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To mark the inaugural AC Graham Memorial Lecture, OpenAir.fm presents a profile of Angus Charles Graham.

Hear from his daughter, Dawn Graham-Baker; Professor Henry Rosemont; Professor Hal Roth, Professor Roger Ames; Professor Christoph Harbsmeier, Professor Robert E Gassmann; and Dr Lars Laaman.

 

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The following provides excerpts from a recent interview with Bill Siemering, founder and president of Developing Radio Partners, an NGO that supports community radio stations throughout the developing world. Listen to this podcast to hear his insights on the exciting field of media for development, and the importance of public radio both in the developing world and in his native United States.

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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 德 (dé)，conventionally rendered as "Virtue".

The abstract of the lecture is available here

Treat this not as a video, but as a sound recording - if there are some Chinese quotes, look at the screen (on your computer, mp3 player, phone etc) and it will probably be there for you to read. Like the smartest radio you've ever seen.

Recorded at SOAS, in the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, on 23 February 2010. The lecture series was supported by The London Confucius Institute

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OpenAir.fm in association with the SOAS' Stop AIDS Society present an exclusive interview with Malian superstars Amadou and Mariam. In this podcast, Amadou and Mariam talk about youth in Africa and the fight to stop AIDS in the continent. They also talk about their recent collaboration with the Magic Numbers for a song they produced for the blockbuster film Twilight: New Moon. This interview was produced by Mathilda Ryall on behalf of the Stop AIDS Society, recorded in studios in Paris by Marc Antoine Moreau -manager of A&M- and presented by Armando Conte.

www.amadou-mariam.com

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In this special show, Rita Ray -co-programmer of Celebrating Sanctuary- presents a selection of music from this year's live programme, with tracks from Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, Nobody, Bana Etike Grupo Lokito, Font, Kal, Poetic Pilgrimage + Aziza Brahim and Longjon La Flecha.

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From June 19th to the 21st Nueva Generacion and Refugee Youth present the third year of raising awareness about refugee and immigration issues in the Refuge in Films Festival.Titles include Exile:Dreams and Nightmares, Against the Light, Immigrant of Expression, Journey of the Piano Tuner among others. For more info check out http://www.myspace.com/refugeinfilms

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In an interview conducted in October 2007, OpenAir's Carlos Chirinos interviews internationally renowned anthropologist Professor Sidney Mintz.

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In the first of a series interviewing the people behind the positions in SOAS, OpenAir's Sebilio interviews Professor Paul Webley, Director and Principal of SOAS.

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This special podcast marks the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival at The Ritzy in Brixton. OpenAir's Joel Flynn talks to some of the young contributors as part of the Youth Producing Change Series.