This file includes the recorded audio of the interview with Eva-Maria Asari, along with a summary of the recording.
Interviewer: Tom Sturdy
Date of interview: 10/07/2015
Duration of interview: 00:12:50
Relationship of interviewee with LSE: alumni, 2005 MSc Nationalism and Ethnicity, 2012 PhD

This file includes an introductory podcast, featuring excerpts from the interviews with alumni Carol Wain (1967), Brian Van Arkadie (1956) and Mary Evans (1967/1968, LSE Centennial Professor, Gender Institute).

Was life as an LSE student so different in 1955 to 2015? What changes have our long-serving staff seen over the years? Where was there a Paternoster lift on campus? Who was Wright of Wright’s Bar? Find the answers to these questions and more in Tales from Houghton Street, an oral history project to celebrate LSE’s 120th anniversary in 2015.

Everyone at LSE has a story to tell and in summer 2015 the oral history project team (Hayley Reed, Sue Donnelly, Clara Cook and Tom Sturdy) was fortunate enough to speak to a small selection of alumni, academic and professional services staff about their LSE experience.

The collection contains one introductory podcast and 30 audio recordings of interviews with alumni and staff who were studying or working at LSE between the 1950s and 2015.

Participants discussed themes including their experiences as students, teachers and researchers at LSE, developments in higher education and the future of LSE. They also shared memories about the changes on LSE’s campus: the buildings, halls of residence, the social life, and about life in London through the years.

Each recording is accompanied by a summary of the interview to help researchers identify key points. The introductory podcast features excerpts from the interviews with alumni Carol Wain (1967), Brian Van Arkadie (1956) and Mary Evans (1967/1968, LSE Centennial Professor, Gender Institute).

Personal author: Ianovici, Zohar

View from the New Academic Building, August 2011

Personal author: Ianovici, Zohar

New Academic Building August 2011

Personal author: Stein, William

The second Geography and Environment Winter Ball - 26/1/19

Personal author: Stein, William

LSESU Geography and Environment Society Bulgaria Trip - 9/11/18

Personal author: Chen, Taiyi

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Personal author: Subedi, Sushanta

Shaw Library 2020

Personal author: Krishna, Sruthi

Graduation 2018! One of the happiest days of my life.

Personal author: Krishna, Sruthi

Graduation 2018! One of the happiest days of my life.

Personal author: Sohail, Shafay

10 February 2019. Centre Building Terrace.

Personal author: Diessner, Sebastian

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Personal author: Panza, Sara Coole

I met my husband at the LSE. I attended from 1990-1993. Here are photos of fun times at the end of year party in the garden at Passfield.

Personal author: Panza, Sara Coole

I met my husband at the LSE. I attended from 1990-1993. Here are photos of fun times at the end of year party in the garden at Passfield.

Personal author: Panza, Sara Coole

I met my husband at the LSE. I attended from 1990-1993. Here are photos of fun times at the end of year party in the garden at Passfield.

Personal author: Wani, Saqib

20th October First Day at LSE after finishing my quarantine period. It has been a long awaited dream to study at LSE and somehow I have managed to make it. The picture is a testimony of my happiness, and I hope and I'm sure, the days I spend here would be as fulfilling as my first.

Personal author: Ahuja, Sanjana

During my first month as a student in the Global Media and Communications Track (LSE-USC) we were given the opportunity to spend a weekend at the famed Cumberland lodge. The weekend was packed with academic events along with fun activities to help the diverse student body familiarise with each other. In those two days, we discussed world events, understood the nuances of the course, laughed over trivial matters, and made unforgettable memories in the midst of the magnificent Windsor Great Park. It was in those two days that I truly became a #PartofLSE

Personal author: Ahuja, Sanjana

In 2017, I moved to London to pursue my lifelong dream of studying at the LSE. I had applied to no other school and gave myself no option to fall back on, as there was no other school where I truly believed I could prosper and grow. The exceptional academic and administrative staff along with the vibrant student body made me feel right at home and I graduated from the institute in 2018, with a new confidence and outlook towards the world. I'm privileged to forever be, a #PartOfLSE

Personal author: Singh, Ronica

The left half of the picture is of my graduation ceremony on 19th December 2012 (MSc. Management, Information Systems and Innovation, with Distinction) and the right half is of my younger sister on her graduation on 18th December 2018 (MSc. Human Resources and Organisation, with Distinction) both clicked on campus.

Personal author: Mahmood, Rizwan

LSE September 2011

Personal author: Bhalla, Raagini

Graduation, December 2017

Personal author: Abishegam, Priscilla

India Week 2009 on Houghton Street; the International Officer of the Student's Union really wanted to wear a sari and this is a picture of us tying a sari for him.

Personal author: Abishegam, Priscilla

Music Society's Lent Term Concert 2009; performing the aria Vissi d'arte from Act II of Puccini's Tosca

Personal author: Kusmu, Petros

Three photos. Two from June 2015 celebrating the last day of exams with my colleagues in the MSc IPE program (one in front of the Old Building and Lincoln's Inn Fields). Another from Dec 2015, again in front of the Old Building, celebrating our last day together after our graduation ceremony. Looking at these photos completely floods me with happiness, nostalgia and a yearning to go back in time. My time at LSE was remarkable.

Personal author: Kusmu, Petros

Three photos. Two from June 2015 celebrating the last day of exams with my colleagues in the MSc IPE program (one in front of the Old Building and Lincoln's Inn Fields). Another from Dec 2015, again in front of the Old Building, celebrating our last day together after our graduation ceremony. Looking at these photos completely floods me with happiness, nostalgia and a yearning to go back in time. My time at LSE was remarkable.

Personal author: Kusmu, Petros

Three photos. Two from June 2015 celebrating the last day of exams with my colleagues in the MSc IPE program (one in front of the Old Building and Lincoln's Inn Fields). Another from Dec 2015, again in front of the Old Building, celebrating our last day together after our graduation ceremony. Looking at these photos completely floods me with happiness, nostalgia and a yearning to go back in time. My time at LSE was remarkable.

Personal author: Bawa, Parmeshwar

MSc Media, Communication and Development family of 2020