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Ulster’s Lost Counties: A Warning from the Past?
In the midst of the Anglo-Irish War, on 21 August 1920, fourteen IRA volunteers attacked a farm owned by the Corscadden family at Carricknahorna in the hills of South Donegal. This was later the family home of Hazel Corscadden, the mother of future Britis…
Finding Hope for the Future in Queer History
LGBTQ+ rights are under attack around the country. In just the first six months of 2024, state legislators introduced 527 bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community. The situation is so dire that the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ…
Hemingway and Writing for the “Long Future”
Volume 6 of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, spanning June 1934 through June 1936, includes 366 items of correspondence, directed to 116 recipients. In our introductions to the volume, we note that Hemingway’s enthusiasm for the growing sport of dee…
“They’re eating the pets” Racial stereotyping in politics
When viewers watched the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, they were astonished when the latter candidate made the claim that immigrants in Ohio are eating cats and dogs. Trump said, “In Springfield, they’re eat…
‘Where are you from? No, where are you really from?’ Questions from the other side of the table.
In all stages of psychopathology — the expression, experience, development, outcome, help-seeking and treatment interventions — culture is central. [1] Definitions of culture vary enormously and are often contested but, for the purposes here, …
John Cleland Plays Dead?
John Cleland, best remembered as the author of the erotic novel Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1748-49), was a tricksy and entertaining correspondent. His letters, just published by Cambridge University Press, reveal his attempts to insinuate himself wit…
Is Musical Modernism Western?
This year’s edition of the annual World New Music Days by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) took place on the Faroe Islands. Alongside the host nation, the opening concert featured works by composers from South Africa, Norway, …
America’s French Orphans: Mobilization, Humanitarianism, and the Protection of France during World War
Months before the United States entered the war, American men, women, and children mobilized to “adopt” France’s orphans. Through a binational humanitarian relief organization known as the Fatherless Children of France Society (FCFS), Am…
Energy Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe: The Political Economy of Climate and Energy Policy
Even before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine put energy security at the centre of EU policy, countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) considered this issue to be crucial part of not only energy policy, but also national security. Energy Transit…
The Martyr’s Many Faces
In 2012, I first heard about the spate of self-immolations happening in the traditional lands of Tibet. It seemed every day more people burned themselves to death while publicly condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and praying for the Dalai Lama&r…
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What motivates states to ‘transform our world’ in a time of crises?
This article introduces “Why Do States Adhere to the Sustainable Development Goals?”, a new open access article in Transnational Environmental Law.…
Decontextuality and Judiciary Nihilism: A Few Candid Regrets for a Dissenting Opinion
Find part one of this post here. 3. Decontextuality Since the Court was asked by the General Assembly to render a legal opinion about the legal consequences of the (illegally) prolonged occupation of Palestine, it may be arguably justifiable to be …
A Few Candid Regrets for a Dissenting Opinion
It is apparent that many international legal norms are not simply or genuinely legal, but are rather reflective of political power relations or one party’s control over another.…
Post Nubes Lux: introduction to The Aeronautical Journal Special Issue
Beyond the Clouds There is Light. This is an appropriate descriptor of our industry. It is now emerging from the dark clouds of the Covid-19 pandemic, stronger and with a primary aim to improve environmental performance.
To Be Bipolar
In the September edition of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International – Dr Dami Ajayi reviews Nigerian writer Tukura John Daniel’s memoir about his lived experience with Bipolar Affective Disorder, How to Spell Bip…
Using the illustrative process to reconstruct ceramic design
Following my participation in an extensive illustration project in 2001 of precontact decorated ceramics from the Hohokam site of Snaketown that were curated at the Arizona State Museum, I wrote an article published by AAP in 2014 called Representation an…
Meet the Editors: Q&A with TJ Odom, Social Media Editor for Parasitology.
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal.…
Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities: mental health services need to do better
There has been a rightful focus on equity in healthcare systems, and drives to co-produce services in a culturally informed manner with those who use them. In my experience, this has not been equal in approach, and a group, or groups of people, who remain…
DEAD TICK CLADE WALKING
Before 1935, ticks were composed of the hard (Ixodidae) and soft (Argasidae) tick families. In 1931, Gerald Bedford described a peculiar tick species named Nuttalliella namaqua, which he considered a missing link between the two families, since it shared …
Purple Inclusion in Tourism: A Possibility or a Pipe Dream for India?
Stephen Hawking’s struggle with wheelchair inaccessibility at the Taj Mahal in 2001 remains a potent symbol of India’s persistent failure to foster disability (purple) inclusion in tourism sector.…