Seventeenth Annual Conference March 10-11, 2014. Organized by the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities at University of Virginia, School of Law. DEADLINE: October…
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As an established blog with personal and institutional contacts to many of those involved in the recent upheaval at HAU and the Society of…
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What is an academic blog? Who form its audience and who are, or should be, its authors? How does blogging resonate with more ‘serious’…
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Who can believe that it’s almost Spring – where did the time fly?! At Allegra we just realized that we never paused to reflect…
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As some of our readers likely guessed, recently something quite marvelous happened within Allegra – something so special as to nudge us to run…
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This week we discuss – once again – the global university crisis. What can we say: don’t blame us for obsessing on this theme,…
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Young man: Hey, what’s he talking about? Old man: The professor is discussing ideas of justice and humanity in the philosophy of Plato. Young…
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What do you know: almost as soon as the AAA 2014 began, it came to its end. After one last exhausted round of parallel…
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After a few weeks of upmost seriousness – namely our thematic weeks on Sustainable Development, Afghan Elections and University Crisis – this week we take…
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On Monday, May 25th, 2020, Cuba’s new president, Miguel Diaz-Canél, involuntarily found himself in the spotlight. Diaz-Canél had become the Cuban head of state…
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Is it for a lack of knowledge? The genocide in Gaza is being livestreamed. Daily, images, videos and voice notes proliferate faster than they can…
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On November 24th, 2023, a temporary ceasefire paused Israeli bombardment[1] and Hamas-led retaliation in Gaza. The pause was intended to bring humanitarian aid into…
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