SOAS in the Media: 17-23 November

24 November 2020

Items related to Asia

  • The Times : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute calls on Edinburgh University to cut ties with ‘suppressive’ China - 17 Nov
  • TIME : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on the future of Hong Kong's Democracy movement - 20 Nov
  • Al Jazeera :Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on China's trade rift with Australia - 17 Nov
  • South China Morning Post : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on US-China relations ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration in January - 18 Nov
  • NDTV India , Punjab Tribune , Dailyhunt : Rachel Harris, Professor of Ethnomusicology, comments on Chinese authorities detaining hundreds of Uyghur Muslim Leaders - 23 Nov
  • New Statesman : Michael Buehler, Senior Lecturer in comparative politics comments on the ongoing protests in Thailand against authoritarian rule - 18 Nov
  • The National Interest : Hazel Smith, Professorial Research Associate in Korean studies, writes that Joe Biden should learn from history when dealing with North Korea - 23 Nov
  • ThePrint : Ayesha Siddiqa, Research Associate at the South Asia Institute writes about anger in Pakistan against Western blasphemy - 23 Nov
  • CapX : George Magnus, Research Associate at the China Institute, writes about whether Covid has helped or hindered the inevitable rise of China? - 20 Nov
  • Himalayan Times : Michael Hutt, Professorial Associate of South Asia Institute comments on the evolutionary development of Nepali literature and the contributions of the poet Mahakavi Devkota - 17 Nov
  • Open : Rachel Dwyer, Professor Emerita of Indian Cultures and Cinema, writes about tantra - 20 Nov
  • Asian Culture Vulture : Rachel Dwyer, Professor Emerita of Indian Cultures and Cinema, comments on Indian stylist and costume designer Bhanu Athaiya - 20 Nov

Items related to Africa

  • The Conversation , AllAfrica , Nigeria Sun , Kenya Star : Laura Hammond, Professor of Development studies writes about how the ongoing violence in Tigray, Ethiopia has echoes of the country's tragic past - 20 Nov
  • Arbitration in Africa : Interview with Dr Emilia Onyema, Reader in International Commercial Law, on African Arbitration - 19 Nov
  • JusticeInfo.net : Phil Clark, Professor of International Politics comments on the recent arrest of three Rwandan genocide suspects in Belgium -19 Nov
  • AllAfrica , African Mining Brief , Energy Central : Nick Branson, PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies, writes about how Regional Power Pools Struggle to Keep Pace With Africa’s Growing Energy Demands - 18 Nov

Items related to the Middle East

  • Daily Mail , Le Nouvel Observateur , France24 : Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies comments on the achievements of the Arab Spring has 10 years later - 23 Nov
  • The Sunday Times : Dr Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev, Research Associate in Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East comments on the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan and how Armenia culture is being ripped out of Nagorno‑Karabakh - 22 Nov
  • Indian Express : Reader in Development studies, Adam Hanieh's concept of "Khaleeji Capitalism" is referenced in this article about financial relations in the Gulf - 23 Nov

Items related to other regions/SOAS General

  • The Guardian : Zoe Marriage, Head of Development studies, Dr Hannah Bargawi and Dr Elisa Van Waeyenberge, co-Heads of Economics, have signed an open letter following the news that the UK government is set to cut foreign aid spending - 22 Nov
  • MENAFN - Business & Finance News : Dr Ulrich Volz, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finace spoke to the IMF podcast about how the current pandemic is but a prelude to looming climate crisis - 20 Nov
  • The Week Magazine : Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, Historian and Research Associate at the Center for International Studies and Diplomacy comments on the intersection of sports and geopolitics in light of Human rights groups calling for the boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China - 22 Nov
  • ENP Newswire : Gina Heathcote, Reader in Gender Studies and International Law is part of a team of researchers who have been successful in the award of an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant for their research project, Gendering Peace Mediation. - 19 Nov
  • El País : Interview with Guy Standing, Professorial Research Associate in Development studies on the need for Universal Basic Income - 21 Nov
  • Policy Forum : Interview with Guy Standing, Professorial Research Associate in Development studies about universal basic income - 20 Nov
  • Jewish Chronicle : Colin Shindler Emeritus Professor of Israel studies, writes about Irish nationalism and the role of Robert Briscoe - 19 Nov
  • The Guardian : Obituary of former SOAS Lecturer in Tigrinya and Amharic Berhane Woldegabriel - 17 Nov
  • Diario Siglo XXI , Europa Press : The Vatican endorses CISD's SCRAP initiative- 17 Nov
  • The RSA : Esme Partridge, Undergraduate student, writes about how philosophy without religion is a Eurocentric construct -16 Nov

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