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The SOAS Radio Research Forum is a vehicle for us to promote SOAS research projects. Through quality audio content with the expertise of SOAS Radio, the podcast will facilitate discussions around our academics' collaborative research, including partners and other stakeholders, and impact. For more information about Rahul: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff50829.php For more information about Sian: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31080.php

A selection of songs to bridge the last cold and grey weeks before the beginning of spring and hopefully find their way into your sunny days playlists.

This two-part episode looks at issues of Islamophobia on university campuses, in the media and across political institutions. I was fortunate to be able to speak to Professor Alison Scott-Baumann (SOAS) and Professor Mathew Guest (Durham University) about their Islam on Campus research. My colleague Dr Rob Faure Walker had an engaging discussion with Zeeshan Ali from MEND, and Richard McNeil-Wilson from the European University Institute in Florence. Alison and Mathew's research iCoP initiative MEND European University Institute

Back by popular demand, Panjabi In My Eye Episode 12. Giving exposure to some recent and not so recent releases, flips and mixes. Featuring artists such as Straight Bank and CheemaBeatz amongst others. Indian farmers sit steadfast at Delhi against the centre in opposition to the three farm acts passed by the Parliament of India. This episode is published on the 140th birthday of Chacha Ajit Singh (23-Feb-1881), anti-colonial steppa and uncle of Bhagat Singh, who led the 'Pagri Sambhal Jatta' movement against the British anti-farmer 'Punjab Colonisation Act' 1906. 'Pagri Sambhal Jatta', a song by Banke Daya, has been embedded in the Panjabi psyche as a chant of resistance. The ballad has made a comeback over a century later at the current farmer protests at the borders of Delhi. Panjab, Panjabi, Panjabiyat. Standing with Indian farmers. Kisaan Majdoor Ekta Zindabad #Panjabinmyeye #soasradio

In this interview with CISD Master's Students Itoro-Abasi and Phebeana, Andrew Hunter gives an insight into his time at Port Adelaide Australian Rules Football Club, his current responsibilities & projects at Minderoo Foundation, and graciously exposes us to the inner workings of sports diplomacy and Australian bi-lateral relations.

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio. This episode is about money and what it means to some of the young people of Bollo. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/soasapss

We're back with a new episode of That's the Spirit. In this episode, the Spirit Senior Editorial Team takes you through our favourite articles of Issue #15. We discussed an exclusive interview with SOAS' new Director, Professor Adam Habib, and recapped his future plans for the university. We went over our International news section, and shared our thoughts on the tragic death of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan following a night in police custody. We also reflected on the ten year anniversary of the Arab Spring, and then moved on to discuss an exciting new photo essay we have in our Features section. Finally, we gave a scathing review of the new Netflix series, Bridgerton, and concluded with conversation about the gender politics of female surfing. We also interviewed two of our Section Editors to get the scoop for this month, so be sure to give this a listen!

On top of the high mountains of Haifa, by the Mediterranean sea there lies a vibrant scene of Palestinian music, from which singer songwriter Rasha Nahas emerged. With her guitar and poetic voice, Rasha’s music talks about the personal, political, space, movement and emotions. On the eve before the release of Rasha Nahas’ debut album, DanDana host and producer Christina Hazboun delves with Rasha Nahas into the music scene in Haifa, what tunes inspired her and what magical ingredients Rasha has sprinkled into her debut album Desert.

This episode is a discussion with SOAS Dr Paolo Novak on the topic of Brexit and Borders, where he talks about border management, sovereignty, citizenship and trade deals. Find out more about Paolo: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31531.php "Back to Borders": https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/22391/

SOAS Leads the Conversation is a new podcast which aims to generate interest around SOAS' research expertise, and to provide the opportunity for SOAS academics, professional services staff, students and our wider community to come together to discuss current affairs. It is a collaborative effort between SOAS and SOAS Radio, co-produced by Fredrik Molin (Station Manager at SOAS Radio) and Katie O'Reilly Boyles (from Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange), who are also both SOAS alumni.

