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#5. The New Cold War: The United States, Russia and China, from Kosovo to Ukraine

Dec 17 2023 52 mins  
How might the lessons of history inform our choices in the present? Does a rules-based world order risk concealing informed discussions, potentially blurring the line between assumptions and reality? In a world shadowed by its history, Professor Gilbert Achcar from SOAS Development Studies urges us to transcend the rhetoric and slogans of blame when examining contemporary issues

Recording of Professor Ida Ward on the pronunciation of English, 1933

Sep 26 2023 4 mins  
Ida Ward was one of the first Western scholars to carry out advanced and comprehensive work in the field of African languages, specialising in phonology and tonology. In this 1933 recording, part of a series on the pronunciation of English, Ward delivers a lesson on intonation. SOAS Special Collections, ©SOAS University of London

#4. The Question of "The Blue Commons": Christopher Cramer in conversation with Guy Standing

Jun 29 2023 60 mins  
Decommoning the sea, the role of the corporates and prioritising profit vs planet, these are only a few points raised in this conversation between Christopher Cramer, Professor at SOAS, and Guy Standing, Professorial Research Associate in Development Studies at SOAS and among other things senior official at the ILO, on Guy’s latest book “The Blue Commons: rescuing the economy o

Swahili at SOAS: A day in the life of a year abroad student in Zanzibar

Jun 15 2023 7 mins  
An insight into the SOAS Swahili study abroad programme and a student's typical day. Swahili students at SOAS can study at The State University of Zanzibar (SUZA)as part of their degree program. This is either for six weeks over the summer between academic years or in term one of their year abroad before going to Nairobi, Kenya. Produced by Anna de Wolff Evans. Featuring: -

#3. From Home to Unknown: The harsh reality of the Afghan migration crisis

May 17 2023 36 mins  
In part two of the Afghan podcast, Bismellah Alizada, Reza Hussaini, Rabia Khan, and Zarifa Hosseini discuss the struggles encountered by Afghan migrants seeking a new home, both as individuals and as a group on the move. Through personal anecdotes and insightful analysis, the group investigates the impact of language on inter-group relations and how it adds to the 'us' versus 'the

#2. Afghanistan in Archives: Nationalism, identity and the State

Apr 04 2023 38 mins  
"Afghanistan in Archives" is the first of a two-part episode, a group of SOAS scholars, Florence Shahabi, Zeynep Tuba Sungur, Barry Sadid, and Bismellah Alizada, examine the role of archives in shaping nationalism, identity and the state, both in the past and present. They explore the prospects of using archives to preserve the Afghan identity and humanise local discourses surround

#1. UN-ESCWA’s World Development Challenges report: Conversation with Khalid Abu-Ismail

Feb 08 2023 37 mins  
This episode features a conversation between Professor Carlos Oya from SOAS, and Khalid Abu-Ismail, Senior Economist at United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and lead report author of “World Development Challenges Report: Development from a broader lens”. The report launch was hosted by SOAS DevTraC on October 2022 at SOAS. This discussion captu

Complementarity, Catalysts, Compliance: The International Criminal Court in Uganda, Kenya & the DRC

May 24 2021 114 mins  
Complementarity, Catalysts, Compliance: The International Criminal Court in Uganda, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo by Dr. Christian De Vos, Managing Advocacy Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative CCRJ, SOAS University of London

Culture of the Houses of Parliament from the perspective of an ethnographer

Apr 07 2021 24 mins  
Conversation between Emma Crewe, Director of GRNPP and Paul Evans, former Clerk of the Committees, about the culture of the Houses of Parliament from the perspective of an ethnographer

Japan Forum Podcast 11 with Bettina Gramlich-Oka - Women and Networks in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Jan 07 2021 37 mins  
Japan Forum caught up with Bettina Gramlich-Oka to talk about her new edited volume: Women and Networks in Nineteenth-Century Japan. In the podcast we talk with Professor Gramlich-Oka about the origins of the edited volume; how written materials offer insights into the diversity of roles performed by women across time and space; how women's mobility was not often self-chosen but i