Neo-Liberal University in Permanent State of Exception!
A short while ago we celebrated Allegra’s 1st birthday by re-visiting the ‘TOP 10’ posts of our first year. After […]
END Culture of Silence! Motion at #EASA2014
In our last post discussing the ongoing Gaza massacres we insinuated that this issue was something existing outside the ivory
A conversation with Heath Cabot on her new book on the Greek asylum crisis #BORDERS
Heath Cabot’s first monograph, entitled « On the Doorstep of Europe: Asylum and Citizenship in Greece », will come out with the
What do SWISS MOUNTAINS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, and THE BOSPHORUS have to do with history and refugee studies?
When I introduce myself as an historian, I am usually met with any one of a number of different reactions.
And so it ends: Last Day at UN Human Rights Committee
It is the last day of the UN Human Rights Committee’s session and I should be frantically making last-minute notes,
NGO Strategies, Press Releases and Coalition Building at the UN
During treaty body sessions at the Palais Wilson one of the undoubted ‘hotspots’ for action is the cafeteria located on
Arriving at the UN
This is finally it! I unlock my bike, hop on and start making my way down the hill in the
Paperwork and Modernity
Having a lot to do does not always mean having a lot of power, but having a lot of power
The Demon of Writing
Ben Kafka, The Demon of Writing: The Powers and Failures of Paperwork. Brussels, Zone Books, 2012. Although out already last
SAVE THE RECHTSKULTUREN PROGRAM IN BERLIN
It is with dismay that we take note of the recent announcement by the Berlin Senate to cut the funding