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Caste, Gender, and Privilege in Contemporary India
How is caste privilege sustained across generations? Drawing on "Becoming Agarwal", @UjithraP will explore how marriage, family expectations, and everyday labour reproduce caste, kinship, and power in urban India.
📅 22 October | 5:15pm
📍 @SOAS SALT
Register here: shorturl.at/g8Eck
Join us to unpack the intersections of caste, gender, and power.
@Wits_SCIS @SOAS_SAI @PoMoGandhi @SOASpolitics
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🌍 What does climate risk management look like when business as usual is no longer an option?
As climate risks intensify, Aditya Bahadur (@AdiBahadur) Director @RCClimate, explores the frontiers of climate risk management and what a transformed future of risk and resilience could look like.
Q&A and discussion chaired by @tommytanner.
📅 14 Oct | 17:00
📍 MB R101, SOAS
🔗 Register: shorturl.at/cavee
Join us tomorrow for the launch of "The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise" by @pritishbehuria, @SOAS alumnus.
Drawing on a decade of research and 580+ interviews, Pritish explores Rwanda’s economic transformation since the 1994 genocide, and why structural transformation remains so elusive.
The launch will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by @philclark79.
📅 9 October, 17:30
📍 SALT, SOAS University of London
🔗 Register: shorturl.at/8NpVU
Co-hosted by @SOASpolitics @SOASDevelopment @CAS_SOAS @royafrisoc
📢 New semester, new conversations in Global Development.
We are excited to launch the SOAS Global Development Seminar Series for Semester 1, bringing together leading voices for talks and discussions on key issues shaping global development.
📅 Programme & register: shorturl.at/1SV6k
🤝 With: @SOASpolitics @SOASEconomics @SOASsfm @CAS_SOAS @royafrisoc @WRCHR_SOAS, @AdiBahadur, @RCClimate, @pritishbehuria and more.
Come along, join the conversation, and share with your networks!
Are social media influencers workers? And how is AI reshaping work?
@ckdwarkasing, @SOASEconomics, and Thabo Huntgeburth explore digital capitalism, labour and the future of work in the latest #SOAS Global Developments Podcast Series.
#11. Work in the Age of Digital Capitalism
🎥 Watch the full episode: shorturl.at/WAzFv
🎧Listen to the episode: buzzsprout.com/admin/2216100…
🌍 What happens when climate change, explosive ordnance & post-conflict recovery intersect?
Join us for a panel exploring impacts on communities, livelihoods, displacement & environmental recovery, hosted by @SOASICOP.
Featuring @SOAS colleague @sndeall alongside researchers & practitioners from @ceobs_org, The REVIVE campaign, @MekUniETH, @CranfieldUni & @TheHALOTrust.
📍 Portcullis House, London
📅 14 Oct | 17:30–19:30
🔗 Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hidden-co…




