcase will bring together the works Twisted Woman, Kigongo, Kizza, Babirye and Nakato, all produced by Dr Lilian Mary Nabulime. The pieces were made of recycled materials used as symbols of regeneration, revival and conservation, all qualities that women rely on through difficult moments in their lives.
OPINION: How Suella Braverman's fight to "stop the boats" breaches human rights The UK government wants to remove the right to claim asylum from people who arrive without the right of entry, whom they call “illegal”. But it does not address the nation's international human rights obligations and echoes the anti-migrant discourse of previous generations.