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Q&A with Yash Chopra, Legendary Bollywood Filmmaker - SOAS, 23 July 2010
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06/07/2010
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 This July, we are honoured to welcome multi-award winning Bollywood film director and producer Yash Chopra to SOAS, to receive his Honorary Degree (DLit) at this year's graduation ceremony. To celebrate his wonderful achievements, SOAS is pleased to invite alumni to an exclusive Q&A event with Yash Chopra.
Hosted by Professor Rachel Dwyer, Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at SOAS and biographer of Yash Chopra, the event will give you the opportunity to ask him questions about his illustrious career. For years Yash Chopra has been one of the most charismatic and powerful filmmakers in the Indian film industry. His name is synonymous with the glamour of the romantic film and a certain style of beauty within Indian culture. Click here to read more about his career, and please find the event details below: Q&A with Yash Chopra
Date Friday 23 July 2010
Time Pre-event reception: 17.00-18.00
Talk: 18.00-19.00
Venue Brunei Gallery Lecture Hall, SOAS, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG  Registration and a pre-event reception will take place from 17.00 in the Brunei Suite, Brunei Gallery building at SOAS, with the talk starting at 18.00 sharp, so please do arrive in good time. RSVP is essential and you must reply before 20 July 2010. To reserve your seat and for further queries, please contact SOAS Alumni Relations on alumni@soas.ac.uk or call +44(0)20 7898 4041.
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SOAS World Music Summer School: June – August 2010
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25/06/2010
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 Every summer SOAS is proud to offer an exciting summer school of world-wide music. Our course programme is unique, varied and truly multi-cultural. If you are passionate about music and cultures, there is something for everyone: Intensive and inspiring courses, practical workshops, taster sessions and master classes for students of all backgrounds, beginners to advanced, amateur and professional.
To check out course info, dates and cost please click here. Please contact the music department tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4500, or e: musicevents@soas.ac.uk.
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Geoffrey Harrison (MA Japanese Studies 2010), Print Exhibition, SOAS: 20 - 23 July 2010
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01/02/2010
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 Geoffrey Harrison (MA Japanese Studies 2010) will host be hosting a print exhibition in SOAS in July to coincide with the 2010 graduation. Geoffrey’s gallery is inspired by time spent as a teacher at a junior high school in Okinawa in the south western islands of Japan.
The prints reflect on how a school building changes fundamentally as an environment, becoming hollow and resonant in the absence of the student body during vacation.
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Alumni Reunion in Brussels: 4 September 2010
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28/10/2009
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 All SOAS Alumni in and around Brussels are invited to invited to the rustic residence of Thane Byng, for the summer meeting of the alumni group in Brussels.
Time: Midday onwards
Date: 4 September 2010
Location: 63 Ave du Manoir 1180
UCCLE, Corner of Manoir and Ave du Statuairesm .
Bus 38 stops Ave du Fre, Tram 4 or 92 stop quite close at Heros. Bus 41 stops just across the road (but at present diverted due to road works - so please check)
Please bring a National Dish. Spouses and children are both welcome. Please RSVP to alumni@soas.ac.uk at least a week in advance.
Best wishes, SOAS Alumni In Brussels
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Governance and Leadership in Africa, SOAS: 13-17 September 2010
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24/10/2009
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 The Governance and Leadership in Africa programme at SOAS provides a unique opportunity for participants to develop and discuss their knowledge of topical issues affecting the African continent. The programme will bring together public sector officials, civil servants and managers from African institutions, as well as participants from other countries working on Africa, to exchange ideas about issues of leadership and governance.
Date: 13-17 September 2010
Venue: SOAS
Sessions will draw from the unrivalled expertise at SOAS as well as renowned academics from other institutions, providing three sessions each day followed by a practical, interactive workshop.
Please note that fees apply and RSVP is essential. For more information please click here. Please direct RSVPs and any queries to Louise Roberts email: louiseroberts@soas.ac.uk tel: +44 207 898 4837.
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Conference 'Jews and Judaism in Black Africa and its diasporas', SOAS: 30-31 October 2010
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28/06/2008
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 The first International Conference of The International Society for the Study of African Jewry (ISSAJ) is dedicated to a broad and interdisciplinary overview of the study of black African Jewry. What is the state of this field of study? What are the main points of discussion?
A number of recent studies have dealt with the construction of Judaism or Jewishness among Black Africans and its relation to the historical experience of migrations, slavery and colonialism. The growth of Judaism, or Jewishness among Black Africans has been nurtured by shared historical discourses about presumed Semitic origins and about Jews, Zionism and blackness that transcend national boundaries.
Particular perceptions of Jewish history have been viewed as a paradigm of African suffering and possible redemption, and can be found in a variety of political and religious discourses among Black Africans.
The topic of Black African Jewry, is not only restricted to the continent of Africa itself, but also includes Israel, the United States, the Carribean and Europe, where increasingly Black African societies are found which profess Jewish identities and practice Judaism in one form or another.
Fees apply, for more information please visit: www.soas.ac.uk/events/african-jewry. Please direct any enquries to Edith Bruder, edithbruder@gmail.com.
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