'This is Philadelphia. We don't have to do stupid like they did in Columbia.' - Philly DA Larry Krasner

España, el último bastión de la teoría queer.

I discovered a better one, but you'll have to come to Buckingham on 20 May to find out about it 😉 (no, I am not referring to my own work. This is written by someone else, though a similar idea has been introduced by Alan Sokal too, in our The Free Speech Union event in September 2023.)

It would be nice to share a platform with Eric Kaufmann one day. We'll argue, and let the audience decide! 😊

I am sorry, but sharing and amplifying an interview of Alexandr Dugin with Tucker Carlson in the name of fighting trans activism is... I don't know how I could describe this in a diplomatic way. Carlson aside, is it possible that Jennifer Bilek doesn't know who Dugin is? Does she…

🟢 An Islamist 'New Wave' After Gaza? Politics, Violence and Faith, Lurdes Vidal
Lurdes Vidal Bertran Blanquerna FCRI Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals

The #Islamist electoral rise after the #ArabSpring in 2011 was followed by a demise of the Islamist power all around the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica region.…

🔵 The MENA Region and the Global South: Exploring Connections, Alliances and Influences, Eduard Soler Lecha Eduard Soler Lecha Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

The conflict in #Gaza has sparked several global debates. For instance, societies and governments in the #GlobalSouth have underscored…

⚫️ MENA Redefined: Emerging Economic Powers Beyond Energy, Javier Albarracin Javier Albarracín
Blanquerna

This course will analyse how, in last years, some key economies from the Middle East and North Africa are successfully redefining their economic and business model,…

🟤 Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities in the Mediterranean Geo-Energy Space, Aurèlia Mañé Estrada Aurèlia Mañé Estrada
Universitat de Barcelona

The aim of this course is to offer historical and conceptual tools for the analysis of the geopolitics of energy,…

Listen to former Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence offer a different approach  — an example of leadership that listens, doesn’t demonize, doesn’t escalate. cnn.com/videos/us/2024…

⚪️ Proposal Writing and Critical Social Science Writing Intensive Workshop, Suad Joseph Suad Joseph UC Davis

📌 Yet another novelty of the 2024 edition of #BarcelonaMEDMENA . A unique opportunity which will probably be offered once by distinguished professor Suad Joseph, a doyen…

🟡 Decentering European Union Foreign Policy in the Mediterranean: Insights from Religious Engagement and Migration, Sarah Wolff Sarah Wolff Leiden University

Drawing from the decentering agenda in the study and practice of the EU as an actor of international relations, this…

To mark International Academic Freedom Day -20 May Buckingham Academics For Academic Freedom are holding a Free Speech Seminar The University of Buckingham with speaker Umut Özkırımlı Not to be missed. Academics For Academic Freedom Dennis Hayes Diana Blamires Daniel Silveira University of Buckingham Library The Free Speech Union

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I'll be back to London briefly to speak out the dismal state of freedom of speech in the wake of October 7, both on the Left and the Right, and of course make a case for a principled defence of both. I am grateful to Buckingham Academics For Academic Freedom Academics For Academic Freedom and Dennis Hayes for offering me a…

UC Davis ACSS AUC Jadaliyya History UC Davis DIPLOCAT IEMed Obs Blanquerna Blanquerna FCRI Umut Özkırımlı Suad Joseph ✏️'Conflict & Conflict Resolution Approaches in the #Mediterranean & the #MiddleEast '

With Harry Tzimitras (@PRIOCyprus), Nimrod Goren (@Mitvim), Dr. Carsten Wieland (@PRIOresearch) and Torunn L. Tryggestad (@prioGPS). In collaboration with PRIO

🗒️3-4-5 July, 16-18h
🔎t.ly/n7IIn

✏️' #Gender & the #MiddleEast : Categorical Thinking, #Decolonization , Critical Perspectives' with Suad Joseph (@UCDavis) asks how gender becomes a category of political projects in/for/about/through the Middle East.

🗒️2-3-4 July, 11:15-13:15h
🔎 Info: t.ly/W_5oM