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Xi Jinping's era has brought about radical changes to China’s political economy, generating profound implications for its business environment. Dr Xin Sun will revisit the dominant scholarly paradigms on state-business relations in China.

This talk will explore the vital work of TLHR, from providing legal aid to thousands of activists, human rights defenders, and citizens, including those aged below 18, who facing arbitrary arrest and detention and political prosecution, to challenging oppressive laws and advocating for civil liberties in Thailand.

SOAS PhD graduate Dr Alice Mogwe was appointed to the prestigious Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by President Emmanuel Macron and the French government in August.

SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is honoured to host Philippa Frisby, Director, in discussion with Lucy May Constantini, Open University, which will be followed by a screening of the film. We also hope to hear from one of the practitioners who stars in the film and currently resides in London.

As the first American to be invited to study traditional dance in Uzbekistan, Dr Gray shares her considerable experience and insight gathered over 14 trips over several decades, beginning in the Soviet era and continuing into present-day independence.

The programme features two innovative performances that demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Japanese noh drama, one of the oldest continuing performance forms in the world. The first is Rockaby, a fifteen-minute solo play written by Samuel Beckett in 1980. The second is a brand-new piece, an adaptation of the traditional noh Kazuraki.

Akira Matsui is a master actor-teacher of the Kita School of Japanese classical noh theatre. In conversation, Alan Cummings will discuss Matsui’s many achievements, and his belief in noh as a form with both contemporary and international relevance.

Renowned mask-carver Kitazawa Hideta will be joined by author and producer of English-language noh Jannette Cheong to explore the process of designing, carving and working with noh masks.

Join us for the Meiji Jingu Autumn Lecture 2024, in which Dr Michiko Suzuki, examines the Tokyo Declaration of 1934, adopted by the Fifteenth International Conference of the Red Cross, which was the first articulation of comprehensive measures to protect civilians in wartime.