SOAS and Alumni Events
SOAS hosts many events throughout the year, both in person and online. These range from music concerts and art exhibitions, to public lectures, conversations and discussions with leading academics and world figures from the worlds of politics, finance and more.
We also hold many special events for alumni and our worldwide alumni groups organise their own events and reunions.
This is a small selection of our upcoming events. For a full list, visit SOAS events and get involved.
January – March
6 January 2025 to 22 March 2025
Stories of Migration
10:30am – 5pm
SOAS Gallery, SOAS Campus
Visit SOAS Gallery to see Stories of Migration – a celebration of 12 years’ of innovative storytelling from SOAS-based not-for-profit organisation, Positive-Negatives. You can also read an interview with Ben Worku-Dix in this issue of SOAS World.
February
25 February
Decapitated Poetry: the 2024 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize Book Talk
5pm to 7pm
SOAS Main Building, R201, SOAS Campus
Join us for a conversation with prize-winning translators Dr Li Wen-chi and Colin Bramwell on their recent translation Decapitated Poetry by Ko-hua Chen, the first explicitly queer book of poems published in Taiwan.
March
5 March
Postgraduate open day
5pm to 8pm
SOAS Campus
If you or anyone you know are thinking of taking a postgrad course, join us on campus to get a real feel for life at SOAS today. There’ll be a chance to speak with current students, academics and other prospective postgrads. If you’re a SOAS alum, don’t forget that there are discounts on courses for you and family members.
22 March
26th Annual Jaina Studies Workshop
9am to 6pm
SOAS Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS Campus
Titled Rethinking Jaina History, Scripture and Community, this free all-day event is open to anyone who is interested in Jainism and religious traditions. Join us to hear a range of talks and discussions on topics such as inscriptions, poetry and identity