Category: Academic Analysis
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Taylor Swift has branded herself a showgirl. These hardworking women have a long and bejewelled history
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Emily Brayshaw, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Taylor Swift/Instagram The iconic feathered showgirl was born amid the chaos of the first world war, when the wealthy, global French superstar Gaby Deslys entertained Parisians and Allied soldiers in a 1917 show…
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Around the world, migrants are being deported at alarming rates – how did this become normalised?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Andonea Jon Dickson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh Under President Donald Trump, the United States is expanding its efforts to detain and deport non-citizens at an alarming rate. In recent months, the Trump administration made deals with a number of third states to receive…
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‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Penelope Breese/Getty With the passing of Dr Jane Goodall, the world has lost a conservation giant. But her extraordinary achievements leave a profound legacy. Goodall was a world-leading expert…
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The Michigan church shooting sits within a long history of hatred against Mormons in America
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney On Sunday, a gunman launched a horrifying attack on people at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Thomas Jacob Sanford allegedly rammed his…
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US economy is already on the edge – a prolonged government shutdown could send it tumbling over
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By John W. Diamond, Director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, Rice University It’s a long way down. IAISI/Moment via Getty Images The economic consequences of the current federal government shutdown hinge critically on how long it lasts. If it is resolved…
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How Canada can support rural regions in its net-zero transition
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Tamara Krawchenko, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria As Canada advances toward its 2050 net-zero emissions target, it’s facing a fundamental challenge: ensuring all parts of the country can participate in and benefit from the transition to a clean economy. Canada’s regional economies…
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How changes in autism diagnosis help explain the rise in cases – podcast
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Ricardo Espinoza L/Shutterstock When Donald Trump gave a press conference in late September urging pregnant women to avoid taking paracetamol unless medically necessary because of a possible link to autism, the reaction from the scientific community was…
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The American TikTok deal doesn’t address the platform’s potential for manipulation, only who profits
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Andrew Buzzell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western University On Sept. 25, the Donald Trump administration in the United States again extended the TikTok ban-or-divest law, possibly for the last time. The latest extension to the law, which was passed in 2024 by the Joe…
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Often overlooked, Tudor art richly reflected a turbulent century of growth and change
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christina Faraday, Research Fellow in History of Art, University of Cambridge It can sometimes seem like the Tudors are everywhere, at least in Britain: on television, in bookshops and in historic houses and galleries across the country. Yet within the discipline of art history, appreciation for…
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The other space race: why the world is obsessed with sending objects into orbit
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tony Milligan, Teaching Associate, University of Sheffield Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, with Earth in background. wikipedia, CC BY-SA Beyond the race for scientific, commercial and military purposes, there is another space race of a more curious sort. A race to be the first to send various…