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What I did when the British media made our kind invisible - Feminist Sangeeta Pillai Lander
January 15, 2018 23:46 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MB“I believe there is little or nothing in mainstream British media about British Asian women. And I’d like the media to talk about us beyond honour killings and bride burning. Because you see, we’re awesome and sexy, and all sorts of other wonderful things.” - Sangeeta Lander Pillai talks to SOAS Radio about her upcoming erotic novel Soul Sutras, and her project Masala Monologues that adapts Eve Ensler’s masterpiece, The Vagina Monologues, to archive unique and under-represented British Asian ...
The Korea Crisis: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
January 11, 2018 13:03 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBProfessor Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute, talks about the Korean Crisis. Will the Trump Administration manage to get China to help resolve the nuclear and missile challenges from North Korea? This talk will focus on the real drivers behind China’s policy towards the challenges which North Korean regime under Kim Jung-en has posed for the USA, the world and, indeed, China itself. Professor Tsang suggests that China’s objective is to contain the problem not to resolve it, eve...
UK FCO's Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China Papers Archives for Research
January 11, 2018 12:58 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBThis session – led by Ms Vicky Bird and Dr Avinash Paliwal – will offer an introduction to the archives of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’ papers on Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and China. Highly suitable for teaching and research purposes, these archives are now available digitally via Adam Matthew International. SOAS Library will begin its month-long trial version of these archives starting October 24, 2017. Open to students and staff, the session seeks to sensitise scholars to the...
Corporate Compliance
January 11, 2018 12:55 - 59 minutes - 82 MBChenaara Edghill-Peart talks about the rise of corporate compliance. From what it entails such as anti-bribery to why it has gained importance over the last 6 years including her very unusual career on how she has found herself working across industries as an ex-SOAS student. She will also touch up on ethical issues and wider political background with selected companies. Edited by Isabella Steel
S.U. Voicebox Episode #6: End of the year wrap-up
December 15, 2017 17:38 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBTune in to listen to your 4 co-presidents chat about what's been going on at SOAS this past month, and what's to come in 2018! 1:15 Whole school walkout & Restructuring 12:20 Saturday School 13:40 Students Not Suspects/ Preventing Prevent 22:55 Decolonising SOAS 25:55 Issues facing Research students 30:30 What's coming up; UGM, Participatory Budgeting & more! Shout out to South African band 'The Soil' & their song 'Unspoken Word' as the beautiful intro/ outro music.
Sex Talk, Cities, and Those Movies - LIVE With Sugandha Parmar & Srishti Guru Krishnakumar
December 05, 2017 17:40 - 1 hour - 113 MBOur first LIVE show had Ruchi chatting with SOAS's very own Sugandha Parmar & Srishti Guru Krishnakumar - talking sex-cultures, cities, movies and female friendships. Our conversations are sprinkled by anonymous real-life testimonies by young people who narrate deeply personal and relatable accounts of flimsy family sex-education, school secrets, drawing kissing tips from Hollywood and young women buying condoms from older male pharmacists. Enjoy kijiye! This podcast is drawn from the show...
Asia Rising: China and India As Emergent Great Powers
December 04, 2017 00:57 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBCISD Seminar Series Abstract: China and India’s contemporary rise to prominence will significantly impact upon geopolitics over the coming decades. Based upon the presenter's recent book - China and India: Asia's Emergent Great Powers (Polity, 2017) - this talk will provide a comparative analysis of their shared emergence as great powers within the international system, and evaluate the impact of Asia’s two largest powers upon the definition and nature of power politics in the 21st century....
Development Matters - What is antibiotic resistance and why is it a serious global threat?
November 29, 2017 16:21 - 22 minutes - 30.2 MBThe World Health Organization has described antibiotic resistance as one of the biggest threats to global health and food security. It is estimated that at least 700,000 people die globally each year from ‘superbug’ infections that are resistant to antimicrobial medicines and this is predicted to rise to 10 million by 2050. This episode explores what exactly we mean by antibiotic resistance, the use of antibiotics in food production, the potentially devastating effects of not addressing antib...
Episode 5: India's WHITE FETISH Says it All
November 26, 2017 23:16 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBThe unusual attention given to that Caucasian exchange student in your class, to all-white celeb crushes and sports gods; your all-time (and all-white) favourite movies, to those ‘gorgeous’ Instagram personas after whom you model your appearance and ideal body-image; from your desired holiday destinations to the ‘hot guy’ or ‘hot gal’ of your ultimate dreams - India, we got a problem. Ruchi chats with Srishti, Adit and Vedant in an episode that wittily turns the spotlight towards despair – t...
