Olivette Otele: “SOAS is the place to be” An interview with Olivette Otele, who joins SOAS as a Distinguished Research Professor of the Legacies and Memory of Slavery.
How Existing Literary Translation Fits into Film Adaptations How Existing Literary Translation Fits into Film Adaptations: The Subtitling of Neologisms in Harry Potter from a Multimodal Perspective
Women Activists, Gendered Power and Postfeminism in Taiwan’s ‘Sunflower Movement’ This is part of the 2022/23 SOAS Taiwan Studies Seminar Series
Hakim Adi: The history of Africa is integral to the history of the world An interview with Professor Hakim Adi, SOAS alumnus and author of ‘African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History’.
The Future of Traditions, Writing Pictures: Contemporary Art from the Middle East The exhibition is collaboratively produced by guest curated by Rose Issa and Bob Annibale and explores three generations of artists, from Iran and the Arab world, from the early pioneers of a vernacular ‘Lettrism’ movement to those incorporating the written word in their works today.
Why economic growth alone does not make a better, healthier society Policies that see economic growth as the sole outcome, from which all else will follow, will inevitably fail. History teaches us that investing in the social fabric is a critical component of development.
Most dangerous and yet desirable place: TSMC in Taiwan This talk will introduce the geopolitical tug of war that is presently occurring in the semiconductor industry. The development of Taiwan’s premier semiconductor manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), will be the focus of the talk.
Research and Evidence Facility: Informing migration policy in the Horn of Africa Collating and producing evidence and policy relevant knowledge to generate a better understanding of the drivers of instability, migration, and displacement in the greater Horn of Africa, and the dynamics of cross-border economies and centre/periphery relations.
SOAS to host two new British Academy Global Professors in Law and Development Studies The British Academy has announced today that Professor Arkebe Oqubay Metiku and Professor Irini Papanicolopulu have been awarded prestigious British Academy Global Professorships. Both Professors will be hosted at SOAS University of London for the four-year award (2023-26).