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Student Protests. Three Periods of University Governance — by Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat and Bob Jeffery

Student Protests. Three Periods of University Governance — by Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat and Bob Jeffery

Exploring the idea of student protests as an autonomous object of research and discussion, this paper leads to the understanding that the transforming role of the university and its governance defines the possibilities for the political role of students. In this perspective, there is a particular co

Reading Discourses of Power and Violence in Emerging Kashmiri Literature in English: The Collaborator and Curfewed Night — by Amrita Ghosh

Reading Discourses of Power and Violence in Emerging Kashmiri Literature in English: The Collaborator and Curfewed Night — by Amrita Ghosh

Abstract: This essay studies two literary texts on Kashmir, The Collaborator (2011) by Mirza Waheed and Curfewed Night (2010) by Basharat Peer and analyzes the discourses of power and covert and overt forms of violence that the works present. It first contextualizes events from the last three years

Protest and Police “Excesses” in Chile: The Limits of Social Accountability — by Michelle D. Bonner

Protest and Police “Excesses” in Chile: The Limits of Social Accountability — by Michelle D. Bonner

In view of the recent protests in Chile, we bring you this essential reading, a chapter entitled 'Protest and Police “Excesses” in Chile: The Limits of Social Accountability' by Professor Michelle D. Bonner, originally published in "The Politics of Violence in Latin America" (ed. Pablo Policzer, Uni

Kashmir Conflict: Alarming Mental Health Consequences (2015) — by Nuzhat Firdous

Kashmir Conflict: Alarming Mental Health Consequences (2015) — by Nuzhat Firdous

This journal article by Nuzhat Firdous, published in The International Journal of Indian Psychology, is reproduced here via Creative Commons License. Abstract: "War damages the very fabric of the society. It not only damages its physical structure but also disrupts its entire social tissue, its envi

#TheKashmirSyllabus - A List of Sources for Teaching and Learning about Kashmir

#TheKashmirSyllabus - A List of Sources for Teaching and Learning about Kashmir

Our readers have been asking about reading material to better understand what far too many Kashmiris have bitterly and desolately called The Forgotten Conflict. As such, and now more than ever, the following embedded Google Doc titled #TheKashmirSyllabus is a course plan with weekly readings compil

Rereading Cortázar’s Hopscotch through Joyce’s Ulysses by Dr. Patricia Novillo-Corvalán

Rereading Cortázar’s Hopscotch through Joyce’s Ulysses by Dr. Patricia Novillo-Corvalán

Introduction: "In 1968 a distinguished group of writers, critics, and translators organised a symposium in post-revolutionary Cuba in an attempt to assess the colossal impact that Julio Cortázar’s groundbreaking novel Rayuela (1963) (Hopscotch; 1966) had had in the Latin American literary arena.1 If

Resisting Occupation: A Teach-in on Kashmir at The People's Forum NYC

Resisting Occupation: A Teach-in on Kashmir at The People's Forum NYC

Professors Mohamad Junaid and Hafsa Kanjwal do a teach-in at The People's Forum NYC to give an introduction to Indian Occupied Kashmir while also providing the necessary historical context to those not aware of the oldest standing conflict in modern history. Starting from a '101' on Kashmir, its peo