Forum on contested language in relation to aging and later life
Do you still use terms such as “the elderly,” “dementia sufferer,” “population,” or “vulnerability,” without thinking twice?
You can now consult the Forum on “Contested Language” published by open access journal Age, Culture, Humanities, co-edited by Aagje Swinnen, as part of its volume number 6.
The forum offers discussions of contested terms and complements existing guidelines on language use related to the topic of aging and later life.
Tsjalling Swierstra co-edits introduction to philosophy of technology
Tsjalling Swierstra co-edited an introduction to the philosophy of technology, entitled ‘The Technical Condition: The Entanglement of Technology, Culture, and Society (Boom 2022)‘.
What makes this introduction stand out is that it is especially geared towards students in the humanities and social sciences. Chapters explore how technology is entangled with our everyday lives, with our bodies and health, with art, nature, politics and morality.
Ferenc Laczo publishes blog on A Global History of Hungary
Recently, Ferenc Laczó has co-edited a large collective volume titled A Global History of Hungary, 1869-2022.
In this blog for Mosa Historia, Laczó sketches the overarching concept of this volume, discusses challenges in designing such a large edited volume and reflects on the contribution it makes to contemporary Hungarian historiography.
FASoS T&L Blog on games in PBL
One of the key characteristics of PBL is its emphasis on active student engagement. One way of activating students in such a context is the use of games.
On 7 June 2022, Patrick Bijsmans and Anna Harris hosted an interactive Continuing Professional Development workshop aimed at exploring the possibilities that games offer in a PBL context.
In this latest Teaching and Learning blog, they provide a synopsis of this workshop.
Francesca Colli and Yf Reykers publish in EJIS
Francesca Colli and Yf Reykers have published their article “Enemies or allies? How NGOs can push the military towards transparency around the use of force” in the European Journal of International Security.
The article studies the case of the Hawijah airstrikes by the Netherlands to examine the conditions under which NGOs gained access to military administrations and successfully pushed for improved transparency measures.
Read the article here.
Pablo del Hierro publishes article on neofascism during the long 1970s
Pablo del Hierro has published “‘From Brest to Bucharest’: Neofascist transnational networks during the long 1970s” in European Review of History. It focuses on political activism of neo-fascist groups between 1968 and the early 1980s. Why did these groups grow in Europe during those years?
With a broader chronological perspective, it analyses the exchange of ideas and strategies carried out by these actors across national borders since 1945.
Wiebe Nauta publishes article in Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
Wiebe Nauta has published the article ‘The Challenges of South-South Cooperation and Triangular Cooperation for the United Nations: Towards True Solidarity and a Human Rights Based Democratization of Global Health?’ in the Asian Journal of Peacebuilding.
Access the article here.
FASoS T&L Blog on peer feedback
Peer feedback is often used in courses as a tool for collaborative learning. In theory, providing comments on another student’s assignment and engaging with comments from peers is a formative experience. Yet, is it always so collaborative and constructive?
In this blog, Yf Reykers shares his experience in using a writing assignment for peer feedback.
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LSE Impact Blog on pursuing citational justice
Aurélie Carlier, Hang Nguyen, Lidwien Hollanders, Nicole Basaraba, Sally Wyatt and Sharon Anyango published a post on the LSE Impact Blog, reflecting on their efforts to achieve greater citational justice for women and other groups under-represented in the production of knowledge.
A few months ago, this group of six women published the UM Citation Guide, a guide by FEM.
Milan Babić and Adam Dixon publish on the China effect
While European policy-making was ambiguous about the question of hosting Chinese state-led investment (CSLI) in the early 2010s, we can observe a recent surge of protectionist legal measures across Europe. What explains this trend among different European countries?
In a new open access article in The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Milan Babić and Adam Dixon answer this question.
Access the publication here.
