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July 21, 2024
Capitalist Humanitarianism
The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades – to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to the …
July 14, 2024
Second World, Second Sex
Last week, I had the privilege to talk with Dr. Kristen R. Ghodsee about her most recent book Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women's Activism and…
July 14, 2024
The Afterlife of Data
A short, thought-provoking book about what happens to our online identities after we die. These days, so much of our lives takes place online—but w…
July 12, 2024
Towers of Ivory and Steel
Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy. Drawing on extensive research and making Hebrew sour…
July 11, 2024
The Slow Violence of Immigration Court
Each year, hundreds of thousands of migrants are moved through immigration court. With a national backlog surpassing one million cases, court hearings…
July 10, 2024
The Secret Life of Data
What is data, and why does it matter for us to care about the data traces we leave behind? What are the implications for our lives of how this data is…
July 9, 2024
Human Capital
When Americans and other citizens of advanced capitalist countries think of humanitarianism, they think of charitable efforts to help people displaced…
July 3, 2024
Law and Personality Disorder
In Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation (Oxford UP, 2024), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin considers the controversial and…
June 29, 2024
Colonial Paradigms of Violence
In recent years, scholars have rediscovered Hannah Arendt`s "boomerang thesis" – the "coming home" of European colonialism as genocide on European soi…
June 12, 2024
Implications of Pre-Emptive Data Surveillance for Fundamental Rights in the European Union
In Implications of Pre-Emptive Data Surveillance for Fundamental Rights in the European Union (Brill Nijhoff, 2023) Julia Wojnowska-Radzińska offers a…
June 8, 2024
Policing the Womb
Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood (Cambridge University Press, 2020) a brilliant but shocking account of the cr…
June 5, 2024
The Home I Worked to Make
In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating co…
June 4, 2024
We Should Not Take the UN For Granted
In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being ques…
May 30, 2024
Disability Worlds
In Disability Worlds (Duke UP, 2024), Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp chronicle and theorize two decades of immersion in New York City’s wide-ranging dis…
May 30, 2024
Judgement at Tokyo
In December 1948, a panel of 12 judges sentenced 23 Japanese officials for war crimes. Seven, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, were senten…
May 27, 2024
Principles in Power
Vanessa Walker's Principles in Power: Latin America and the Politics of U. S. Human Rights Diplomacy (Cornell University Press, 2020) explores the rel…
May 15, 2024
Elastic Empire
The United States integrated counterterrorism mandates into its aid flows in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the early years of the global war on …
May 13, 2024
Governing After War
Governing After War: Rebel Victories and Post-war Statebuilding (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Dr. Shelley X. Liu explores how wartime processes a…
April 18, 2024
Recognition Politics
Recognition Politics: Indigenous Rights and Ethnic Conflict in the Andes (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Lorenza B. Fontana is a pioneering …
April 16, 2024
Rights Refused
Over three years have passed since a military coup of February 2021 in Myanmar precipitated a popular uprising that has since transformed into a revol…