“Wêr komsto wei?” On identity and belonging in Friesland
by Yvonne Zoethout – In Friesland, she is widely known. But, depending on who is asking, the question can cut deep: “Wêr komsto wei?” (“Where do you come…
by Yvonne Zoethout – In Friesland, she is widely known. But, depending on who is asking, the question can cut deep: “Wêr komsto wei?” (“Where do you come…
In Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Peace (Oxford University Press, 2025), Kolby Hanson argues that these periods of state toleration do not simply change armed groups’ behavior, but…
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This forum has shed light on vastly different but interrelated contexts of Palestine solidarity. The essays draw attention to the interplay of shifting solidarities with Palestine and the…
With this video essay, we strive to establish a dialogue—both literal and symbolic—between flows that pour into what floods us entirely: ongoing and past genocides. Water like language,…
One question has been haunting me since the current wave of repression of pro-Palestinian speech began in the wake of the October 7 attacks and the genocidal campaign-disguised-as-reprisal…
Extrajudicial arrest, termination from employment, suspension of university enrollment, being declared persona non-grata (Karl 2025), police violence at demonstrations, harassment at airports, online …
written after a research visit to the Linen Hall Library with a team of researchers to examine Northern Irish civil rights activist records
Book Launch reading and discussion video (bilingual: English – Tieng Viet – nearly 2 hours).
It’s important to show occasional signs of life on a personal blog. It’s been nearly two years since my last post, and a lot has happened since then,…
“I don’t think I could ever be convinced to use an iPad as a replacement,” said Elisabeth Dorion [1], a songwriter, composer, and musician based in Toronto, in…
Words and worlds Guest post by Sophie ChaoUniversity of Sydney We inhabit an age of ecological unmaking, wherein intensifying anthropogenic activity is undermining possibilities…
Taking a photograph of her grandparents as its jumping off point, Indignity by Lea Ypi blends memoir and historical enquiry to explore her grandmother’s life and the period…
Matan Kaminer. 2024. Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Matan Kaminer’s new book is […] The post Capitalist Colonial: Thai Mig…
Matthew Archer’s Unsustainable critiques the frameworks used to measure corporate sustainability and exposes how market-driven reporting shirks environmental responsibility. This convincing and timely…
A paleoanthropologist reflects on relationships between researchers and communities living around sites relevant to human evolution. IN THE BEGINNING In 1887, Eugene Dubois, a Dutch anatomist, embarke…
Headstrong: Women Porters, Blackness, and Modernity in Accra (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025) explores the experiences of women porters, called kayayei, in Accra, Ghana. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork, anthropologist Laurian…
In this live discussion, anthropologist Anand Pandian shares insights from his timely new book, Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down.…
We are back from an extended summer break! Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was…
I spent part of the summer of 2025 in Kalama Conservancy, in northern Kenya’s Samburu County. The conservancy, part of the Gir Gir group ranch, covers 16,000 hectares…
A researcher dips into life at a community pool in Cambridge, England, to find out why so many people over 60 are finding joy and pleasure in a…
One sunny afternoon in March 2024, I walked into a flea market in Chengdu, China — a labyrinth of book stalls, shadowed corridors, and a handful of solitary…
A review of the exhibit Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, TN By Sarah D. Phillips The exhibit…
This year marks 200 years since the formation of trade unions in the UK was legalised. A new exhibition at LSE Library, Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade…