Events

Find out what’s coming up at the RSAA, and view our recent online events and webinars.

Upcoming Events

RSAA/SOAS Schools’ Day 2025

SOAS Brunei Gallery 5 November 2025 09.15-16.00 GMT

Trump 2.0: US Policy Towards Asia

A two-day online conference hosted in partnership with the FCDOA and the IIAS. 6 & 7 November 2025 13.00-17.00 GMT

Being A Foreign Academic Imprisoned in Thailand

Dr Paul Chambers guest hosted by Dr Bill Hayton 20 November 2025 15.00 GMT Online

Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan

An online Reading Room discussion with author Joanna Lillis, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson. 2 December 2025, 17.30 GMT

Syria: Post-Assad

Charles Lister with Guest Host Dr Rim Turkmani 10 December 2025 14:00 GMT Online

Hindutva and Modi’s India: The Makings of a Superpower?

An online panel discussion with Dr Sripad Motiram, Professor Kate Sullivan De Estrada and Javed Gaya. Guest moderated by Neha Dixit. 21 January 2026 14.00 GMT

Nightfaring: In Search of the Disappearing Darkness

An online Reading Room discussion with award-winning Travel Writer Megan Eaves-Egenes, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson. 3 March 2026, 18.30 GMT

Recent Events

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

An online Reading Room discussion with author and historian Sam Dalrymple, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson. 15 September 2025, 18.30 BST

Middle East: Continuity or Change?

The Hugh Leach Memorial Lecture Sir William Patey KCMG LLD, 25 September 2025 14.00 BST At the Royal Astronomical Society and Online

Nuclear Diplomacy, Instability and the Survival of the Islamic Republic

An online panel discussion with Professor Ali Ansari, Dr Banafsheh Keynoush and Holly Dagres. Guest moderated by Sir Richard Dalton 23 October 2025 14.00 BST