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Purging Nazism from German Society

For thousands of years, wars have generally ended in the same way: a military invasion is followed by a decisive victory or negotiated ceasefire. Treaties are signed, territories seized, and reparations...

Mikkel Dack | 18 Apr 2023

Transitional Justice and the Historical Abuses of Church and State

Why does it seem like there is persistent disclosure but also dissatisfaction regarding non-recent violence and how it is addressed? In countries from Australia, to Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom,...

James Gallen | 14 Apr 2023

We Are All Migrants

I had done twenty-odd discussion events around my book in East Germany, but this was something else. “If they start disturbing, or if things turn violent, just push the red button and the police will...

Jan Plamper | 13 Apr 2023

The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture

Have you ever wondered how ancient data management worked? How ancient authors of books that we would term encyclopedic managed their data, for example? Truth is, we don’t know. No ancient author bothered...

Monika Amsler | 12 Apr 2023

Textbook on Health Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries: Transitioning from What to How?

How did the idea come about? It is widely known that well-performing health systems are critical for advancing universal health coverage (UHC), enhancing global health security, and achieving health-related...

Sameen Siddiqi, Awad Mataria, Katherine D. Rouleau, Meesha Iqbal | 12 Apr 2023

Publication metrics don’t have to drive academia

Impact of research evaluation Today, researchers are publishing more than ever before. New assistant professors have already published twice as much as their peers did in the early 1990s to secure...

Emanuel Kulczycki | 11 Apr 2023

Liberalism, radicalism and nature: Henry George, Ireland, and the politics of land

‘The death knell of thralldom’ ran the newspaper headline. A grand claim, certainly, but one that many reading it in 1880 believed could be true. For these American radicals, the fact that this ‘death...

Andrew Phemister | 11 Apr 2023

Practicing in Communities: Is it for you?

When we first met many, many conferences ago, my writing partner discovered we had a lot in common. Beyond some similar childhood experiences, we are both community psychologists and both enjoy working...

Susan M. Wolfe, Ann Webb Price | 10 Apr 2023

Love in the Higher-Education Classroom?

In the book The Joy of Science, Seven Principles for Scientists Seeking Happiness, Harmony, and Success, one of us with co-author Jen Schneider discuss the pressures that academic faculty operate under....

Roel Snieder, Cortney Holles, Qin Zhu, Cynthia James | 5 Apr 2023

How Courts Make Us Sick

More than three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is an unhealthy country. During the pandemic, the United States lost more people per capita to COVID-19 than any other...

Wendy E. Parmet | 5 Apr 2023

Ukraine and Russia

Where is the Path to Peace in Ukraine? Does the path to peace run through stalemate or victory? This is among the key issues dividing analysts and policymakers in the West. (In Ukraine, there is no...

Paul D'Anieri | 4 Apr 2023

The Crisis of Modern Nihilism and its Source

It is often said that our age suffers from a crisis of nihilism. Despite all the wealth, benefits, and comforts produced by modern industrial countries, there is still a sense of malaise that something...

Jon Stewart | 4 Apr 2023