Rules of Exchange: Translating Egypt’s Laws, 1830-1885 This presentation looks at how translation, and a set of shifting ideas about difference, equivalence, and translatability, shaped the making of Egypt’s legal codes from the 1830s through the 1880s.
Hindi Shakespeare in Colonial India: Harishchandra's 'Merchant of Venice' This seminar looks at Bharatendu Harishchandra’s 1878 translation of The Merchant of Venice, titled Durlabh Bandhu.
I’m a full-time SOAS student in my fifties. Here’s why I came back to university Sian shares her motivations for returning to university full-time to learn Persian and her experiences of settling in so far.
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Fashion has a deadly reliance on oil. Are biomaterials the solution? MA student Charlotte Cheal explores fashion's environmental impact, advocating for a shift away from oil-based materials to biomaterials and circular economy models to combat waste and promote sustainability.
What does it mean to care for the environment and each other? MA student Bejal Desai explores the complex nature of ecological care and its potential to be co-opted or corrupted, particularly in contexts like greenwashing and colonial attitudes towards land.
Film screening - Antara dua darjat (Between two classes) As part of our celebration of Malaysian arts and culture we round off the day with a screening of a classic Malay film, Antara dua Darjat – Between Two Classes, a 1960 film directed by and starring P. Ramlee, the greatest actor of the golden age of Malay film.
“The incarcerations: BK-16 and the search for democracy in India” by Alpa Shah Alpa Shah exposes the life-stories and shocking truth behind the arrests of the Bhima Koregaon 16 – professors, lawyers, journalists, poets fighting for the rights of India’s three main minorities – Adivasi, Dalits and Muslims – who have been imprisoned, without credible evidence and without trial.