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Feeling the Rainbow: LGBT Rights and Reforms
Read more: Feeling the Rainbow: LGBT Rights and Reformsby Senthorun Raj Do I feel proud? This was a question I reflected on recently while gathered with several sweaty […]
Teri Williams
Freedom of Speech as Well as Listening: From Thinking with Words to Listening Through Language
By Igor R. Reyner It is evident that we are living in a particularly challenging time, where transformative and empathic ways of listening, as well as of understanding, are much needed. Surrounded by fake news and intransigent behaviour, isolated in…
Fatou Bensouda: beyond the symbols, what can we learn nine years later?
By Gbandi Benjamin DARE and Elisée Judicaël TIEHI Elected by consensus on 12 December 2011 by the Assembly of States Parties, Fatou Bensouda will officially step down as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 15 June 2021. The…
A Sociologist and a Philosopher Attempt to Learn from COVID
Edward Avery-Natale, interviewed by Colin C. Smith My childhood friend Dr. Edward Avery-Natale is a professor of contemporary sociology, while I am a lecturer in ancient philosophy. Although Ed studies the modern world and I the ancient, we are often…
Theologies of Reading
By Laura McCormick Kilbride, Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft, and Simone Kotva Is reading a theological activity? This is a question which only invites further questions. How a person responds to it will reveal as much about their presuppositions and their training…
In Memoriam Sophinette Becker (1950-2019): Appreciation of new thoughts on sexuality, psychoanalysis and politics from the past
By Patrick Henze-Lindhorst Stubborn, a loving mentor and dedicated therapist, and an acutely perceptive authority on countless political and theoretical issues: The psychoanalytically oriented psychologist, sexuality researcher, and psychosomatics specialist Sophinette Becker shaped the renowned Institute for Sexual Science at…
Three ways that human rights impact assessment can improve consistency between economic law and human rights law
By Caroline Dommen It is perplexing to observe how often States ignore their international legal commitments in one area of law when making rules in another. An area in which this is repeatedly plays out is trade policy – as…
The Lost Splendour of Ghazni: Rediscovering an Islamic Capital in Medieval Afghanistan
By Viola Allegranzi Located in present-day Afghanistan, Ghazni was once a prosperous commercial and cultural centre at the crossroads of Iranian, Central Asian and Indian regions. Under the rule of the Ghaznavid dynasty (r. 977-1186), the city was home to…
The Importance of Legacy in the Histories of Mycologists
By Nathan Smith How many animals can you name? How many plants? The answer to both questions is probably quite a few and, indeed, the total would probably number in the hundreds for both were you to sit down and…
Translation and Literature Reaches Thirty: A Little History
By Stuart Gillespie I was one of the two founding editors of this journal in 1992. Anyone involved with a publication for this long will have travelled far, and when I look back over the thirty-year lifespan of Translation and…
How do women and men swear on Twitter, and why does it matter?
By Michael Gauthier For decades now, sociolinguistic studies have showed that social parameters have an influence on the way we express ourselves, and gender is no exception. Swearwords have been shown to be one of these parameters, and it is…