CISD Seminar Series: Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal
November 26, 2017 16:50 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBLord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, is a leading astrophysicist as well as a senior figure in UK science. He has conducted influential theoretical work on subjects as diverse as black hole formation and extragalactic radio sources, and provided key evidence to contradict the Steady State theory of the evolution of the Universe. His talk -Peering into the Future: The Bumpy Road Ahead was held at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London on 6 November 2017....
CISD Seminar Series: Ambassador Abdul Minty on South African Politics
November 26, 2017 15:34 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBH.E. Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty (retired), Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Deputy Director General South African Department of International Relations; Honorary Secretary – British Anti-Apartheid Movement, London: 1962 -1995, discusses recent political developments in South Africa at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University fo London on 6 November 2017.
CISD Seminar Series: Women and the UN Origins - A Southern Critique
November 25, 2017 00:55 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBCurrent thinking would lead you to believe that Western delegates were responsible for getting women’s right into the UN in 1945– but they weren’t. On the contrary, it was the vocal feminist claims of particularly non-Western women delegates that were instrumental in establishing this first international agreement to declare women’s rights as a part of fundamental human rights. Nevertheless, the pivotal contributions of the global South in the founding of the UN has generally been ignored and...
Episode 4: Intimacy is Not All About Sex! - Young Indians Speak Out
November 22, 2017 17:20 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MBIs there a certain movie, food, pillow, song, or place with which you share an intimate connection? If your mind screamed "hell, YEAH!", then think about why we mostly associate intimacy with sex - and not with the connection made with an only friend at an awkward party, OR when you cosy up against a cool wall, OR use silly voices to talk to those that love you for it? We bring to you deep and personal testimonies which delve into how contrarily people experience intimacy and how it ain't al...
CISD Seminar Series: War And Peace in the 21st Century
November 21, 2017 01:16 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBDr Plesch reviews renewed concerns over nuclear war and emerging technologies against the context of intensifying regional conflicts, with hints for a 'soft landing'. He also talks about the Scrap Weapons project, for more information see: www.scrapweapons.com (10th Oct 2017)
SU Voicebox Episode #5: End o' Reading Week
November 10, 2017 19:19 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBHear from Co-Pres of Democracy & Education Nisha and SOAS Radio's very own Fred about exciting things coming up after reading week!
Ep 2: Governments, markets, men, women, children - who decides which food is good?
November 10, 2017 15:37 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBWhat is good food? A conversation about food decisions made by governments, the market, in the household and among children Francesca, a PhD researcher in anthropology, affiliated to SOAS and the Thomas Coram Research Unit at UCL’s Institute of Education reflects on her fieldwork among young children in care and at home in London. Mehroosh, who has recently submitted her PhD thesis in development economics at SOAS, looks out from her research into how food decisions effect households in Indi...
Why You Must Talk to Young People About Sex...and How! - with Paromita Vohra and Nicole Cheetham
November 07, 2017 12:43 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBChiming in from Mumbai, London and Washington DC - listen to Ruchi and Natalie’s discussion about sex and its nagging partner, shame. Buddies, it is time we step in and break ‘em up! Our master panellists: Filmmaker and writer, Paromita Vohra (Partners in Crime - 2011, Morality TV and the Loving Jehad – 2007, Where’s Sandra – 2006). She has written the internationally acclaimed film, Khamosh Pani – Silent Water (2003) and is the creative director of Agents of Ishq – the cutting edge digital...
CISD - Diplomacy Lecture By Dr Plesh
November 01, 2017 15:39 - 56 minutes - 26 MBDr. Dan Plesch, Director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London, speaks about disarmament on Tuesday, 24 October, 2017.
CISD - Dan Plesch on SCRAP Project
October 30, 2017 11:57 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBDr. Dan Plesch, Director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) at SOAS University of London, speaks about the student-led SCRAP Weapons, disarmament project, and the groups recent meeting at the United Nations in New York City in the 18 and 19 October 2017. Learn more about the project: scrapweapons.com
Interview with Habib Koite; One of Mali's Guitar Greats
October 30, 2017 11:20 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBRecorded over the phone, with Habib in Bamako and myself in North London, we talk about Habib's ethos as a musician and his relationship with his home country, Mali. We also take a look over some of the songs from his new, soothing yet diverse album, Söo. Forgive the audio quality, phone conversations are a nightmare for interviews, especially transcontinental ones. Make sure you catch what will undoubtedly be an amazing live show at Nell's Jazz and Blues on 16th of October. https://www.seeti...
