Second earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria causing more than 1,400 deaths
A strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, killing more than 500 people and destroying dozens of buildings…
Democracies don’t just bounce back after dictatorships
Santiago Mitre's film details the complex judicial process against members of the military junta…
Peru protests: What to know about Indigenous-led movement shaking the crisis-hit country
What you have now is an unpopular ex-president in jail and an unpopular president with contested claims to legitimacy in power. It is very different context…
Twitter in 2022: 5 essential reads about the consequences of Elon Musk’s takeover of the microblogging platform
You would be forgiven for growing numb to the almost daily assault of headlines proclaiming the latest stunning development involving Elon Musk’s tenure as owner and manager of Twitter…
Lost at sea
Review of Enzo Traverso, Revolution: An Intellectual History…
As Musk takes control are we heading to an ‘everything app’ or the break-up of academic Twitter?
After much speculation, Twitter has been acquired by Elon Musk. In this post, Mark Carrigan asks, if now is the time to rethink academic twitter by separating out the knowledge exchange and…
Lula beats Bolsonaro in Brazil’s runoff election
With 50.84% of the votes, the former president and leader of the Workers' Party became the president of the South American giant in an election marked by polarization, fake news, and electoral…
Has Vladimir Putin been outflanked by the Russian far right?
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin has sought to minimise the reality of war, however on the far right, many feel that Russia is holding back too much and are increasingly calling…
Ales Bialiatski, Center for Civil Liberties and Memorial receive the Nobel Peace Prize – 2022
The winners represent civil society in their home countries. For many years, they have promoted the right to criticize power and to protect the fundamental rights of citizens…
Globalization and the shaping of the new University world
Not only has the usual functioning of universities changed, but also the whole relationship between the university and the societies to which they respond…