SOAS History Blog Podcast, Ep. 4: The Ramayana – History as Storytelling, Storytelling as History
Listen to our two part episode about the Ramayana, the history of story telling, and the place of storytelling in history.
Thinking through Australian Coloniality: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Ancestry, Epistemology and Academia
Though I would not refer to myself as one, being ‘a colonial’ is an uncomfortable place to be when your ancestors were simultaneously the victims of horrific British penal codes, and also the instigators of genocide.
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SOAS History Blog Podcast, Ep. 3: Sudanese History through Music
More about this episode Saffa Khalil Interviewee Saffa is an interdisciplinary researcher and recent SOAS graduate in History and African Studies. Her work is mainly concerned with the ability of music to shape our understanding of transnational identities and historiography. Dissertation Abstract: From intimate moments to more comprehensive historical events, Sudanese music provides a lens…
SOAS History Blog Podcast, Ep. 2: Histories of Childhood in Algeria – Researching an Undergraduate Dissertation During COVID-19
More about this episode Mia Bellouere Interviewee Mia is an undergrad alumni from SOAS with a degree in History and Korean. Having worked in the arts for charity and organisational development sectors, she is currently pursuing a career in humanitarian project management. Dissertation Abstract: Mia’s paper examines the experience of childhood in colonial Algeria,…
SOAS History Blog Podcast, Ep. 1: Black Caribbean Experiences of Racism, Discrimination and the State
SOAS History Blog Podcast Ep 1: Black Caribbean experiences of Racism, Discrimination and the State
Community Profile: Tariq Mir, Doctoral Researcher
Meet Tariq – a multi-lingual historian of intellectual history studying the work and life of he Tīmūrid-era ‘philosophical theologian’ Saʿd al-Dīn al-Taftāzānī (d. 792/1390).
Community Profile: Dr Andrea Janku, Senior Lecturer in the History of China
Dr Andrea Janku, Senior Lecturer in the History of China of the School of History, Religions and Philosophies, is the instigator of the SOAS History Blog.