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Beyond repatriation: Building value through community spaces
IAA News
Repatriation is shifting from returning objects to restoring relationships, as seen in the Gónô Tmutul Storytelling Festival, which fosters cultural continuity and community empowerment. Many scholars and activists refer to… Read more
Reclaiming your digital space: Encouraging open-source thinking in an age of tech monopolies
CMDS News
Tech giants dominate our digital world, but their monopolistic grip isn’t inevitable. In this blog, Taylor D.H. Rockhill explores how we can push back so the future of technology is… Read more
Storying Somalia: The transformative power of creativity after war
CMDS News
Somali writers and artists use narratives to navigate displacement, reclaim fragmented histories, and reimagine the future, as showcased in a recent SOAS roundtable. Human beings like to tell stories. We… Read more
Upcoming Events
CMDS seminar series – Homemaking in Fragile Environments
Research Seminar Series
1st Feb 24
We witness genocidal wars that not only destroy homes but seemingly aim to eradicate any…
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Emilio Distretti on Critical Architectural Heritage
CMDS Event
10th Oct 24
Is there such a thing as “perpetual design”? How to subvert the founding principles of…
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Sana Murrani’s Book Launch
Book Launch
14th Nov 24
Tracing the intimate connections between homemaking, displacement, and spatial resilience in fragile environments, my book…
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Return: Workshop
CMDS Event
14th Nov 24
CMDS hosts a two-day workshop centred on the concept of and the practices associated with…
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Return: Fire and Ice Performance
CMDS Event
14th Nov 24
Ice&fire explores human rights stories through performance, and puts human rights at the core of…
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Anti-Ottoman Meta-History and Gendered Imaginaries of Sovereignty in Syria
Research Seminar Series
16th Jan 25
Speaker: Omar Al-Ghazzi, LSE
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