Interview with Kefaya; The Internationalist Music Collective
October 30, 2017 11:16 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBFor this interview session I had the pleasure of speaking with Al MacSween and Guiliano Modarelli, the creative power and production duo behind Kefaya and the amazing album Radio International; a record that brings together and finds common ground between musicians from Spain, Indian, Italy, Palestine and more in a political, upbeat, sometimes raucous and always stunning arrangement. We talk about the creative journey behind their last album and a new creative venture they are setting off on ...
Interview with Diabel Cissokho; The Senegalese griot
October 30, 2017 11:10 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBIn this show I speak with Diabel Cissokho, the kora maestro and multi instrumentalist from Senegal, after the release of his fourth album Tambacounda Express, a fiery blues infused West African record that also has essences from all corners of the globe, such as Austria, India and Morocco. He has his first show in the UK for a long stretch after touring extensively in Senegal, he is playing at Nell’s Jazz and Blues on August 27th with Afrikan Boy. Listen as we talk about his connection to his...
Episode 3: A Queer-y on India
October 25, 2017 16:51 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBQueerness is more common than you may think. Queerness is more ingrained in societies than you may think... even societies where it is a social taboo and criminal offence. There are no bounds to the expression of queerness. Episode 3 presents a nugget of voices from urban India that reveal feelings and moments of queerness in everyday experiences.
Development Matters- Why does global mental health deserve more attention?
October 18, 2017 15:43 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBA quarter of the world’s population will be affected by a mental disorder at some point in their lives (WHO), and in low and middle income countries up to 85% of people with severe mental disorders receive no treatment. This episode discusses global mental health with Dr Daniela Fuhr (Assistant Professor in in Mental Health Systems at the Centre for Global Mental Health at LSHTM) and Dr Erminia Colucci (Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University Department of Psychology). It explores the relatio...
Sex, Shame & Urban India Episode 2: Shame On Sex Education
October 18, 2017 09:57 - 12 minutes - 17.9 MBDoes sex education only mean ‘reproduction’, ‘organs’ and ‘hormones’ – or is it more? Are unfiltered discussions about sexual experiences, contraception and emergency pills being avoided, simply because teachers do not want to accept that the Indian youth indulges in premarital, multiple partner sex? What is not being told to students – and what are the consequences? This episode features unheard voices of young Indians who tell us about their vulnerabilities while trying to seek proper info...
S.U.Voicebox Episode 4
October 12, 2017 14:53 - 20 minutes - 27.6 MBLooking at consent workshops, UGMs, elections & societies - and a little reflection on a very hectic freshers fortnight. Intro song is a small sample from Rewind by Kelela, shoutout to her & her album debut tonight.
Sex, Shame & Urban India Episode 1 - DOCTOR, DOCTOR! Where are the Real Gynaecologists?
October 05, 2017 09:55 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBMe: A sexual health check-up for me, please! Gynaecologist: Why would you be needing one? You’re not married. Me: Erm…’cause I’m sexually active? Gynaecologist: (pauses for a cold, hard stare) Why are you destroying your body? Me: ……….(say what?)…….. Episode 1 brings to light some questions that no one seems to be asking…questions about actual access to sexual healthcare in urban India. Sex, Shame & Urban India – Honey, it’s Not All About the Kamasutra! combines humour, entertainment an...
Sex, Shame and Urban India - Pilot
October 02, 2017 11:19 - 8 minutes - 14.3 MB22-year old Nabila gets stared at when she buys condoms. On her boyfriend’s birthday, she spent the night at his house, and snuck out secretly in the morning to avoid being caught by his mum. Nabila hails from the big Indian metro, Bangalore. She runs, she hides, and yet she celebrates desire. What is it like to explore sexual desire in urban India? This podcast introduces you to our series on sexuality and shaming in urban India. Listen to get a taster of what is to come.
S.U. Voicebox Episode 3 - Freshers Fortnight on the Horizon
September 19, 2017 16:45 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBLatest episode of S.U. Voicebox - listen to get a taste of what's to come during Freshers Fortnight!
Don Kipper (SOAS Concert Series) - 06/03/2017
September 08, 2017 11:01 - 1 hour - 102 MBDon Kipper are a multi award-winning innovative ensemble playing and transforming a wide range of traditional musical forms reflecting the cultural diversity of North East London, from Turkish Fasil and Greek Rebetiko to Romani music and Klezmer. While they attempt to root themselves deeply in these traditions they always seek to explore radical interpretations and taut arrangements full of complex harmonies, poly-rhythms and imaginative improvisation. Since 2013, they have released several a...
