
SOAS Radio's Tessa (aka DJ Qiu) sits down with the Zhou Family Band at WOMAD 2017 to talk about how to continue their... See details
Thu, 2017-08-31 16:35
SOAS Radio's Tessa (aka DJ Qiu) sits down with the Zhou Family Band at WOMAD 2017 to talk about how to continue their 600 year family musical tradition, how their European tour has been received so far, and much more. This interview was carried out in Mandarin, with dubbed translations by Tessa Qiu...Chinese percussion extravaganza!
Wang Beibei is a virtuoso percussionist and rising star in the classical music... See details
Fri, 2016-12-23 23:22
Chinese percussion extravaganza!
Wang Beibei is a virtuoso percussionist and rising star in the classical music world. She is an international soloist with both Chinese and British musical education, with Master Degrees from the Central Conservatory of Music (China) and the Royal Academy of...Although there are many millions of Muslims in China, knowledge about Islam, one of the three major religions in the... See details
Mon, 2014-03-10 16:57
Although there are many millions of Muslims in China, knowledge about Islam, one of the three major religions in the world today, is far from widespread. In this episode, two Chinese Muslims - Victoria and Shang Rui - talk about their experiences, and share with us their personal perspectives on...For World Radio Day 2014, Aman Azhar sits down to speak about his work as a journalist, in particular his broadcast... See details
Thu, 2014-02-13 17:41
For World Radio Day 2014, Aman Azhar sits down to speak about his work as a journalist, in particular his broadcast journalism with the BBC for the past ten years. Azhar provides insight into how radio is used as a platform for communication during times of crises in many impoverished areas of the...Often when people think of the Middle East and North Africa, they think of mystery, danger, or exotic environments. For... See details
Fri, 2014-02-07 21:41
Often when people think of the Middle East and North Africa, they think of mystery, danger, or exotic environments. For some it is the rich religious culture that catches their attention. But what do people say who have actually been there? In this episode we invite SOAS student Tony and University...Following on from the last episode, this one is an introduction to Persian poetry, which has a long and proud history... See details
Fri, 2013-12-06 13:56
Following on from the last episode, this one is an introduction to Persian poetry, which has a long and proud history and is very much alive in the region today. Jerry, Kaiyun and Yiming discuss their favourite poets, focussing on Hafiz, Sa'di, Rumi, Omar Khayyam, and Emran Salahi. For the second...Increasing access to HIV care for children in Zimbabwe
Chinese Translation by Yu Gong
For World AIDS Day 2013,... See details
Fri, 2013-11-29 18:56
Increasing access to HIV care for children in Zimbabwe
Chinese Translation by Yu Gong
For World AIDS Day 2013, Valerie Giesen from SOAS Radio sits down with Dr. Rashida Ferrand from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Ferrand is working as a physician and researcher with...World AIDS Day 2013: The Global Implications of the Criminalisation of HIV
Chinese Translation by Xiaohang Cui
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Fri, 2013-11-29 18:37
World AIDS Day 2013: The Global Implications of the Criminalisation of HIV
Chinese Translation by Xiaohang Cui
For World AIDS Day 2013, Kashfia Arif from SOAS Radio introduces a discussion with Dr. Michael Jennings about the criminalisation of HIV transmission around the globe.
Dr. Michael...In the first Angus Graham Memorial Lecture of 2012, Professor Carine Defoort of the University of Leuven presents a... See details
Mon, 2012-03-26 16:58
In the first Angus Graham Memorial Lecture of 2012, Professor Carine Defoort of the University of Leuven presents a case to overturn an accepted norm of how ten thesis or dogmas ? presented now as chapter titles ? define the work of the philosopher Mozi. The lecture sheds new light on early Mohism...Zhongdong Wave is a show talking about Middle-East culture, and presented in Mandarin Chinese and English.
The first... See details
Thu, 2011-05-05 18:28
Zhongdong Wave is a show talking about Middle-East culture, and presented in Mandarin Chinese and English.
The first episode introduces Yemen, a mysterious Arabic country. In this episode we cover from Yemeni traditional food, coffee, qat, architecture,to religion and tales.
In his examination of a term that appears a handful time in the Taoist text Laozi, Professor Liu Xiaogan takes us... See details
Sun, 2011-03-27 13:21
In his examination of a term that appears a handful time in the Taoist text Laozi, Professor Liu Xiaogan takes us through Hobson, Russell, and the influence, through translation, of English and Japanese on the Chinese understanding of the term Ziran. Naturally he points out the difficulties of...Professor Emeritus Robert H Gassmann was the first AC Graham Memorial Lecturer.
In this public lecture, he presents... See details
Wed, 2010-06-02 14:15
Professor Emeritus Robert H Gassmann was the first AC Graham Memorial Lecturer.
In this public lecture, he presents a Deconstruction of 'Virtue' and an Exercise in Scientific Morality. The outcome is a novel and well-evidenced translation for the word ? (d?),conventionally rendered as...