The Spell of the Cult and the Rites of the Republic: The Shows of the Spectacle State under Hindutva
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 17:15
SOAS, University of London / Alumni Lecture Theatre (Paul Webley Wing)
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Thursday, 29 October 2026
Reframing Complete Abortion Decriminalisation as a Public Law Question: A Transnational Inquiry
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 18:00
Domestic violence and human rights: Lessons from the European Court of Human Rights
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 18:30
Between the Lines: Caitlin Moran
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Caitlin Moran
Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6AHPoetry reading with Stewart Sanderson
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 18:30
SOAS University of London / TBAThe Genocide in Gaza and Israel’s Deliberate Targeting of Children
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 19:00
SOAS Gallery / BGLTWhat's Next for Trump, Xi and The West?
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Kevin Rudd, David Rennie
Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Friday, 30 October 2026
Beyond categories: intimacy, agency, and identity in Taiwan
Friday, 30 October 2026 at 11:00
OnlineKing’s Trials Partnerships Webinar Series- Professor Richard Emsley and Petrina Chu
Friday, 30 October 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Professor Richard Emsley, Petrina Chu
OnlineWhat leads to Nirvana: A decade's journey of regeneration at Shougang Park
Friday, 30 October 2026 at 15:30
Book Talk - Korean Youth Migration to Australia
Friday, 30 October 2026 at 17:00
Russell Square: College Buildings / RG01Inaugural Lecture Series 2026 - 27: Professors Eleanor Knox and James Millen
Friday, 30 October 2026 at 20:30
Speaker: Professor Eleanor Knox, Professor James Millen
Bush House, Strand Campus, London
Saturday, 31 October 2026
Sunday, 1 November 2026
Darbar: The Singing Violin
Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 13:00
Darbar: The Science of Slower Breathing with Davel Patel
Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 13:30
Speaker: Davel Patel
Darbar: The Benaras Gharana by Sunanda Sharma
Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Sunanda Sharma
Darbar: Exploring the Beauty of Raga Kamas By Jayanthi Kumaresh
Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 15:30
Speaker: Jayanthi Kumaresh
Monday, 2 November 2026
Forecasting ecological dynamics
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 09:00
The Royal SocietyIn-Person Only: Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers - Valuation Day
FreeMonday, 2 November 2026 at 10:00
Guildhall LibraryHow sustainable (or unsustainable) is China's miracle growth since Deng's reforms?
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 17:30
TBCZadie Smith: Dead and Alive
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Zadie Smith
St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RRZadie Smith: Dead and Alive
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Zadie Smith
St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RRHow The Body Keeps the Score – Dr Bessel van der Kolk
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Dr Bessel van der Kolk
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DSAn Evening with Karl Ove Knausgaard: Arendal
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Karl Ove Knausgaard
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
NEW DATE - In-Person Only - Collection Focus: Advertising and Broadsides
FreeTuesday, 3 November 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Sarah Hume
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HHPsychiatrist, Pharmacist, Executioner: The social life of acute behavioural disturbance
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at 17:30
Speaker: Psychiatrist, Pharmacist, Executioner: The social life of acute behavioural disturbance
3 November 202617:00—20:00What History is NOT
FreeTuesday, 3 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham College2026 Judicial Institute Annual Lecture - What’s in an anniversary?
FreeTuesday, 3 November 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: The Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill (Lady Chief Justice)
UCLCroonian Prize Lecture: Advances in computational protein design
FreeTuesday, 3 November 2026 at 18:30
The Royal SocietyCroonian Prize Lecture by Dr David Baker
FreeTuesday, 3 November 2026 at 18:30
The Royal SocietyArchitecture on Stage: The 2026 Rick Mather Lecture: Worofil
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at 19:00
Architecture on Stage: Worofila
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at 19:00
Harry Enfield: And No Chums!
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Harry Enfield
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS'Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History' with Prof Bruce Hoffman
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Prof Bruce Hoffman
Bush House, Strand Campus, London
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Material Witness: Understanding the Objects of Auschwitz
FreeWednesday, 4 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeDaniell Lecture 2026: Polymer colloids rock!
FreeWednesday, 4 November 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Stefan A. F. Bon
Franklin-Wilkins Building, Waterloo Campus, LondonBook launch: Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law
Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 18:00
Distinguished Lecture Series: Professor Craig Clunas
Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 18:00
Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS, Russell SquareGerman, Jewish, British? Histories of Exile and Emigration
Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: German, Jewish, British? Histories of Exile and Emigration
4 November 202618:30—20:00Professor Juliet Foster - Inaugural Lecture
Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Professor Juliet Foster - Inaugural Lecture
Launching a News Club Network
Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Gail Bradbrook
Conway Hall Ethical Society, Main Hall
Thursday, 5 November 2026
CIMR debates in Public Policy - Catching Up in the Digital Age: Capabilities, Governance, and Industrial Policy in Transitional Europe
Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 16:00
Speaker: Prof. Slavo Radosevic, Prof. Rainer Kattel, Dr. Nahed Ahmed
TBCMathematical Colloquium: (Re)learning to Discover: Mathematical Sciences in the Age of AI by Evgeny Sobko
Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 16:30
Speaker: Mathematical Colloquium: (Re)learning to Discover: Mathematical Sciences in the Age of AI by Evgeny Sobko
Guantanamo on the Euphrates: What Next for Detainees in Syria?
FreeThursday, 5 November 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeAmerica’s Undoing in the Middle East, with Kim Ghattas and Lyse Doucet
Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Kim Ghattas, Lyse Doucet
Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, Holborn, London WC1A 2THMore than Venice's Successor: Rethinking the Austrian Navy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
FreeThursday, 5 November 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: Jiayi Liu
King's Building, Strand Campus, London
Friday, 6 November 2026
Environment, Resources and Representation in the Southwest and Northwest of the Qing Empire
Friday, 6 November 2026 at 09:00
SOAS, Main Building / C426hShow and Share: Tate's Public Records From The 90s
Friday, 6 November 2026 at 12:30
Tate BritainTransnational Diaries: a conversation across borders
Friday, 6 November 2026 at 17:30
Speaker: Transnational Diaries: a conversation across borders
6 November 202617:30—19:30