Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Jeffers Engelhardt, Professor of Music, Amherst College For years, Arvo Pärt has been one of the most performed contemporary classical composers in the world. Calle Hesslefors/ullstein bild via Getty Images The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, who turns 90 on Sept. 11, 2025, is one of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Lauren Knight, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto This week, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is celebrating 50 years of films and programming. Through its evolution, TIFF has become an industry staple for both artists and fans, and remains important as a “major…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Moira A. McDonald, Associate Professor, Director, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Royal Roads University Global attitudes towards the United States as a tourism destination are plunging. Travel pressures, exchange rate shifts and increasing economic uncertainty have all damaged the reputation of the American travel sector.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova University The top 5 ‘asthma capitals’ in the U.S. are Detroit, Rochester, Allentown, Philadelphia and Cleveland, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s 2025 report. Terry Vine/DigitalVision Collection via Getty Images Philadelphia has once again been…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Frédéric Sawicki, professeur de science politique, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday failed to win a confidence vote in parliament (194 votes in favour, 364 against) and has submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who will have to appoint a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Amanuel Tesfaye, Doctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki The UK is moving to lower its voting age from 18 to 16. The new legislation takes effect ahead of the country’s next general election in 2029, and is aimed at boosting its democracy. The move has ignited…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Sallek Yaks Musa, Lecturer, University of Northampton Nigerians have experienced what it means for their government to be controlled by the military. From independence in 1960 until 1999, the country was under democratic rule for only about seven years. Since then, the military has taken…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Tanya Basok, Professor, Sociology, University of Windsor Cuts to humanitarian aid by the United States government under Donald Trump are triggering a global dismantling of humanitarian infrastructure, which is severely undermining asylum systems. These cuts are occurring alongside the current rise of a “post-humanitarian” approach to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Professor of Economics, University of Pretoria It will take an estimated 131 years for the world to achieve gender parity, defined as equal access, opportunities and outcomes for women and men across economic, political, educational and health dimensions. That’s according to the World…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Michael Hales, Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Physical Education, Kennesaw State University Muscle cramps have felled many an athlete on game day. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images For athletes across all sports, few experiences are as agonizing as being forced to leave competition with a…