Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Habib Noorbhai, Professor (Health & Sports Science), University of Johannesburg If you were to walk through the corridors of some of the world’s leading cricket schools, you might hear the crack of leather on willow long before the bell for the end of the day rings.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Michael E Odijie, Associate Professor, University of Oxford When historians and the public think about the end of domestic slavery in west Africa, they often imagine colonial governors issuing decrees and missionaries working to end local traffic in enslaved people. Two of my recent publications tell…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Gabriela Perdomo, Assistant Professor, Mount Royal University The response of Canada’s legacy news media to the Israeli government’s military action in Gaza for more than 640 days points to a problem within major Canadian news organizations, according to a new Canadian book, When Genocide Wasn’t News.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Stuart J. Murray, Professor of Rhetoric and Ethics | Professeur titulaire en rhétorique et éthique, Carleton University Why do images of Donald Trump as a galactic emperor or Luigi Mangione as a Catholic saint resonate so deeply with some people? Memes don’t just entertain — they…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell An Israeli soldier prays in the Evyatar outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 7, 2024. AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg Since Oct. 7, 2023, as Israel’s war against Hamas drags…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Kirk Freudenburg, Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Classics, Yale University A marble statue of Nero on loan from the Louvre in Paris is seen at the Landesmuseum in Germany in 2016. Harald Tittel/Picture Alliance via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s first term saw a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Elizabeth W. Covington, Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, Auburn University Penicillin is a substance produced by penicillium mold. About 80% of people with a penicillin allergy will lose the allergy after about 10 years. Clouds Hill Imaging Ltd./Corbis Documentary via Getty Images Imagine this: You’re…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Skip Mark, Assistant professor of political science, University of Rhode Island Only about 1 in 10 U.S. workers belong to unions today. champc/iStock via Getty Images Plus Despite the strength of the U.S. economy, the gap between rich and poor Americans is increasing. The wealthiest…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Joseph Sageman, Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, nearly 15% of students are Black, but less than 4% of teachers are. JohnnyGreig/E+ Collection via Getty Images Zikia, a 12th grader in Philadelphia, was stressing over where she would attend college in the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Michael Childers, Associate Professor of History, Colorado State University The Ahwahnee is a privately run hotel inside Yosemite National Park. George Rose/Getty Images The Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service’s budget and staffing have raised concerns among park advocates and the public that…