Urdu hai jis ka naam: A genealogy of Urdu language and literature through translation Join us for a talk by Dr Bilal on how translation has profoundly shaped Urdu language and literature.
Workshop: Climate change, food security and women in the Global South This postgraduate and doctoral student networking and conversation-based participatory workshop on Climate Change, Food Security and Women in the Global South engages with the direct and indirect impact of climate change on governance through the lens of multilateral agencies.
SOAS project on water conflict and security secures prestigious ERC funding SOAS Professor of International and Environmental Law Philippe Cullet has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) fund worth €2.48million for his project on water conflicts and security in South Asia.
Decolonising Philosophy Curriculum Toolkit The Decolonising Philosophy Toolkit (DPT) is a concise guide to decolonising philosophy curricula.
Saffronizing Bollywood: How India’s Hindu right is controlling its prolific Hindi film industry The Bollywood industry is commercially driven, so how has it been influenced by Hindu nationalist politics? For his MA dissertation at SOAS, Kaashif Hajee conducted fieldwork and interviewed prominent Bollywood figures to find out.
Jürgen Hanneder lecture: Early manuals of meditation SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is delighted to host Jürgen Hanneder, Professor at Philipps-Universität Marburg and principal investigator of the Light on Haṭha project, for a lecture entitled “Early Manuals of Meditation.”
SOAS Politics ranks 18th globally in latest QS rankings In the latest QS World University Rankings, SOAS Politics has secured eighteenth position on the global stage for subjects, and fourth for exceptional academic reputation.
University financing: has the model broken and can it be fixed? At this next SOAS Vice-Chancellor’s Lecture Series event, Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor & President of King’s College London and Professor Nicholas Barr FRSA, Professor of Public Economics at the London School of Economics, join SOAS Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib to discuss solutions to what many see as a broken operational model in higher education.
Business and human rights in post-coup Myanmar In this presentation, Dr Thein will explain the impact of the 2021 military coup on business and human rights in Myanmar and how international businesses have responded to these conditions.