About this Event
Join SOAS Alumna Nour Saleh and SOAS Senior Lecturer in Global Creative and Cultural Industries Dr. Caspar Melville while they discuss his book "It's a London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped The City".
The Speakers:
Dr. Caspar Melville was born and raised in London, and started his career as a music journalist, writing for the independent black music press – Blues & Soul, Touch, Urb and Jazzid – and freelancing for other publications such as The Village Voice and The Sunday Telegraph. He spent eight years living in San Francisco in the 1990s, during which time he worked a columnist, DJ, radio presenter and club promoter, and helped start a short-lived jazz magazine, On The One. Back in London he worked as Media Editor and then Executive Editor at the online journal openDemocracy for five years. Before joining SOAS, in September 2013, he worked for eight years for the charity the Rationalist Association, where he was the editor of New Humanist magazine and the charity’s chief executive. His first book Taking Offence (Seagull books/Index on Censorship) was published in 2009, his second book "It's a London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped The City" was published in 2019.
Nour Saleh is the founder of Art Breath, an artist, moderator, writer. She holds a BA from Central St Martins in Fashion Print and an MSc in International Politics from SOAS University. She has worked in several fashion houses. Moderated a panel for Flying Bridges’s Leadership Forum at the OECD headquarters in Paris; has taken part in a variety of projects including 'Art for Life' with The British Red Cross and with Art Breath for Fly the Flag for Human Rights; she developed a series of events on art and politics at SOAS University and an event at University of Oxford Middle East Centre. She started the SOAS Alumni Book Club to continue the conversation after graduation, and is a Fellow at the RSA.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SOAS University of London, Room G52, London, United Kingdom
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