Findings from a study on domestic violence training approaches involving clerics in Ethiopia and Egypt: Exploring an inter-faith training approach for Christian and Muslim clerics
Nasim-e Tarab Ensemble | Classical Iranian Music A cross-cultural approach by the Nasim-e Tarab Ensemble of virtuoso musicians from Iran as part of the Maqam Beyond Borders project.
China in 1949: The Logistics Officer and the Art Historian This talk will follow Chang Renxia 常任侠, a specialist in Asian art history whose diary records his return from India to China at the start of 1949 to support the revolution, and Liu Ruilong 刘瑞龙 who was responsible for supplying the People’s Liberation Army as it marched south after victory in the Battle of Huaihai.
From Japanology to global Japanese studies: Status, evolution and challenges This presentation traces the evolution of Japanese Studies from its roots in Japanology, offering a concise examination of its current status, challenges, and the inherent Japanophilia embedded within the discipline.
English Language Noh: Past, Present, Futures Richard Emmert and Ashley Thorpe will join Alan Cummings to discuss the significance of English-language noh. They will explore its emergence in the 1970s, more recent projects, and possibilities for the future.
Fashioning Lesbianism: Seitō (1911-1916) and the global New Woman Seitō (1911–1916) was a ‘proto-feminist’ magazine, published in Tokyo by a group of five women and was contributed to by over one hundred. Included among them were Hiratsuka Raichō and Otake Kōkichi—both no stranger to making their own way in life, despite what was expected of them.
Dr Takako Kawabata Language and society, language and culture, language and political economy, language policy, English in the Asian region, English around the world, teaching Japanese as a foreign language, and globalisation.
SOAS delivers capacity building on the economics of climate change adaptation for the Ugandan government The Resilience Adaptation Mainstreaming Program (RAMP), a collaboration between the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance and the World Resources Institute, convened a five-day practitioner training workshop on the economics and finance of climate adaptation in collaboration with faculty from Makerere University in Entebbe, Uganda, 22-26 July 2024.
Dr Mizuho Ikeda The material and visual cultures of Myanmar’s diaspora communities in the UK: Media of remembering and identity.