Guest host Yara Eid takes us through some tracks from her childhood in Gaza, Palestine as well as some of her more recent musical discoveries. @eid_yara

SOAS Students Union Podcast: Meet the Governance, Communication & Sustainability Coordinator by SOAS Radio

That’s the Spirit Podcast is back! In this episode, the Spirit Senior Editorial Team sat down and went through our favourite articles of Issue #14. We discussed the importance of our SOAS News section, the interactive word search and linguistic puzzle in Features, the protests in Poland, the surprise we felt at the racist responses to the Sainsbury’s Christmas ad and the political nature of our Sports and Societies section. We also interviewed three of our Section Editors to get the scoop for this month, so check it out!

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio. This episode is about the concept of Home and what it means to some of the young people of Bollo. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/soasapss

The journey of an academic is often a difficult, but interesting one. From consulting on international policies, to being a mentor. Chidi Nmaju highlights the importance of being flexible as an academic and what it means to be part of the SOAS community.

The SOAS Festival of Ideas has a principle aim of fostering research synergies and enabling cross-disciplinary conversations within SOAS and throughout higher education in the West. The festival will celebrate and be shaped around the core theme of ‘decolonising knowledge’. At the heart of the Festival of Ideas is meant to be a debate. We have invited four speakers (Professors Margo Okazawa-Rey, and Yamila Hussein-Shannan and ‘FOR’ decolonising-- with a special message from Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Dr Kehinde Andrews and Dr Brian Alleyne ‘AGAINST’ decolonising higher education). This Oxford-style debate considers our location ‘in the heart of Britain post-Brexit in this period of late-capitalism to ask the burning question, Should we decolonise higher education?’ Some of the themes our speakers will consider for the debate are: What is the meaning of decolonisation? Why do we need to decolonise? Whose history matters and why? What are the structures that impede us? Is there a desynchronisation between academics as knowledge producers and students as customers in higher education? And what role does this changing dynamics play in the decolonising debate? How do we understand race and racialisation? Find out more at: www.soas.ac.uk/fest-ideas/

Alternative Panjabi, Desi Ambience and New Wave Panjabi Beats. Conversation and introspection with Seattle based cross genre and multilingual artist Ron Sidhu who speaks about his recent releases, his family and his journey from producer to vocal artist @ronsidhu #PanjabInMyEye @msb._____

De-risking solutions to take on electricity corruption explained: Mushtaq Khan; Pallavi Roy; Neil McCulloch and Muzna Al-Masri in conversation with Sophie Van Huellen unpack the complex story of corruption in the electricity sector in Bangladesh, Nigeria and Lebanon.

In our next episode of Global Sport Conversations, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff speaks with Katia Foucade-Hoard, a sports PR expert and former professional, Team France, and NCAA University of Washington basketball player, on the ways her Franco-American experience and basketball diplomacy shape her anti-racism activism.

W/msb Episode 3. Finding the vibe and prescribing it.. a transcendent experience. A mellow yet thorough mix of beats and flips with artists such as Kwollem, TEK.LUN and aywy. Cover artwork by: @_mannmehndi

This week, we are speaking to the esteemed journalist Veronica Pedrosa on Media Spectacle & Democracy in the Philippines. Veronica is an award-winning presenter with experience in news reporting, production and presenting. As a journalist she has worked at Al Jazeera English, CNN International, BBC World News, and BBC World Service. With her deep knowledge about global issues, Veronica has been invited to moderate panel discussions by the United Nations, the Red Cross Movement, and the European Union. She is also an experienced communications consultant for humanitarian organisations in emergency situations.

