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Change and Stasis: Assessing the Influence of Stereotyping and Intertextuality in British Travelogues of late-Qajar Iran: 1880-1905 (2024)
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Pieper, S. W. Change and Stasis: Assessing the Influence of Stereotyping and Intertextuality in British Travelogues of late-Qajar Iran: 1880-1905. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Tropes and stereotypes played a significant role in the mentalities of the British empire, reducing subject populations to a simplistic list of essential characteristics and thereby denigrating their capacity for change or advancement. While Iran was... Read More about Change and Stasis: Assessing the Influence of Stereotyping and Intertextuality in British Travelogues of late-Qajar Iran: 1880-1905.

Cāmuṇḍā’s Glory: Representations of the Fierce Goddess in Purāṇic Literature and Temple Art (2024)
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Sattler, S. Cāmuṇḍā’s Glory: Representations of the Fierce Goddess in Purāṇic Literature and Temple Art. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Medieval temples across South Asia, particularly in North India, prominently feature a skeletal goddess in the cardinal niches. With hollow eyes, sagging breasts, and fierce attributes, she fearlessly dances upon a corpse and haunts the cremation gro... Read More about Cāmuṇḍā’s Glory: Representations of the Fierce Goddess in Purāṇic Literature and Temple Art.

Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018 (2024)
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Mas Aparisi, A. P. Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

There is a pervasive assumption that there is very limited room for evidence-informed policymaking in most African countries, because of the clientelistic nature of their regime. The thesis tests this assumption by looking at the longue durée history... Read More about Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018.

Pantheons of the Emperor: the Translation and Adaption of Tibetan Buddhist Iconographic Programs (2024)
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Shao, Z. Pantheons of the Emperor: the Translation and Adaption of Tibetan Buddhist Iconographic Programs. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The present thesis discusses three Tibetan Buddhist pantheons created by the Qianlong court, namely the woodblock print Three Hundred Deities, the hand-illustrated Eulogies to the Sacred Images of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and the sculpture assem... Read More about Pantheons of the Emperor: the Translation and Adaption of Tibetan Buddhist Iconographic Programs.

Linguistic Variation in Kipemba (2024)
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Hamad, Y. S. Linguistic Variation in Kipemba. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Kipemba is one of four varieties of the Zanzibar Swahili cluster, spoken on the Island of Pemba by approximately 500,000 people. Kipemba has been understudied and under-documented for decades, resulting in a substantial shortage of linguistic literat... Read More about Linguistic Variation in Kipemba.

Outsider Epistemologies: An Ethnographic Journey Amongst the Far-Right in London (2024)
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Massoumian, A. Outsider Epistemologies: An Ethnographic Journey Amongst the Far-Right in London. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

My PhD dissertation is an ethnography of far-right groups in London. By conducting fieldwork in three distinct field sites, this thesis looks into how contemporary far-right movements are able to mobilise fragmentary, and sometimes contradictory, for... Read More about Outsider Epistemologies: An Ethnographic Journey Amongst the Far-Right in London.

(In)Direct Knowledges: Humanitarian Recognition and Responses to Syrian Male Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Jordan (2024)
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Rindal, E. A. (In)Direct Knowledges: Humanitarian Recognition and Responses to Syrian Male Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Jordan. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines how the societal, cultural, religious, and political contexts in which humanitarian actors operate influence the understandings, values, and assumptions underlying their professional decisions. It asks how humanitarian organisati... Read More about (In)Direct Knowledges: Humanitarian Recognition and Responses to Syrian Male Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Jordan.

Alternative Perspectives on Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Three Cases of Rural Development in China (2024)
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Zhang, X. Alternative Perspectives on Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Three Cases of Rural Development in China. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This research investigates the nexus between industrialisation and rural growth in China, while providing alternative perspectives on inclusive and sustainable growth patterns. Instead of considering rural areas in China as homogenous, this research... Read More about Alternative Perspectives on Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Three Cases of Rural Development in China.

The Poet of Hope (2024)
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Koch, S. The Poet of Hope. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis analyses contemporary poetry focusing on the theme of migration from a woman’s perspective. The poems are interpreted using close-reading methodologies, focusing on selected motifs such as hope and nostalgia. The thesis will trace innovat... Read More about The Poet of Hope.

