Care, commons and thinking together: An Allegra Approach to Book Reviews
Midway through a recent coffee with a brilliant colleague, our conversation turned, as they so often do, to the various […] The post Care, commons and thinking together:…
Midway through a recent coffee with a brilliant colleague, our conversation turned, as they so often do, to the various […] The post Care, commons and thinking together:…
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian speaks with Elisabeth Boston. Elisabeth is the Refugee policy officer at UCLouvain in Belgium. They speak about Access2University (A2U), a programme…
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Svitlana are speak with Marie-Christine Ukelo-Mbolo Merga about Perspectives AlterEgauZ* at the University of Fribourg. The post Perspectives AlterEg…
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian speaks with Paul O’Keefe. Paul worked for many years at in Kakkuma refugee camp in Kenya, including for the University of…
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Monica are speaking about the various Initiatives for Refugees at University of Cologne with Ariane Elshof. Ariane works in the…
Allegra Lab · Education Pathways Ireland at The University of Galway with Andrew Flaus A transcript with links and references […] The post Education Pathways Ireland at The…
Allegra Lab · The Hilde Domin Training Programme at University of Konstanz with Judith Beyer and Leila Dedial This is […] The post The Hilde Domin Training Programme…
From February 13 to 29 May 2026 Co-organised by Allegra Lab and EASA LawNet. What is critique, and what might […] The post WHAT is critique? EASA LAWnet…
This year I taught my undergraduate course Anthropology for Liberation at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington after a two year break. As readers of this blog will…
What does it mean to survive, to resist, to care and connect through music, sound, and queer practice and how can scholarly work engage with this? These questions…
The camera shows a deserted, dilapidated room somewhere in war-torn Ukraine. On an intercepted phone call a Russian soldier argues […] The post Shush! How silence is destroying…
I am delighted to share this invaluable resource from my friend and colleague, Dr. April K Henderson. April has written the most thoughtful and practical advice I’ve seen…
Recently I have been thinking about how I learnt to transition from fieldwork to writing. Like many graduate students, mid-way through my thesis research I found myself with…
I want to begin not with theory, but with a moment. It is early June 2016, and I am in […] The post Holding Space: On Risk, Rupture,…
Caste: A Global Story by Suraj Yengde explores caste from both a Dalit and global perspective, critiquing caste’s enduring structures and calling for justice in India and beyond.…
on journal articles versus a really good longer piece of work: a few admonitions if you were mad enough to be seeking advice from me (needless to say,…
I feel surrounded by a special sense of gratitude, one that I’m unsure I have ever felt before, exactly like […] The post Practicing slow scholarship in a…
Maya Wind. 2024. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. London: Verso. In Towers of Ivory and […] The post Towers of Ivory and Steel:…
Allegra are, as is the custom, taking a Summer break from 1 July to 1 September. During this time, we […] The post Summer break, reading break appeared…
Just as “Der Optimismus ist Pflicht” (optimism is a duty) – as Popper is frequently (though perhaps apocryphally) credited with […] The post Soliciting Slaps – Notes from…
Why We Need to Talk about Referencing Creative Work “I SUPPOSE you’ll manage.” Chubby Sr. García, the regional military liaison […] The post Beyond the Footnote: Citation as…
Our students and colleagues often raise the question of what ‘resistance’ should look like in the current moment (in case […] The post Collective Thinking, Collective Action appeared…
After graduating high school, I began university in 2003, majoring in biology and psychology. My goal at the time was to work in conservation, ecology, and organismal biology.…
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative […] The post An ode to being wrong…