SOAS in the media 7 - 13 Feb

  • SOAS Chair of Trustees Lord Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE urges higher education managers and unions to swap strikes for a social pact in Research Professional News
  • Dan Plesch spoke at the Berlin conference titled Russia's War of Aggression Against Ukraine about the indicments of Hitler and the myths of heads of state immunity.
  • Dan Plesch appeared on Channel 4 and Amazon US in the acclaimed documentary Getting Away with Murder(s) on 27 and 28 Jan to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
  • Katy Shahandeh wrote about former Iranian Prima Ballerina and the now closed National Ballet of Iran - Kayhan Life.
  • Steve Tsang interviewed by CNN about the Chinese spy balloon and how it could have been a "total miscalculation".
  • Jieyu Liu's article called "Filial piety, love or money? Foundation of old-age support in urban China" published in Journal of Aging Studies.
  • Colin Shindler reviews new book by Dan Stone on the Holocaust in the Jewish Chronicle
  • Steve Tsang commented in SCMP on Hong Kong government's promotional efforts through trips to Southeast Asia and Middle East.
  • Miguel Nino Zarazua developed with other colleagues the "Inequality Marker" - a set of analytical tools - which has been published by the European Commission.
  • Duncan Bartlett wrote for Japan Forward about the Chinese spy balloon and how the Pentagon sees it as a lack of respect for national borders. 
  • Karabekir Akkoyunlu speaks to the BBC about the political implications in Turkey after the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. 
  • SOAS mentioned in article in relation to Nadje Al-Ali - former SOAS scholar - in The Guardian about the sentiments of people towards Saddam's regime in Iraq. 
  • Matthew Craven provided legal opinions on the subject of the continuity of the Hawaiian Kingdom under international law to the Royal Commission of Inquiry who are investigating war crimes in the Islands.
  • Soe Tjen Marching commented on Indonesia's new penal code and its potential effects on human rights. International Bar Associaition
  • Centre for Sustainable Finance (SOAS) partners with World Resources Institute in Nairobi to work on climate risk management following a launch at University of Nairobi.
  • SOAS mentioned in MENA FN as one of the institutions consulting on the accuracy for new Arabian-themed Antara NFT instalment.