SOAS in the Media: 12-18 October

19 October 2021

Items related to Asia

  • Washington Post : Avinash Paliwal, Senior Lectuer in International Politics, comments on the recent killings of civilian minorities by militants in Kashmir - 16 Oct
  • Al Jazeera: Jieyu Liu, deputy director of China Institute, comments on the low levels of progress on gender equality and sexual harassment issues in Chinese companies - 15 Oct
  • South China Morning Post : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute, comments on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's defining legacy of her term of office - 12 Oct
  • The Guardian : George Magnus, Research Associate at the China Institute, writes about why an end to China’s estate market boom could spell trouble for the economy - 15 Oct
  • Player.fm : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute, discusses China's gaming crackdown on BBC World Service's Business Daily - 13 Oct
  • VOA :  Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute, comments on the culture of fear that dominates the Chinese Communist Party - 12 Oct
  • Weekendavisen : Dr Dafydd Fell, Reader in Comparative Politics discusses China-Taiwan relations - 14 Oct
  • Taiwan Insight: Adrian Chiu, PhD candidate at the Department of Politics and International Studies, writes about the politics of Hong Kong migration in the UK and Taiwan - 18 Oct
  • Japan Forward : Duncan Bartlett, Research Associate at the China Institute considers what the new Netflix hit drama Squid Game reveals about South Korea`s society and its political environment - 15 Oct
  • BBC Scotland : Duncan Bartlett, Research Associate at the China Institute joins a live discussion on how the Cop 26 meeting in Glasgow will approach the issue of climate change on the Himalayan Plateau - 18 Oct

Items related to Africa

  • The Africa Report: Interview with Dr Marie Rodet, Reader in the History of Africa about descent-based slavery in Mali - 18 Oct
  • Quartz : Michael Jennings, Reader in International Development, comments on the decision to appoint the former UK health secretary to lead Africa's Covid recovery. Article written by SOAS alumn Maxine Betteridge-Moes - 16 Oct
  • The Citizen (Tanzania) : Ida Hadjivayanis, Lecturer of Swahili studies, comments on Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Nobel Prize win and the reaction in Tanzania - 15 Oct

Items related to the Middle East

  • Daily Express : Andrew George, Emeritus Professor of Babylonian, comments on the Tower of Babel - 18 Oct

Items related to other regions/SOAS General

  • The Conversation , ForeignAffairs.co.nz : Dr Richard Hylton, Lecturer in Contemporary Art, writes about the artist Eugene Palmer - 18 Oct
  • Arab News : Interview with new SOAS President, Zeinab Badawi - 18 Oct
  • Abouther : Coverage of Zeinab Badawi appointment as President of SOAS - 13 Oct
  • Forbes : Felicia Jackson, Teaching Fellow in Global Energy and Climate Policy, writes about what the Mars company's 2050 net zero plan tell us about sustainability strategies - 15 Oct
  • Fintech Zoom : Lisa Tilley, Lecturer in Development Studies, comments on anti-trans rhetoric in the British media - 15 Oct
  • StudyInternational.com : SOAS Chevening alumni, Maya Terro shares her experience of the Chevening scholarship at SOAS and discusses her work with volunteer organisation FoodBlessed - 16 Oct
  • gal-dem : Interview with Kyle Ring, MA student in Postcolonial Studies, about their Instagram page,@In.hair.itance which shares images and histories of non-white populations from around the world - 14 Oct

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