Music for a Micro-chip found in Amber. A sonic timestamp of f lo a t i n g soundscapes from 2020 and 2019. At times communicating weariness, at others reverence. Just as the amber does, the current situation magnifies. In turns, we are engulfed by the importance of each second and each decision. But trepidation breeds inaction. Let go of that Beta-Blocker. Choose ur painting music carefully. 2020 happened to all of us. It made plain all of the things still happening. It made still happen. Starting off with a new one from Anna Roxanne, our ears follow the audio environments as they chug along through different landscapes. Past Wilson Tanners' Antipodean canals; over Nailah Hunter's blue-toned, dewy early-morning mountain; through KMRU's chattering Nairobi market. As our journey heads into the night, its surroundings turn baroque. Pianos and cellos hit against sub-base and digital gurgles. We step into John Carrol Kirby's living room and feel the dormant threat of Anthony Joshua. We find ourselves gazing at the shoes and the spirit of Oliver Coates. If you strain ur ears enough, perhaps even a strangled hope for a continuation of hope is audible. Artwork: Alfie Dwyer @ze.zima

For Black History Month, this podcast series explores the research journeys of black academics at SOAS to tease out what has enabled them to succeed. We will be exploring their realistic but also inspiring careers and how they contribute to the SOAS community and student development to inspire students at all stages to think about becoming academics. In this episode we speak to Dr da Hadjivayanis about her academic career and translation work.

Join Lucia Kula as she speaks to Antonia Bright, the SOAS SU Representation & Research Coordinator about her experiences at SOAS as well as what it's like being a student representative.

Bass culture and folk Panjyaab, satisfying your soul. Delivering mighty sounds to drive your emotions, Panjabi style. Standing for Panjab and Panjabiyat against the mass privatization of the agricultural industry. "If you go to Pardes, dont ever forget your Des, your Boli, and your Bhes”, Malkit Singh. Panjab In My Eye Episode 9, featuring artists such as Jass Bajwa, Sabi Bhinder and Badd Company amongst others. DM for music conversation, translations, requests and shout outs Image: The Late Idu Sharif (Folk Music & Musical Instruments of Punjab: From Mustard Fields to Disco Lights, Alka Pande, 1999), a Sufi Dhadi from the great Idu Clan, who sang Heer to ailing animals, contented Panjabi souls with his powerful folk delivery and kept Panjabi cultural heritage alive #PanjabInMyEye @msb._____

This week, we are speaking to Quilt.AI Founder and Chief Product Officer, Dr. Angad Chowdhry on What AI Told Us About COVID-19. Quilt.AI describe the internet as “a repository of human behaviour, opinions, preferences, and social interactions.” Their team of Anthropologists, semioticians, designers, engineers, data scientists and mathematicians are using these digital fragments to understand people and culture at scale. They have been doing some fascinating work, including research on child protection and suicide, and launching their climate change dashboard! We discuss their research on how COVID-19 has impacted human behaviours.

Inspired by the seemingly endless screentime of online classes. 'Desktop Skylines' is a mix of electronic tracks, some chat, and potentially inspiration (?). Ft. words from T Joutsikoski & B Dawson. Link our instagram @sound_and.colour for tacklists :)

SOAS Festival of Ideas Podcast: Decolonizing Education in Southeast Asia with Farish A. Noor by SOAS Radio

SOAS Festival of Ideas Podcast: Decolonizing Education with Eleanor Newbigin by SOAS Radio

Join Myriam François as she speaks to the Director of the Festival, Amina Yaqin on decolonizing knowledge ahead of the SOAS Virtual Festival of Ideas. Find out more about the festival here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/fest-ideas/

For Black History Month, this podcast series explores the research journeys of black academics at SOAS to tease out what has enabled them to succeed. We will be exploring their realistic but also inspiring careers and how they contribute to the SOAS community and student development to inspire students at all stages to think about becoming academics. In this episode we speak to Dr Althea-Maria Rivas about her career as well as the initiatives she's involved with at SOAS. Students interested in the The Ebony Initiative - Black Students Research Pathway Programme or the BAME Students Decolonial Feminist Reading Group should contact Althea at: [email protected]. You can get in touch with Lucia at: [email protected]

UKGP, Panjabi Rhythms and des Panjab classics. Panjab In My Eye Episode 8 features Rosleen Sandlas, Shooter Kahlon and RDB amongst others. #PanjabInMyEye @msb._____

Meet the new SOAS Sabbatical Officers as they welcome you to SOAS!

