SOAS-University of London: Forthcoming Events in Oct 2014

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Dear Debra, To celebrate the start of the new term we have an exciting range of open-to-all events on offer relating to the regions of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Below are just a few highlights from a whole range of events at SOAS this October:  Symposium: 50 Years of 'Arrow of God', 100 years of Nigeria: A Celebration and an Inquest 4 Oct, 10.00am, Djam Lecture Theatre The organisers of the Igbo Conference in association with CAS will host in the 'Arrow of God' Symposium, which marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's novel, Arrow of God which Achebe described as 'the novel which I am most likely to be caught sitting down to read again.'   For further details, please click here Inaugural Lecture: Theatres of Land Reform: Performance and State Building in Su'nan and Taiwan, 1950-53 16 Oct, 6.00pm, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre Most of the received wisdom on land reform in China and Taiwan postulates that it was economically necessary, socially desirable, and demanded from below. Rather than evaluating land reform in these terms, this lecture conceives of land reform initiatives as campaigns that were both performative in seeking to inculcate rural populations into a new set of state norms and directly instrumental in clearing the ground of extant social elites that could block regime penetration of the countryside. For further details, please click here British Policy and Arab Displacement in Palestine, 1915-23; Contingency, Imperialism and Double-dealing 28 Oct, 5.45pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre The argument offered is that the historical roots of Arab political displacement in Palestine lie, contextually, and decisively, with British imperial policy in the Levant in the late 1910s and early 1920s.  There are at least three critical factors:  first, war-time contingency and the political marginalisation of Arab communities at the time of the 1917 Balfour Declaration; second, Britain's overwhelming preoccupation in the Middle East with her hold on India and routes thereto by way of Suez, Palestine itself being a matter of meagre interest in terms of its cultural, demographic, and political circumstances;  and, third, the trashing - with much attendant dissembling - of the pledges for Palestine independence as set out in the McMahon-Hussein correspondence of 1915-16. For further details, please click here SOAS Youtube Channel A list of podcasts, videos and audio clips of the most prominent SOAS public events Missed a SOAS event? You can now view podcasts of public events using the link below.  To view or subscribe to SOAS Youtube Channel, click here SOAS Autumn Calendar of Public Events Free public events from October to December 2014 You can download a copy of the Autumn calendar of SOAS public events using the link below.  To download a copy, click here We always welcome feedback on our events. If you have any comments and suggestions about our events, please email events@soas.ac.uk Best wishes, SOAS Events Team Join us on Twitter @SOASEvents You can now also like us on Facebook

SOAS: Forthcoming Events in April 2014

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Dear Debra, The SOAS 2014 spring events calendar has arrived! As ever, we have an exciting range of open-to-all events on offer relating to the regions of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Events in April include the following: The Life and Afterlife of David Livingstone: exploring missionary archives   4 April - 7 May, Foyles Special Collections Gallery   As part of the ‘Livingstone 200’ events taking place in the UK, Zambia and Malawi, SOAS will be hosting an exhibition in the Foyle Special Collections Gallery of the Brunei Gallery. This will feature rarely seen archives, photographs, maps and artefacts, brought together for the first time, including a set of surgical instruments thought to have belonged to Livingstone. For further details, please click here Professor Lawrence Saez Inaugural Lecture: Hybrid Capitalism and teh development of a Welfare state in Asia 24 April, 6.30pm, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre Why is there such variation in development of a welfare state in Asia?  This lecture will map out the unique characteristics of Asian capitalism.  Professor Sáez then engages with two strands of the literature —one dealing with varieties of capitalism (VoC) and the other one with opposition to political reform— in order to argue that these two theoretical frameworks have limited applicability to Asia.  In order to address these weaknesses, Professor Sáez will propose a new typology of hybrid capitalist economies. For further details, please click here   Professor Gurharpal Singh Inaugural Lecture: Hybrid Capitalism and the development of a Welfare state in Asia 30 April, 6.30pm, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre Is Indian democracy unique in accommodating religious diversity?  As the country approaches another critical election, this lecture takes a long-term view of how religious diversity and has been managed and why some religious minorities continues to be marginalised, excluded and suffer high levels of violence. For further details, please click here   SOAS Youtube Channel A list of podcasts, videos and audio clips of the most prominent SOAS public events Missed a SOAS event? You can now view podcasts of public events using the link below.  To view or subscribe to SOAS Youtube Channel, click here   SOAS Spring Calendar of Public Events Free public events from April to June 2014 You can download a copy of the Winter calendar of SOAS public events using the link below.  To download a copy, click here We always welcome feedback on our events. If you have any comments and suggestions about our events, please email events@soas.ac.uk   Best wishes, SOAS Events Team   Join us on Twitter @SOASEvents You can now also like us on Facebook

SOAS: Forthcoming Events in March 2014

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Dear Debra, With spring around the corner we have an exciting range of uniquely SOAS events to give your March an interesting twist. A sample of SOAS Events in March 2014 are listed below:   Professor Laurence Smith Inaugural Lecture: Taking Care of our Waters: People, Policy and Practice 5 March, 6.30pm, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre Our health, wellbeing, economy and environment depend on our stewardship of water resources, but conserving and protecting our waters presents difficult challenges and choices in every region of the world. With a focus on protection of water at source, this lecture will explore the characteristics and complexities of these challenges. It will draw on recent research and international experience to identify successful approaches.  For further details, please click here   SOAS Concert Series: Featuring Goran Farkas, Habelas Hainas & the Andy May Quartet 7 March, 7pm, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre An evening to showcase the many & varied traditions of the bagpipe from around Europe, featuring three artists, all masters in their respective regional styles: Goran Farkaš(Croatia) plays the Istrian bagpipes and is also an accomplished singer and dancer.  For further details, please click here   Intersections: Critical Race and Black British Feminism, a conversation with Kimberle Crenshaw 24 March, 6pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre Talk Kimberle Crenshaw has written in the areas of civil rights, black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law.  Her work has appeared in the Harvard Law Review, the National Black Law Journal, the Stanford Law Review, and the Southern California Law Review. She was a founding coordinator of the Critical Race Theory workshop; coeditor of Critical Race Theory: Key Documents That Shaped the Movement.  For further details, please click here   SOAS Youtube Channel A list of podcasts, videos and audio clips of the most prominent SOAS public events Missed a SOAS event? You can now view podcasts of public events using the link below.  To view or subscribe to SOAS Youtube Channel, click here   SOAS Winter Calendar of Public Events Free public events from January to March 2014 You can download a copy of the Winter calendar of SOAS public events using the link below.  To download a copy, click here We always welcome feedback on our events. If you have any comments and suggestions about our events, please email events@soas.ac.uk   Best wishes, SOAS Events Team   Join us on Twitter @SOASEvents You can now also like us on Facebook