Japanese Aesthetics of Recycling This exhibition highlights the beauty of Japanese recycling, showcasing objects made of cotton, hemp, bast fibres, washi (handmade paper) and pottery dating mostly from the Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai).
The SOAS China Institute welcomes new Visiting Scholars and Professorial Research Associate Professor Terry Sicular joins the SOAS China Institute as a Professorial Research Associate. Dr Yanwei Lin and Dr Hongxiang Li join the SOAS China Institute as Visiting Scholars from China.
Panel on elections, disinformation, and democratic resilience in Taiwan What’s ahead for Taiwan? Election, disinformation and democratic resilience.
日本に最初に来たイギリス人三浦按針(William Adams)謎めいた人物像に迫る按針研究の今 Join us for this seminar on William Adams, held in Japanese.
Japanese Artforms in “THE鍵KEY”: an Immersive Opera Inspired by Junichiro Tanizaki's novella of the same name, "THE鍵KEY" (2018-2019) is a site-specific, immersive opera performed by an ensemble of singers, Japanese and Western instruments, and a dancer. This presentation shall provide insight into why the composer and director Francesca Le Lohé decided to incorporate particular Japanese instruments into the opera, and how working with these instruments and their performers shaped the creative process.
Riots in Knowsley: How the state perpetuates violence in asylum accommodation "This is our city". The anti-asylum violence at accommodation centres starts with state-led violent border management policies seen around the world.
Chu Yun-han: Influential political scientist, promoter of Taiwan Studies and Sinology in Europe SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies: It was with the greatest sadness that we heard of the passing of the influential Taiwanese political scientist Chu Yun-han.