SOAS Library

04/06/2026

27/05/2026

SOAS Library welcomes Fatin Abbas to celebrate 'Ghost Season', a powerful debut novel connecting five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border.

26/05/2026

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26/05/2026

15/05/2026

Step into the immersive world of Siu Wai Hang’s Cage Bridges (2021), currently on view in Invisible Spectrums at the SOAS Gallery.

Combining moving image, architecture, and memory, Cage Bridges reflects on Hong Kong’s densely built urban environment and the emotional experience of navigating spaces shaped by confinement, transition, and connection. Through layered video imagery and atmospheric sound, Siu Wai Hang invites viewers to consider the invisible structures that shape everyday life.

This work is located on the Ground Floor of the exhibition, alongside more video art exploring contemporary experiences across the Sinosphere.

Come and experience Invisible Spectrums before it closes on 20th June.
Open Tuesday–Saturday.

13/05/2026

London event alert!🚨

Join us for our next Inaugural Lecture Series with Professor Catherine Dolan from the Department of Anthropology and Sociology and Professor Michael Charney from the Department of History.

Professor Dolan will explore how ideas of ethical capitalism, such as sustainability and fair markets, work in practice in East Africa. Drawing on field research, the lecture looks at how these schemes are adapted and challenged on the ground, and how they affect people’s everyday lives and social relationships.

Professor Charney will examine how the study of Southeast Asia has changed over time. His lecture will trace the rise and decline of area studies and will show how knowledge is now produced globally, not just in Western universities.

📅Thursday 4 June, 6-8 pm
📍SOAS Gallery Lecture Theatre

👉 Sign up here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/inaugural-lecture-series-professors-catherine-dolan-and-michael-charney

12/05/2026

27/04/2026

Don’t miss the new exhibition at the SOAS Gallery!

‘In-/Visible Spectrums: Contemporary Video Art from the Sinosphere’ is a landmark survey exhibition showcasing contemporary video artworks by eleven artists: Huang Yuhui 黄宇辉, Li Nu 李怒, Liang Yue 梁玥, Liu Guoqiang 刘国强, Ma Haijiao 马海蛟, Ma Qiusha 马秋莎, Siu Wai Hang 萧伟恒, Tong Wenmin 童文敏, Xin Yunpeng 辛云鹏, Yi Lian易连 and Zheng Xinhao 郑新皓 produced between 2025 and 2026.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of screenings and panels exploring the making and significance of video artworks by Sinophone artists including several not included in the exhibition.

There will also be a plenary roundtable on the critical interpretation of contemporary video art from the Sinosphere.

📅Open until 20 June, 10:30am - 5pm
📍SOAS Gallery
👉Find out more: soas.ac.uk/about/event/visible-spectrums-contemporary-video-art-sinosphere