Chinese Perspectives on AI in Global Context: Towards a New Ethical Eco-System A multi-year and interdisciplinary project where diverse scholars and practitioners, from AI engineers to Sci-fiction novelists, from philosophers to Sinologists aim to discuss Chinese perspectives on AI in a global dialogue and explore its implications for humanity and its future.
Book Talk - Strangers in the Family In Strangers in the Family, Guo-Quan Seng provides a gendered history of settler Chinese community formation in Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period (1816–1942). In dialogue with critical studies of colonial Eurasian intimacies, this book explores Asian-centered inter-ethnic patterns of intimate encounters. It shows how contestations over women's place in marriage and in society were formative of a Chinese racial identity in colonial Indonesia.
An Inclusive Bodhisattva Path: The Taiwanese Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and their Global Trans-Faith Humanitarianism
Saquab Ashraf, 'A Critical Survey of the Qur'anic qul Verses and their Literary Function in Selected Polemical Exchange' The Centre of Islamic Studies is delighted to announce the inaugural presentation for the SOAS Islamic Studies Group.
10th Annual Graduate Research Seminar Recognising the urgency of the study of Palestine amidst the ongoing genocide – including the destruction of the Palestinian educational sector and a widespread campaign to suppress solidarity with Palestine – the Centre for Palestine Studies will convene its 10th Annual Graduate Research Seminar on Thursday 6 June 2024.
SOAS is part of University of London: What student benefits are on offer? Being a SOAS student offers access to a range of University of London benefits. Here's what's on offer from being part of a wider network.
What my typical week as a SOAS student looks like Ever wondered what it's like to study at SOAS? Final-year BA Chinese student Daisy shares her typical week balancing study, work, a social life, and planning for the future.