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0705, 2021

Sang culture: how a Russian singer became the hero of young pessimists

By Aki Elborzi|May 7, 2021|Culture, SOAS Academics|0 comments

Sang celebrates self-deprecation and negative emotions, its followers catapulted an unlikely and unenthusiastic Russian singer to the finale of a Chinese boy band show.

1301, 2021

Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam

By Aki Elborzi|January 13, 2021|Culture, SOAS Academics|0 comments

Professor Rachel Harris discusses her new book on the religious revival which spread through Uyghur communities in Xinjiang in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

1611, 2020

Transnational Chinese Theatres in Pandemic Times

By Aki Elborzi|November 16, 2020|Culture|0 comments

Dr Rossella Ferrari discusses the global pandemic’s disruptive effect on transnational Chinese theatre and its adaptation from physical to digital settings.