Join Lucia Kula & Susanna Momtazuddin as they talk you through what support and advice you can receive from the SOAS SU as well as provide tips for studying remotely. Further reading: https://www.soas.ac.uk/studentadviceandwellbeing/ https://www.soas.ac.uk/studentadviceandwellbeing/students/money/hardship-funds/ ​ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/ https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/01/knuckling-down-in-lockdown-how-to-stay-motivated-while-studying-at-home

A rich, full bodied bassy mix with powerful vocal aromas, hints of ripened rhythms with a light sent of acidity. Once opened, keep in original packaging, receal pack and consume within 2 weeks. Ft Recipe from Belle's Kitchen

In today's episode, I sat down with Georgie Wallis and Alex Causton-Ronaldson, who are campaigners with the Youth Stop Aids Movement. Youth Stop Aids are a youth-led movement campaigning for a world without AIDS. Their network of young people across the UK speak out, take creative action and engage those in power to ensure that governments, global institutions and corporations are committed to ending AIDS by 2030. We discussed the HIV/AIDS pandemic, global health inequalities, and what governments need to do to end HIV/AIDS by 2030. Free music for non-comercial use from www.fesliyanstudios.com Resources Youth Stop Aids: http://youthstopaids.org/ Stop Aids: https://stopaids.org.uk/ Terrence Higgins Trust: https://www.tht.org.uk/ Aidsmap: https://www.aidsmap.com/

Panjabi Rhythms, Panjabi Beats, Panjabi Soul, Panjabi Bass. Episode 7 of Panjab In My Eye has a smooth and regenerative vibe featuring artists such as DJ Stin, DJ HMD and Robin Sekhon. @msb._____#Panjabinmyeye

This week we are joined by Amine Ghoulidi to speak about Online Influencers & Irregular Migration in North Africa. Amine is a researcher at King’s College London currently focusing on European security. A career political risk consultant, Amine advises leading multinational corporations on reputational and security risks particularly linked to their operations in Africa and the Middle East. He was previously part of PwC’s Strategic Threat Management team based in Washington, DC where he assisted Fortune 500 companies in assessing business risks across various industries and jurisdictions. He has served as a senior adviser to leading international NGOs working to prevent and counter violent extremism in North Africa and the Middle East. Amine is a Fulbright Scholar and has Master’s degrees in geopolitics and conflict analysis from King’s College London and the American University in Washington, DC, respectively.

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the Widening Participation department and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio. This episode is about love.

Panj Dariyaavan Da Bass (Bass of the Five Rivers) - Cultural Ambience and Panjabi Identity through an eclectic mix of Panjabi folk, transcultural sound aesthetics and modern Panjabi expression through music. Episode 6 features Adphetti, Sukha 12 Gej and SP Mangat amongst others. @msb._____ #panjabinmyeye

This week we are joined by Isabelle Amazon-Brown to speak about Designing Chatbots for Social Development. With ten years experience in 'mobiles for development', working on projects funded by UNICEF, DfID, USAID and the World Bank. She started out running and designing feature-phone friendly mobile sites, but in the past few years has been working on chatbots. She's “passionately jaded” about digital development, having seen more projects “fail” than succeed, but still believes in the transformative potential of mobile, if initiatives are designed and developed using the right methodologies, and as part of a considered ecosystem which leverages both traditional and digital approaches.

"WASH is the collective term for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Due to their interdependent nature, these three core issues are grouped together to represent a growing sector. While each a separate field of work, each is dependent on the presence of the other. For example, without toilets, water sources become contaminated; without clean water, basic hygiene practices are not possible." (Unicef Website) Today’s guest is Professor Barbara Evans, who holds the chair in Public Health Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds. Her research activities centre on sanitation, hygiene and water services in the global south. Barbara has travelled widely, lived for many years in South Asia, and has worked in over twenty countries. She is active in the global international development arena and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation which reports progress against the Sustainable Development Goals for Water. I talk to her about sanitation development, the politics of international development, and why you should be passionate about faecal sludge management. Free music for non-commercial use from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Resources Professor Barbara Evans: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/civil-engineering/staff/478/professor-barbara-evans water@leeds: https://water.leeds.ac.uk/ Centre for Global Development (University of Leeds): https://cgd.leeds.ac.uk/ About WASH (UNICEF): https://www.unicef.org/wash/3942_3952.html World Bank Water and Sanitation Program: https://www.wsp.org/

