SOAS in the media 8 March 2013
8 March 2013
This week Dr Laura Hammond commented on the Kenyan elections on Deutsche Welle Radio's AfricaLink on Air and look out for Professor Gurharpal Singh on the BBC Asian Network’s The Sikh Wedding Crashers on Monday 11 March and on BBC Radio 4 speaking about Maharaja Ranjit Singh near Vasiakhi in early April. More details to follow
We anticipate more calls on North Korea and the ongoing situation in northwest Africa. Please let the communications team know if you are available to comment.
Dr Laura Hammond on AfricaLink on Air
Deutsche Welle Radio's – 28/02/13 (0:04:48)
Victims of Kenya's 2007-2008 post election violence speak out ahead of Monday's election
No Sign of Peace or Reconciliation in France-Controlled Mali
uruknet.info – 06/03/13
“Author and professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) Jeremy Keenan 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”
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."
Export Oil, Import Water = Risky Economics for Middle East
Green Prophet – 06/03/13
“Trade is the first means of being resilient; it’s the process that enables an economy to be resilient. The ability to trade effectively depends on the strength and diversity of the economy,” Anthony Allan from King’s College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies told IRIN, the UN’s humanitarian news source.”
Professor leading students on mission to Papua New Guinea
FIU News – 0305/03/13
“Then professor of Jewish Studies at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, Parfitt was skeptical, but curious…”
Lord Williams visit to Australia
British High Commission Canberra – 05/03/13
“Lord Michael C Williams is Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Chatham House, a Governor of SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) and a Trustee of the BBC.”
Lecture to address why global development is succeeding
Livingston Country News – 05/03/13
“Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C., will address issues of international economic and social development in a March 7 lecture at SUNY Geneseo… Kenny has a master’s degree in international economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and a master’s degree in development studies from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.”
Uganda: Kategaya Knew Museveni Would Become President
The New Vision – 04/03/13
“The week before, I had landed in Nairobi en route to the bush to report on the NRA for the Observer newspaper. My contact was Eriya Kategaya who I had first met in London in 1983 at the School of Oriental and African Studies where I was studying.”