Sekar Enggal (SOAS Concert Series) - 20/02/2017
September 01, 2017 19:50 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBGamelan degung from Sunda/West Java Sekar Enggal is a London-based ensemble performing traditional Sundanese music from West Java, Indonesia. The group was formed in 1992, when the first set of gamelan degung instruments arrived in the UK. The ensemble is directed by Simon Cook, who began playing gamelan in the Netherlands in 1979, and subsequently spent 12 years in Indonesia, where he studied Sundanese music. Gamelan degung is unique to Sunda. It developed during the 19th century in the co...
Manorama Prasad (SOAS Concert Series) - 13/03/2017
August 29, 2017 19:19 - 1 hour - 130 MBSpiritual and soul-stirring Carnatic vocals Manorama Prasad from Bangalore came to the UK in 1990. After early musical training she had a career as an economist before making music her focus again, which for her is a lifelong passion and challenge. Prasad is known for her traditional and technical rendering, and exquisite control over ragas. She has also collaborated with Western, Classical, Jazz and Hindustani musicians which she greatly enjoys: "Music is amazing, whether it's western or ea...
Kalia (SOAS Concert Series)- 02/02/2017
August 26, 2017 11:29 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBContemporary music from Crete Singer, songwriter and song-collector, Kalia, presents contemporary music of her Cretan homeland. Her quartet comprises of Vassilis Chatzimakris on the Cretan lyra and mandolin, Nikos Ziarkas on Cretan laouto and electric guitar, and Theodoris Ziarkas on double bass. Kalia joins them singing and playing nay flute, thiaboli, mandoura pipes and daoulaki. Fast and furious dances blend with soulful laments in original compositions and innovative arrangements from on...
CLAPBACK EPISODE 2 - Tunde Jegede and The New Horizons
August 17, 2017 14:16 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MBIn this episode, I am joined by Tunde Jegede & The New Horizons. We will be discussing how music is used for healing and reflection in the global African diaspora today! Tunde Jegede is a composer and (Kora) instrumentalist, Deborah Olufa is the vocalist of the Lagos Arts Ensemble, and Victor Ray is a solo vocalist – together they make the New Horizons. Songs played Tunde (Solo) – Mineon Ba Tunde & The New Horizons – Sometimes (I wonder) Tunde Jegede & The New Horizons – No go slow Vic...
SU Voicebox Episode 2 - Summer Update
August 15, 2017 14:28 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBWelcome to the second episode of the monthly SOAS Students’ Union podcast, S.U. Voicebox! Hear from co-president of Activities & Events Mehdi, co-president of Equality & Liberation Halimo, and special guest S.U. Sports & Societies co-ordinator Ian about what’s been going on in the SU this past month and what to look forward to in the coming weeks. New & potential students check out the final section to hear some advice about things to consider when thinking about starting University.
Clapback Ep 1 - WE ARE HERE
August 08, 2017 16:54 - 52 minutes - 120 MBIn episode one we will be introducing the show, and what does it mean to clapback today? We will be exploring self developed concepts such as ‘radical vulnerability’ and ‘compassionate politics’ in framing a subversive approach to art, politics, and culture of the everyday to the good vibes of music in the global African diaspora.
Meet The Sabbs
July 25, 2017 10:31 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBThe incoming SOAS Students' Union co-presidents for 2017/18 are introducing themselves - Dimitri, Mehdi, Nisha and Halimo. Listen to their ambitions for the year and some embarrassing moments of their own SOAS time!
Development Matters- How can we ensure the needs of people with disabilities are met in development?
June 26, 2017 16:41 - 19 minutes - 45.1 MBThis episode looks at disability in development and how we can ensure that the needs of people with disabilities are met in global development. Dr Margo Greenwood, who is leading full-time educational and social inclusion research at iNGO Sightsavers and Professor Hannah Kuper, Director of the International Centre for Evidence in Disability at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discuss the relationship between poverty and disability, the issues faced by disabled people in the ...
Lame Ducks 1: Post-Brexit Apocalypse
May 02, 2017 13:41 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBA refreshing look at politics and current affairs. Satire and interviews locally sourced and temporarily housed in barns for their welfare. In this episode, we take a look at post-Brexit politics in Britain and also interview queer activist Daniel Luther.
Governance in Africa Conversations: Prof. Khadija Elmadmad
April 20, 2017 13:19 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBAs part of the series Governance in Africa Conversations Dr. Mashood Baderin talks to Professor Khadija Elmadmad – CUDM on African Governance, Human Rights and Migration.
Governance in Africa Conversations: Dr. Deborah Bräutigam
April 20, 2017 13:08 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBDr. Deborah Bräutigam, one of the world’s leading experts on China and Africa, speaks to Dr. Carlos Oya about China’s role in Africa today.
Governance in Africa Conversations: Dr. Graça Machel
April 20, 2017 11:25 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBDame Graca Machel, President of SOAS, University of London, speaks to Professor Christopher Cramer about her career in humanitarian affairs, politics and governance. Dame Machel was at SOAS in July 2015 and spoke to an audience at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre.
Governance in Africa Conversations: Dr. Tumani Corrah
April 20, 2017 11:18 - 13 minutes - 22 MBDr Michael Jennings from SOAS speaks to Dr Tumani Corrah during the Governance in Africa Residential School at SOAS, University of London, 25th March 2015.
Faith i Branko (SOAS Concert Series) - 27/01/2017
April 14, 2017 15:13 - 1 hour - 102 MBA love affair with Roma music Faith and Branko Ristic, an English-Roma couple, take the audience on a journey from melancholy Roma violin laments to storming ‘Kolos’ and explorations into jazz improvisation, swing and Gypsy Rumba with their high- energy performance. Branko’s violin soars at break-neck paces over Faith’s ‘nimble accordion accompaniment plus selected guest musicians. Branko – a self-taught virtuosic Roma violinist with an eventful personal history opens his heart in their slow...
CISD Annual Law Lecture: Should we be worried about the health of international law?
March 14, 2017 14:29 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBFrançoise Hampson, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Essex Making rules and adhering to them has underpinned the course of the United Nations and international relations more generally since 1945. Some States have not respected these and situations have arisen where adherence to these rules were dismissed but this had limited impact on the rules themselves. They were a violation of the rules, rather than a challenge to them. But some argue that they must now fight for the rules themse...
Community Radio Podcast Series: Episode 1 Donga Matung Radio Station, Cameroon
February 21, 2017 12:38 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBIn many places around the world community radios provide the principle means of communication in the area, meaning they play a fundamental role in spreading news and knowledge in communities where information would otherwise be difficult to access. Each episode in this series will feature a different community radio around the world and look at the impact it has on the local community. Image credit to Max Graef, Radioactive.org
Interview with Ken Loach and Francesca Martinez
February 15, 2017 16:01 - 11 minutes - 16.5 MBAfter a packed-out film screening of BAFTA award-winning I, Daniel Blake and a Q&A session at SOAS we caught up with film director Ken Loach and comedian Francesca Martinez for a short interview - listen to them talk about the human right of laughter, the role of the arts in politics and the surprising success of Loach's latest film I, Daniel Blake. Thanks to Feyzi Ismail. Interview and production by Miia Laine. About I, Daniel Blake: Daniel Blake, 59, has worked as a joiner most of his li...
Big Up Better: 1 Tourism And Social Justice
February 01, 2017 17:57 - 22 minutes - 51.8 MBBIG UP BETTER: This is the show where we call a halt to political apathy and platitudinal complaints. Where we invite you gentle listener to come and take part in the social justice revolution. 1 TOURISM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Thank you to our panelists; Duncan Tyler Alison Stancliffe Kevin Curran Johannes Noy Fabien Frentzel More information about Ethical Tourism can be found at: tourismconcern.org.uk Details of CABI’s publications can be found at cabi.org London South Bank University list ...
World Radio Day 2017 Podcast Series: Interview with Noma Masina
January 31, 2017 14:33 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIn the build up to the World Radio Day Event 2017 the SOAS Radio Team will be interviewing community radio, representatives of communication for development organisations, radio industry professionals and academics on this years theme of ‘Radio and Global Transitions’ in a series of podcasts. In this episode, Joe Smith talks to Noma Masina. Noma is the Current Affairs Producer for ZiFM Stereo, the first independent, non-state radio station to be set up in Zimbabwe in 2012, a senior teaching...
Interview with "Dear Home Office" - a Refugee Theatre Production
January 27, 2017 18:57 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBSOAS Radio had special guests Kate and Goitom from Phosphoros Theatre talking about their highly acclaimed theatre production telling stories of and by young refugees and asylum seekers from Eritrea, Afghanistan, Somalia and Albania. Goitom and Kate talked about how the play came about, audience responses and how to support unaccompanied minors more generally. Get tickets to their upcoming shows on Feb 6-8 and tune in for the interview and a beautiful musical surprise! Phosphoros Theatre Ph...