This week, we are speaking to Marie Thaut on The Politics of Language Online. There are more than 7,000 languages on Earth, yet half of the world’s 7.6 billion people speak just 24 of them, and 95 percent speak just 400 of them. That leaves five percent of the global population spread across 6,600 different languages, hundreds of them now spoken by less than ten people. Marie is doing an MA in Language Documentation and Description and has completed a BA in Language Sciences at the Université Lumière Lyon II and Bachelor degrees in South Asian Studies & Urdu, and Teaching French as a Foreign Language, both at INALCO, the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations in France. Marie is also the Project Manager of the Sylheti Project at SOAS University of London, which started as a group of students interested in documenting the Sylheti language as spoken by the various generations of members of a local community in the London Borough of Camden.

In light of the multiple events that have swept the globe this year, DanDana team decided to reflect on some of the music that matters. As protests highlighting the importance of black lives after the brutal killings of George Floyd and Brayonna Taylor and the rise of the decentralized Black Lives Matter movement, we felt the urge to shine a light on the rich musical heritage of black people in the region from Andalusia to Mongolia and from Yemen to Anatolia. In this episode we dug deep into the musical heritage of the region, and discussed the music produced by some prominent figures on the music scenes like Hamza El Din, Ali Hassan Kuban or Sitti Bent Saad, to more forgotten names like Dahi Ben Elwalid, Asmar Omar and Aster Aweke. All of these wonderful singers and musicians have captured parts of their struggle and the oppression they have undergone in their melodies and lyrics. From Ethiopia to Djibouti, Zanzibar to Bahrain, these works stand as an acoustic testimony to injustices past and present, that we all listen to for inspiration and reflection.

“Sounds of the Wickedest”, Panjab In My Eye Episode 5 with that Panjabi sound therapy. Investigating Panjabi emotions, the experience of partition on the sounds of the Panjyaab and as always, the ‘Panjabi linear’. Takhat Hazara to Canada, Mehndipur to Birmingham (B21), 1947 to 2020. From Mustard Fields to Disco Lights (Alka Pande). Featured artists include Gitaz Bindrakhia, Surinder Rattan, Himmat Sandhu, Hans Mann and PHANTØM. *Note to Panjabi and non-Panjabi speaking listeners: feel free to DM regarding translations, feedback and music discourse @msb._____ #panjabinmyeye

This week we are joined by Aida Al-Kaisy to speak about Landscapes of Journalistic Practice in the Middle East. Aida is a Media Reform Advisor and has worked extensively on media development projects across the MENA region including in Iraq, Palestine and Jordan. She is currently working on a number of projects, focusing on issues related to youth engagement in media, media in conflict, social cohesion and the media and the development of independent media platforms in MENA amongst other things. She is completing a PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where she also teaches on a part-time basis, on media in conflict, using Iraq as a case study. Aida is also the programme consultant for the Ethical Journalism Network and a keen promoter of ethical values in journalistic practice and media governance.

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the Widening Participation department and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio.

Episode 4 of Panjab In My Eye, old school panjabi sound therapy and investigating the raw Panjabiyat in new school modes of music making & mixing. Featuring Superj4tt, Bally Sagoo and the Hunterz @msb._____ #Panjabinmyeye

Miia Laine speaks to Stephen Chan about occupying the US consulate, being involved with booking Led Zeppelin, learning how to observe an election and his academic career. Learn more about Stephen: http://www.stephen-chan.com/

Welcome back! On today's episode, Noah's brothers (who are internet bangouts) update his terminology book. There are many new terms and phrases which our generation utilise in explaining new shifts in culture, and today we decided to focus on terms used in Gender, Sexuality and a few others you might find interesting. Disclaimer: This hasn't been created to alienate or offend. We only deal with love over here. Song of the Week: Nissi- Judi (Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/38gOyZatCJM3Sxqh1ifx7o)