The forgotten Sufi movement that reshaped China’s Islams Dr Rian Thum explores the presence of the Naqshbandiyya Mujaddidiyya order among Chinese Muslims.
Drugs & (dis)order research featured in a Colombian constitutional court ruling on the national illicit crop substitution program Frances Thomson, CIVAD, reports on Colombia’s Constitutional Court's ruling in favour of farmers who signed up to participate in the country’s National Illicit Crop Substitution Program
An address by Deputy President Paul Mashatile on South Africa's presidency of the G20 Deputy President Paul Mashatile on South Africa's Presidency of the G20
The Time-Travelling Economist: Why education, electricity and fertility are key to escaping poverty "The Time-Travelling Economist" aims to move conversations about development beyond the resource curse or private sector failings, with a fresh focus on the policies that governments can embark on independently and affordably that will transform their future.
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Bangladesh receives honorary DSc in Economics from SOAS On 5 September 2024, SOAS University of London awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) in Economics to Dr. Atiur Rahman in recognition of his life-long research work on poverty reduction and the initiatives that he took as a Governor of the Central Bank of Bangladesh to promote financial inclusion and sustainable finance.
The Spectre of State Capitalism Ilias Alami will discuss his recent book, co-authored with Adam Dixon, "The Spectre of State Capitalism."
Rules of the Accra Club: An exclusive look at a rare pamphlet for the colonial social club The Special Collections team have acquired the only known surviving copy of a pamphlet showing the social life of British administrators and other European expatriates in West Africa.
Protein frontiers in the Trans-imperial Pacific: A history of the Brazilian beef industry This project investigates the under-researched history of the Brazilian beef industry during the twentieth century to highlight the historical forces that have led to our contemporary reality.
Kashmir without History: Sheikh Abdullah and the Partition of India This paper is taken from a forthcoming collection of essays that argues for the centrality of Kashmir to political thought in mid-twentieth-century South Asia. It will, therefore, begin with a brief description of that larger argument.