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Monday, 28 September 2026

AI and Epistemic Nationalism: A Case Study from Japan
Monday, 28 September 2026 at 16:00
Speaker: Thomas J. Spiegel
Online via Zoom
Philosophy Computing & AI Anthropology

Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Digital Intimacy: Young Women, Gendered Modernities and Aspirations in Inter-Asia
Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at 17:15
SOAS, University of London / Wolfson Lecture Theatre
Sex & Gender Technology Anthropology

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Explorations in South and Southeast Asian photography: A roundtable discussion on three ongoing research projects
Tuesday, 6 October 2026 at 17:30
Russell Square: College Buildings / RG01
History Anthropology Art

Thursday, 8 October 2026

Moving Caste: Fish, Labor, and Bicycles in Kolkata
Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Dr Malini Sur
Bush House, Strand Campus, London
Anthropology History Human Rights

Monday, 12 October 2026

The Enigma of Village Brawls in Southeastern China
Monday, 12 October 2026 at 17:00
TBC
Anthropology History

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Thursday, 15 October 2026

Transmission as a Creative Act: Pluriversalizing contemporary art’s relationship/s to the past
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 19:00
SOAS and Online / Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), Lower Ground Floor
Art History Anthropology

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Itinerant Sailors and Displaced Ayahs - The West India Docks During Wartime
Free
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
History Literature Anthropology

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Palestine. The expansion of the Prison Web
Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Dr. Stéphanie Latte Abdallah
Online
History Anthropology Politics

Friday, 23 October 2026

Book talk: 'Ashura as Submission and Rebellion: An Ethnography on Shia Rituals in Contemporary Iran'
Friday, 23 October 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Kenichi Tani
SOAS University of London
Anthropology Religion Politics

Saturday, 24 October 2026

Dua Lipa & Zadie Smith: White Teeth
Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Dua Lipa, Zadie Smith
Royal Festival Hall
Literature Anthropology

Friday, 30 October 2026

Saturday, 31 October 2026

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

German, 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—20:00
History Human Rights Anthropology

Wednesday, 11 November 2026

The Cost of Sustainability: Archaeology and Maritime Dispossession in the Eastern Mediterranean
Wednesday, 11 November 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: The Cost of Sustainability: Archaeology and Maritime Dispossession in the Eastern Mediterranean
11 November 202618:00—20:00
History Anthropology Conservation

Wednesday, 18 November 2026

The Nawabs of Murshidabad under Colonial Rule: Political Interactions and Changing Status (1750–1850)
Wednesday, 18 November 2026 at 17:15
SOAS, University of London / Wolfson Lecture Theatre (Paul Webley Wing)
History Politics Anthropology

Friday, 20 November 2026

Saturday, 21 November 2026

The Haunted Landscape: Magic, Fairies and Old Gods
Saturday, 21 November 2026 at 10:00
Speaker: Ronald Hutton, Sara Hannant, Francis Young, Jo Hickey-Hall, Marion Gibson, Jeremy Harte, Fiona Robertson
Conway Hall, Main Hall
History Religion Anthropology

Wednesday, 25 November 2026

An African History of Africa, with Zeinab Badawi
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Zeinab Badawi
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
History Anthropology

Monday, 30 November 2026

'Queer Resistance: Contesting State, Family and Inequality in Post-Socialist China'
Monday, 30 November 2026 at 17:00
TBC
Sex & Gender Activism Anthropology

Thursday, 3 December 2026

The Curious Story of Ley Lines & London
Free
Thursday, 3 December 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
History Geography Anthropology

Wednesday, 20 January 2027

Culture(s) from the Ground and in the Archives: Towards a Future-oriented Archaeology (Carena seminar)
Wednesday, 20 January 2027 at 15:30
Speaker: Culture(s) from the Ground and in the Archives: Towards a Future-oriented Archaeology
20 January 202715:30—17:00
History Anthropology

Wednesday, 3 February 2027

Between Light Novels and Healing Fiction
Wednesday, 3 February 2027 at 17:00
Russell Square: College Buildings / Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT)
Literature Anthropology

Wednesday, 10 February 2027

Big Little Lives: Recovering the Histories of Everyone Else
Free
Wednesday, 10 February 2027 at 18:00
Gresham College
History Anthropology

Wednesday, 24 February 2027

Writing Social Histories of Archaeology: Gender, Class and Labour in Late Ottoman and Mandate Palestine (Carena Seminar)
Wednesday, 24 February 2027 at 15:30
Speaker: Writing Social Histories of Archaeology: Gender, Class and Labour in Late Ottoman and Mandate Palestine (Carena Seminar)
24 February 202715:30—17:00
History Sex & Gender Anthropology

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