Evaluating Boko Haram’s War Within the Islamic Legal Framework (2024)
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Bulama Bukarti, A. Evaluating Boko Haram’s War Within the Islamic Legal Framework. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This study scrutinises the justifications and conduct of Boko Haram’s war through the lens of Islamic laws of war, aiming to ascertain the group’s legal status and the corresponding treatment it warrants. Employing desk-based Islamic legal research m... Read More about Evaluating Boko Haram’s War Within the Islamic Legal Framework.

The Power of Bargaining: Elites, Rents and War-to-Peace Transitions: Evidence from Afghanistan’s Presidential Elections, 2004-19 (2024)
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Kerami, K. The Power of Bargaining: Elites, Rents and War-to-Peace Transitions: Evidence from Afghanistan’s Presidential Elections, 2004-19. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In an era of rising conflicts and democratic backsliding, understanding the limitations of externally driven democratisation in fragile states is imperative. This dissertation examines Afghanistan's post-intervention political order (2001–2021), high... Read More about The Power of Bargaining: Elites, Rents and War-to-Peace Transitions: Evidence from Afghanistan’s Presidential Elections, 2004-19.

Transactions in Teaching Tembang Sunda Cianjuran and Jaipongan in West Java (2024)
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Walsh, V. A. Transactions in Teaching Tembang Sunda Cianjuran and Jaipongan in West Java. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the transmission of Sundanese tembang Sunda Cianjuran song and jaipongan dance in Bandung, West Java. The author investigates exchanges of divergent forms of knowledge and power between teachers and students. As well as teaching... Read More about Transactions in Teaching Tembang Sunda Cianjuran and Jaipongan in West Java.

Corporate Investment, Financial Risk, and Strategic Management: Evidence from China (2024)
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Chang, C.-W. Corporate Investment, Financial Risk, and Strategic Management: Evidence from China. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the impact of two international crises, namely the China–US trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic, on the corporate investment, financial risk, and strategic management of Chinese listed companies in recent years. First, the thesis... Read More about Corporate Investment, Financial Risk, and Strategic Management: Evidence from China.

Making local specialities: Food, place and value in Istria (2024)
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Colquhoun, A. Making local specialities: Food, place and value in Istria. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Since the wars of the 1990s and breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, tourism in the Croatian region of Istria has rebuilt with a quality turn towards cultural, rural and gastronomic tourism. This thesis considers the considerable... Read More about Making local specialities: Food, place and value in Istria.

Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s (2024)
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Wang, K. Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This is a study of three twentieth-century authors who wrote extensively about China while living in diaspora. These were Eileen Chang 張愛玲 (1920-1995), Robert van Gulik 高羅佩 (1910-1967), and S. I. Hsiung 熊式一 (1902-1991). Despite their obvious... Read More about Obtrusive Chineseness: Self-Translation and the Politics of Writing in Diaspora, 1930s-1970s.

Between Assimilation and Refusal: A Queer Marxist Analysis of Queer Visibility in London (2024)
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Lakhani, S. Between Assimilation and Refusal: A Queer Marxist Analysis of Queer Visibility in London. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines how queer people of colour exist in a liminal between assimilation and refusal in relation to racialised queer visibility in London. It asks, how and why does racialised queerness become visible in London? For what purpose and fo... Read More about Between Assimilation and Refusal: A Queer Marxist Analysis of Queer Visibility in London.

Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan (2024)
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Kato, H. Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis, grounded in primary research conducted in North Kordofan, Sudan, examines how Sudan’s rural labour regimes perpetuate and regenerate violence through what it introduces as ‘categorical violence’. This framework explores how classificatio... Read More about Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan.

Flexibilisation Policies and Labour Market Structures in France (2024)
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Franchet, L. Flexibilisation Policies and Labour Market Structures in France. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This doctoral research critically examines labour market flexibilisation policies in France, challenging the mainstream narrative that links flexibilisation with economic growth and reduced unemployment. Adopting a class relational perspective, it re... Read More about Flexibilisation Policies and Labour Market Structures in France.