El problema de la vivienda
Read Time:4 Minute, 31 Second El acceso a la vivienda se ha convertido en un verdadero problema al que urge encontrar solución, con…
Excluded from Society and Rights: The Experiences of Refugees on the Thai-Myanmar Border
Southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Myanmar military has carried out arial attacks on villages: targeting schools, libraries, and villagers’ agricultural fields. In the past year, roughly one hundred thousand…
A Perspective on Social Justice
Kai Cheng Thom writes: “I think the major difference between a social justice and a white/colonial lens on trauma is the assumption that trauma recovery is the reclamation…
A Perspective on Social Justice
Kai Cheng Thom writes: “I think the major difference between a social justice and a white/colonial lens on trauma is the assumption that trauma recovery is the reclamation…
Resources for Ukrainian Scholars
APLA has compiled a list resources for Ukrainian scholars in an attempt to create a simple, accessible, and comprehensive list of support services and placements for those in…
Support for Ukrainian Scientists
Dear colleagues and friends, We fully stand in solidarity with our fellow scholars who had to flee their countries because of the war in Ukraine and political oppression…
Cairo in Old Photographs
Check out this website for a number of photographs of Cairo in the early part of the 20th century.
How Dr. Li Wenliang Went From a Whistleblower to a National Hero
A memorial at Wuhan Central Hospital in Hubei province, China, honored Li Wenliang, who died on February 7, 2020. STR/AFP/Getty Images On January 3, 2020, Li Wenliang, an…
Bitcoin and the Cryptocurrency Revolution with Mick Morucci
If you’re alive in 2022 you’ve probably heard of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Whether you’re an active trader, just dabble, or think you’d never touch the stuff, cryptocurrency raises…
Anna Marie Trester on her book, Employing Linguistics
Interview by Ilana Gershon https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/employing-linguistics-9781350137950/ Ilana Gershon: In writing a book about how linguists get jobs outside of the academy, what kind…
Ländliche Räume #1: Stellen in Franken
Auf unserer Deutschland-Tour durch ländliche Regionen mit der Frage, welche Arbeitschancen sich für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen jenseits der urbanen Zentren ergeben, beginnen wir in dieser Woche…
Joseph L. Graves and Alan H. Goodman, “Racism, Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions” (Columbia UP, 2021)
The science on race is clear. Common categories like “Black,” “white,” and “Asian” do not represent genetic differences among groups. But if race is a pernicious fiction according…
Silvia M. Lindtner, “Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation” (Princeton UP, 2020)
Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and…
Racismo sistémico, xenofobia y afrodescendencia en la República Dominicana. Particularidades de la provincia de La Romana Parte 3/3
Read Time:5 Minute, 44 Second Puedes leer la primera parte aquí y la segunda parte aquí ¿Esperanza de cambio? Hace casi tres década…
Cien años de la Universidad de Yucatán, 1922-2022
Patio central, UADY La Universidad Nacional del Sureste, hoy Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, fue fundada el 25 de febrero de 1922 como Universidad Nacional del Sureste de México…
Book Review: The Migrant’s Paradox: Street Livelihoods and Marginal Citizenship in Britain by Suzanne Hall
In The Migrant’s Paradox: Street Livelihoods and Marginal Citizenship in Britain, Suzanne M. Hall draws on interviews with migrant shopkeepers in five UK cities to explore the formation of street…
Gavin Smith: Toward a non-theory of the reproduction of labour
Matan Kaminer’s reflections on the workshop, “Rethinking surplus populations” is full of interesting insights and challenging puzzles. As he says, “operationalizing this concept [surplus populations]…
Untangling Race From Hair
Descriptions of hair have long been knotted with false notions of race, but new research points to empowering ways of viewing this emotionally charged physical trait. D3sign/Getty Images …
Vassilis Petsinis, “National Identity in Serbia: The Vojvodina and a Multi-Ethnic Community in the Balkans” (I.B. Tauris, 2019)
In his book, National Identity in Serbia: Vojvodina and a Multiethnic Society between the Balkans and Central Europe (I.B. Tauris, 2019), Vassilis Petsinis analyses the evolution of Vojvodina’s identity over…
Bjørn Sletto et al., “Radical Cartographies: Participatory Mapmaking from Latin America” (UT Press, 2020)
Cartography has a troubled history as a technology of power. The production and distribution of maps, often understood to be ideological representations that support the interests of their…
Por alusiones o la precariedad laboral más allá de los 40
Read Time:6 Minute, 11 Second En España, los datos relativos a empleo y paro se publican a través del Instituto Nacional de Estadís…
اشغال گیلان توسط پترکبیر (۲)
اشغال گیلان توسط پترکبیر و دیدگاه مارکس در مورد پترکبیر و اسلاوها! اشاره: متنی که در مورد اشغال گیلان در دوره ی پتر اول ( پتر کبیر)…
ANTROPOLOGÍA Y ARQUITECTURA. LA VIDA SOCIAL DEL ENTORNO CONSTRUIDO. CURSO EXPERTO UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA (ON LINE)
Ultima semana. Inscripciones hasta el 21 de marzo en https://www.ub.edu/acad/npost/pub/fullcurs.php?idcodidage=202111373&lang=1 El postgrado certificado por la Universidad de Barcelona como curso d…
Der Antisemitismus hinter Putins Forderung nach „Entnazifizierung“ der Ukraine
Putins Ansage, die Ukraine ‘entnazifizieren’ zu wollen, ist offenkundig ein Vorwand für seinen Angriffskrieg. Dennoch sollte man sich diese Rhetorik genauer anzuschauen. Denn in ihr zeigen sich antise…