SOAS in the media 1 March 2013
1 March 2013
This week the student organised SOAS Interfaith Music Festival attracted the attention of BBC Radio 94.9, Professor Gilbert Achcar was interviewed by France 24 on the Arab uprisings and we also provide some coverage on the rare Persian map donations to SOAS.
We anticipate more interest on South Africa, the elections in Kenya and International Women’s Day. Please let the comms team know if you are available to comment.
Radio France International - 21/02/13
“UK Prime Minister David Cameron has become the first sitting British leader to visit the site of a bloody massacre that happened during British rule in India. However, Cameron has been criticised for not offering a full apology for the 1919 Amritsar massacre. Interview with Professor Gurharpal Singh from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London”
BBC Radio 94.9
SOAS Interfaith Music Festival organiser Anja Fahlenkamp's interviewed by Jumoke Fashola on BBC 94.9 (03.22.00)
Neighbors Kill Neighbors as Kenyan Vote Stirs Old Feuds
New York Times – 21/02/13
“The rest of Africa wants to know whether it’s possible to learn from past elections and ensure violence doesn’t flare again,” said Phil Clark, a lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. “With five years’ warning, is it possible to address the causes of conflict and transfer power peacefully?”
Encyclopeadia Iranica
“Dr. Cyrus Alai, the distinguished Iranian scholar and a contributor to theEncyclopaedia Iranica, has recently donated his unique collection of maps of Persia to the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.”
A Rare Gift by Cyrus Ala’i
“A large donation of over two hundred and fifty five rare maps of Persia and publications were donated to the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, by an internationally well-known scholar, Dr. Cyrus Ala’I”
Persian paved way for secular, mass education in India: Historian
MSN – 26/02/13
“The former professor of Urdu and the history of Indo-Islamic art and culture at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, was delivering key-note address at an international seminar on Persian organized at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) here Tuesday.”
What France Wants in Mali
Before it’s News – 26/02/13
“Jeremy Keenan, author and professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London), reported in some detail in a December 2012 article about the shadowy ties that link the fundamentalist forces across North Africa to Algeria, the U.S. and the Gulf States.”
Midwifery student scoops national award
Noodls – 27/02/13
“Elizabeth previously obtained a Development Studies and History degree from the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, before working in content management for a large educational website. She also spent several years as a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor with the National Childbirth Trust.”
Gilbert Achcar, auteur de Le peuple veut: une exploration radicale du soulèvement arabe
France 24 – 27/02/13
“Quel a été le point de départ des soulèvements qui ont ébranlé le monde arabe depuis décembre 2010 ' La liberté, l'éthique démocratique ou des conditions sociales détériorées ' Pour en parler, Gauthier Rybinski reçoit Gilbert Achcar, professeur à la School of Oriental and African Studies (Londres) et auteur de "Le peuple veut ' une exploration radicale du soulèvement arabe" (Actes sud).”
Gilbert Achcar, author of 'The People Want: a radical exploration of the Arab uprising'
"As Tunisia continues to reel from the murder of leftist opposition leader, Chokri Belaid, the ruling Islamist party Ennahda is struggling to regain public confidence. Noted French author and academic, Gilbert Achcar, tells Annette Young why he believes Islamist political leaders across the region are set to fail at the job."
Gilbert Achcar, author of 'The People Want: a radical exploration of the Arab uprising' - interview in Arabic
US troops to Niger: A new stage in the scramble for Africa
uruknet.info
“Gilbert Achcar, a member of the international Pabloite United Secretariat and a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, condemned NATO for not dropping more bombs on the country…”
A clash of perspectives
The Friday Times – 01/07/13
“Burzine Waghmar from the Centre for the Study of Pakistan at SOAS, journalist Anna Reitman, and several Baloch speakers spoke about the "Talibanization of Balochistan…”
