Past RSAA/SOAS Schools Conference Presentations

March 2004

• Her Excellency Dr Maleeha Lodhi; High Commissioner for Pakistan - “An Asian view of the West”
• Sarah Hiddleston; Student Partnership Worldwide - “Educational and environmental schemes in Asia”
• Panel discussion: “Iraq and Afghanistan: intervention or invasion?”
  
  • Dr Zahir Tanin; BBC World Service Afghan Service
  • Dr. Mustafa Alani; Royal United Services Institute
  • Raja Jarrah; CARE International
• Tony Hope; Chairman HSBC Insurance - “Multi-Nationals in China”
• Dr. Susan Whitfield; Director International Dunhuang project - “Exploring the Silk Road”

December 2005

• Dr. Susan Whitfield; Director International Dunhuang project - “Travelers on the Silk Road”
• Panel Discussion: “Israel/Palestine”
  • Robin Kealy; retired Counsel-General in Jerusalem
  • Dr. Colin Schindler; Lecturer in Israeli and Jewish Studies at SOAS
• Kush Varia; Birkbeck College - “Bollywood”
• Language Tasters; various lecturers at SOAS; Arabic, Thai, Korean, Mandarin & Japanese
• John Bunney; retired diplomat, adviser to the IAEA - “Nuclear Issues in Asia”
• Dr. Jim Hoare, ex- ambassador to North Korea - “North Korea & nuclear power”
• Jerry Ngo, Head of Community Partnerships S.C.B. - “Business in Asia & corporate social resposibilities”
• Mr. Xu Fei Hong, Counsellor in the Chinese Embassy - “China in Asia”

November 2006

• His Excellency Kamalesh Sharma; Indian High Commissioner - “India & Global Challenges”
• Panel Discussion: “China & India – prospects for the next 25 years”
  • John Giddings, East Asian specialist at the Guardian
  • Dr. Vandana Desai, Royal Holloway College
• Language Tasters; various lecturers at SOAS:Arabic, Thai, Hindi, Mandarin & Japanese
• Panel Discussion: “Illegal small arms, the drug trade, human trafficking”
  • Dr. Chris Smith, Chatham House; Small arms in Sri Lanka
  • Klara Skrivankova, Anti-Slavery International; Trafficking in People
  • Fabrice Pothier, SENLIS Council; Drugs & Afghanistan
• Mr. David Azzoprdi; SOAS - “Ethical issues in Buddhism – abortion”
• Mr. John Hare; Explorer, camel specialist - “Exploring in Asia: The Secrets of Lop Nur, Xinjiang, North West China”

December 2007

• Dr. Cho; Ambassador of the Republic of Korea - “South Korea & it’s Achievements”
• Language Tasters; various lecturers at SOAS: Arabic, Hindi & Mandarin
• Panel Discussion: “Tibet”:
  • Robert Ford: “ Tibet before Communism”
  • Aidan Harris: “Tibet- where is it now?”
• Oliver Miles; retired diplomat - “Islam, the Middle East & Radical Politics”
• Jason Ellliot; author “Why is Iran as it is now?”

December 2008

• Mr. Sergay Andriashin; First Secretary, Embassy of the Russian Federation “Russia in Asia”
• Language Tasters; various lecturers at SOAS Arabic, Hindi & Mandarin
• Prof. Charles Melville; Professor of Persian History, Cambridge“Iran Past & Present”
• Robert Gifford; American National Public Radio Correspondent China “China after the Olympics”
• Kevin Lui - “Why work in Asia?”
• Paul Burton; International Council on Security & Development - “Drugs & Security in Afghanistan”

November 2009

• Sir David John; Chairman RSAA, vice Chairman UK Trade & Investment - “Trade & the shift of economic power to Asia”
• Language Tasters; various lecturers at SOAS Arabic, Khmer & Burmese, & Mandarin
• Prof. Michael Hutt; Dean of Languages & Culture SOAS - “Why learn about Asia?”
• Dr. Anne Farrer; Director Sotheby’s M.A. course on Eastern Art, ex- British Museum - “Aurel Stein, Central Asian Explorer”
• Warren Leaming; HSBC Financial  Services - “Business in Asia”
• Angus McDowall; Journalist & Correspondent Middle East Economic Digest - “Iran – Good, Bad or ugly?”

November 2010

• Mr. K Okinawa; Director of the Japanese Embassy's Information and Cultural Centre - “Japan & Research & Development”
• Language Tasters; various lecturers at SOAS Arabic, Khmer & Burmese, & Mandarin
• Oliver Bullough; former Reuters' Correspondent in Moscow, author - "The Caucasus - Is Peace Possible?
• Daniel Metcalfe; author “Lost Peoples' of Central Asia” Sea.
• Sir David John; Chairman RSAA, vice Chairman UK Trade & Investment - “Trade & the shift of economic power to Asia"