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Artist Talk: Zineb Sedira in conversation with Ekow Eshun In this event, artist Zineb Sedira will be in conversation with leading Curator Ekow Eshun discussing her latest artwork.
Book Launch and Musical Demonstration: Sarangi Style in Hindustani Music Speaker: Nicolas Magriel The sarangi is the main bowed instrument of Hindustani music. It has three gut melody strings that are stopped by the left-hand cuticles or the skin above the nails.
How do you research Afghanistan's state, society and people during a crisis? Since the revival of Taliban rule, researching Afghanistan has become increasingly challenging. A series of workshops at SOAS aims to decolonise research and cultivate spaces for scholars and practitioners working on Afghanistan and the diaspora.
Crossing the Finish Line: Our Final Japan and Sport Symposium We cap off this series with an evening of celebrations, including a keynote talk from Dr Robin Kietlinski who will discuss a century of historical and contemporary debates connected to the achievements of Japanese sportswomen. We also launch our forthcoming publication Handbook of Sport and Japan contracted by MHM Japan Documents Publishing, a text culminating from the support and work over the past six years.
The Gas Industrial Complex: Vast profits, imperial roots and ecological destruction The global fossil industry is rooted in colonialism in its pernicious and relentless pursuit of fuel. However, there is growing resistance from environmentalist organisations fighting for their livelihoods and communities.
Book discussion on Insecure Guardians: Enforcement, Encounters and Everyday Policing Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing’. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order, and ensuring national security.
Making Audiences: A Social History of Japanese Cinema and Media This book covers 100 years of Japanese cinema's social history. It engages critically with a number of theories in film studies, media studies, areas studies, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, colonial studies, and political studies.