Water and place in Pakistani literature Insaan Stories and SOAS bring you the first in a series of literary events celebrating contemporary South Asian writing.
Book talk - Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History This event is a book talk on Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History.
Project dldl/ድልድል conference on domestic violence, religion and migration: Integrating cultural and religious diversity in UK domestic violence and abuse services and developing a future roadmap for the sector The conference will bring together researchers working at the intersection of religion, domestic violence and migration, policy experts and practitioners working in domestic violence and abuse (DVA) services.
Meet the author: A dialogue with Mark O'Neill, the author of Four Books on Taiwan From 1978 to 2006, Mark O'Neil worked as a journalist in Hong Kong, India, China, Taiwan and Japan, for Reuters and the South China Morning Post.
Koxinga: A hero's legacy Jonathan Clements talks through the strange afterlife of Zheng Cheng-gong (1624-62), the Ming loyalist and conqueror of Taiwan.
The Sunflower Movement: Taiwan’s student-led insurrection? This talk examines how the Taiwanese occupiers translated the concept of civil disobedience to practice and what democratic theorists can learn from the Taiwanese case.
Social movements in Taiwan documentary screening: 'The Edge of Night' 街頭》 "The Edge of Night" tells a coming-of-age story about young activists embedded in Taiwan’s largest ever social movement - Sunflower Movement.
Social movements in Taiwan documentary screening: “The Right Thing”《廣場》 “The Right Thing” examines a new student protest movement known as the Wild Strawberry Student Movement of Taiwanese protest in 2008.
Colonial realism: A talk with Prof Dan Hicks, author of The Brutish Museums A talk by Professor Dan Hicks on Colonial Realism and its implications in current repatriation debates. This will be followed by a conversation with Onyekachi Wambu on the recent developments (and complexities) that have arisen since the first efforts of repatriating the Benin Bronzes surfaced in 2020.