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Afina Nafisah Jasmine, MA Comparative Literature On a regular day last summer, I was participating in a project that required me to research relevant academic papers. I had been working on this project for several months and continuously helped the team collect secondary research as we slowly inched towards publishing
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Melina Tavakoli Moghaddam, Sub-editor, BA Politics and International Relations with a Year Abroad You know when you walk up the stairs of the main library, find yourself on D floor, and notice on your right the breadth of resources dedicated to art and archaeology in Africa? Stacks and bays full
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Anonymous On the 9th of December 2024, the 20th Central Committee Politburo of the CCP held its 18th collective study session, presided over by Xi Jinping. During this meeting, XI reiterated his vision for an ethnically harmonious state. Stating that his party has to focus on “continu[ing] to deepen
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Camilla Taylor, Junior Reporter, BA International Relations Is left-wing politics losing relevance in the face of rising right-wing populism? In recent years, far-right populism has surged across the continent, reshaping national debates, redefining political parties, and challenging the once dominant left. From Ger many to Italy, the far right has
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Roxanna Brealey, Senior Sub-Editor, BA History and Politics Malcolm Caldwell joined SOAS University as a history lecturer in 1959 until his death in 1978. Caldwell appeared to be a pretty typical SOAS lecturer with appraisals across the board. A former student of his, Ian Brown, claimed that he was ‘loved
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Jacob Winter, Senior Staff Writer, BA Politics and International Relations SOAS has long been recognised for its expertise in Asian and African studies, offering some of the most knowledgeable academics in these fields. Many of these scholars came directly from the British colonial service, which possessed some of the few
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Kenza Bajjar, BA Politics and International Relations Politicians have, historically, always had a bad reputation. Deceitful, corrupt, and conniving, more often than not in media, they’ve been portrayed in the role of the villain—using bureaucracy and their position of power to prevent the realisation of justice. Despite their,
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Jack Samuel Griffin, MA Middle Eastern Studies Translator’s Note Liquid Skies is initially a story about a family, tracing its genealogy from rural French bourgeoisie to cosmopolitan Parisian intelligentsia. Our protagonist is the embodied representation of this displacement: throughout their adolescence, they were sent abroad by their parents to
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Anon Yu Henrikson, Features Editor, BA International Relations & Korean Take a walk around London and you are almost guaranteed to see some of them. Men dressed in brightly coloured jackets, racing through the streets on speedy bicycles. However, despite their colorful gear and high speed, the food delivery riders
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Anonymous “In addiction, there’s no room for love – not even for yourself.” This was expressed in an interview by a person who had experienced addiction. As the child of a person who actively struggles with addiction, my parental relationship has been troubled and strenuous. Endless curiosities surrounding his prioritisation
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Majidah Chowdhury, Junior Reporter, BA International Relations Why do we need to recycle and be more mindful of our energy usage? Why do we need to make efforts to travel more sustainably and conserve water? Why do we need to reduce our waste and make more eco-friendly food choices? The
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Tumininu Peters, SOAS News Editor, BA Politics & International Relations For decades, SOAS has been known for its radical politics, decolonial teaching, and student activism. Once a bastion for colonial training, with alumni like Enoch Powell, it later earned a reputation as a “woke” university, attracting students to its unique,