I’m an Assistant Professor in the Sociology & Anthropology Department at Simon Fraser University and I received my PhD in Sociology and Historical Studies at the New School for Social Resear…
[Cross-posted from New Books in Food] Did Proust have it right? Does food, whether it’s a madeleine from an aristocratic childhood or the Velveeta mac-and-cheese my mom used to…
The reactions to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine among German-speaking far-right actors were more diverse than expected. Different understandings of both Ru…
By Theodoros Rakopoulos This article was originally published in FocaalBlog Cite as: Rakopoulos, Theodoros. 2015. “Of direct and default democracy: The debt referendum in Greece,” FocaalBlog, 6 July,…
As the American presidential campaign swings into high gear, recent events in the fabled city of Timbuktu remind us of the very real social and cultural costs of…
