The Nerds’ Turn: Battling for a Democratic Academia in Poland
As students and academics in Poland are fighting to defend democracy and autonomy of the universities, this post is a battle cry. It outlines…
Read MoreAs students and academics in Poland are fighting to defend democracy and autonomy of the universities, this post is a battle cry. It outlines…
Read MoreLet me start with a confession: Throughout the past year or so I have become somewhat hesitant to attend conferences and other academic gatherings….
Read MoreIn these days, two at first sight independent developments are threatening academic freedom. Neoliberal austerity politics and authoritarian political tendencies both leave their traces…
Read MoreTo say that a PhD in anthropology represents a journey is equal parts cliché and “social fact,” at least for some students. In this…
Read MoreThis Allegra week we remain in retreat spirits, and will consequently revisit some more ‘Jewel’s of Allie’s Archive’. And what more appropriate theme for doing so…
Read MoreMasculinities Under Neoliberalism (2016), edited by Andrea Cornwall, Frank G. Karioris and Nancy Lindisfarne is the successor of the groundbreaking work ‘Dislocating Masculinity’ (1994)….
Read MoreAntonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your…
Read MoreThere is a mythology of nourishment deposited in the language of the intellect.[1] Thoughts are digested. Ideas are chewed upon. There is hunger for…
Read MoreIt should not be too controversial to say that the Russian university system is somewhat dilapidated. Certainly, this was the opinion of many of…
Read MoreUniversities are in turmoil. There was a time when they stood out as pinnacles of Enlightenment, where scholarly elites could profess to a superior…
Read MoreThe forested hills where Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and China meet are commonly known as the Golden Triangle, the world’s second largest opium-producing area. A…
Read More“We are an intelligence and analysis company that forecasts. We are not a news organisation that tells stories. We are not political scientists who…
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