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Nigeria’s Role in World War II Unearthed

“Though we are but poor farmers by trade, we are quite prepared to render any assistance which may come to our reach to our British Government who is fighting for world peace.”– Ututu Clan Executive...

Chima J. Korieh | 23 Mar 2020

Some Questions to Ask Before Disenfranchising Prisoners

In 2005, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found the United Kingdom in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights for indiscriminately disenfranchising its prisoners. For over a decade,...

Shai Dothan | 20 Mar 2020

A People’s Music: Jazz in East Germany, 1945-1990

Imagine. It’s 1965, you’re at home in on Prenzlauer Berg, the Berlin Wall is visible from your window, and you’re having friends over to your flat. Someone brings the latest Thelonious Monk record,...

Helma Kaldewey | 19 Mar 2020

Living in the Algorithmic Age

Algorithms are sometimes compared to cathedrals, in that they share the same ambition, and the same folly. Some algorithms, such as telephone operating systems, data management systems, or search engines,...

Serge Abiteboul, Gilles Dowek | 19 Mar 2020

Law and Order in the Economy: The End of a Paradigm and the Rebirth of an Old One

It started and ended in Chile! This might be the introductory sentence to an economic history of our times. After the 1973 military coup the “Chicago Boys”, a group of Chilean economists educated by...

Poul F. Kjaer | 18 Mar 2020

Irish Literature in Transition, 1980–2020

The sixth and final volume of Irish Literature in Transition examines four decades of contemporary Irish writing and culture; it begins in 1980 and ends now, in 2020. These dates suggest one challenge...

Eric Falci, Paige Reynolds | 17 Mar 2020

A story often buried – What shall we do about the increasing load of species dependent on humans for their existence?

Humans have long known that once a species goes extinct it is gone forever. There is a growing realization that the rate of human-caused extinctions is rising. One aspect of this gloomy picture is that...

Beatrice Van Horne | 17 Mar 2020

Modern Monitoring in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care

Modern Monitoring in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care is essentially a manual to help health care providers navigate their way through a seemingly endless array of monitoring devices that promise...

Andrew B. Leibowitz, Suzan Uysal | 16 Mar 2020

Unhinging Islam from the Middle East

Islam is a vital part of Asia’s past and present, as Asia was and is central to Islam. Islam and Asia argues that the existence of an intra-Asian space of interaction allowed for multidirectional influences...

Chiara Formichi | 13 Mar 2020

GATT: A Despised Do-Gooding Organization

The World Trade Organization has always had more critics than champions.  These days, the charges that are made against the WTO include that it has overstepped its authority, that it impedes the ability...

Francine McKenzie | 12 Mar 2020

Call to invest 20% of global arms budget in ‘food for peace’

  Investing one fifth of the global arms budgets in a new world food system will end hunger everywhere – but also greatly increase prospects for world peace. “At present humanity invests around...

Julian Cribb | 12 Mar 2020

Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana

Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana is available now. This episode is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and Spotify. Read More ?

Ariela J. Gross, Alejandro de la Fuente | 11 Mar 2020