Will Brexit actually happen?
Around 700 thousand people marched through London in October 2018 calling for a 'People's Vote' on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the EU. But what are the chances of it actually happening? And even if it did, would the UK still end up leaving the EU? With Clare…
Brexit delay: what it would take for the EU to agree article 50 extension
How much longer were you thinking? Stephanie Lecocq/EPA For the first time – 23 months after the UK triggered the article 50 negotiations to begin the process of leaving the European Union – Theresa May acknowledged that it might be necessary to delay Brexit day. Reportedly under pressure from a number of the…
Hezbollah ban is partly a performance of British national identity
Three organisations, including the Lebanon-based Hezbollah, were banned as terrorist organisations by the British government on March 1. This means membership of, and support for, the organisations is a criminal offence. The proscription of the three groups, which also include the organisations Ansaroul Islam and Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM) that operate…
Necessary Travel: An Interview with Susan Hodgett
Professor Susan Hodgett Susan Hodgett is the founding Professor of Area Studies at the University of East Anglia. She very kindly found some time in her diary to talk to us about her new book – Necessary Travel: New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective– co-edited with Patrick James…
Shamima Begum: History and politics matters
Lee Jarvis (UEA) and Tim Legrand (University of Adelaide) It's been a little difficult to avoid the story of teenager Shamima Begum over the last couple of days. Here we have a nineteen year old British citizen who, four years ago (as a child), left her home in London and…
Academic setbacks and rejections Some brief reflections
LEE JARVIS In the past couple of months I’ve had two opportunities to reflect on the process of building an academic career, and to think about some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way. In November 2018, I delivered my inaugural lecture: a public-facing talk typically delivered by new…
School climate strikes: why adults no longer have the right to object to their children taking radical action
A worldwide wave of school climate strikes, begun by the remarkable Greta Thunberg, has reached the UK. Some critics claim these activist-pupils are simply playing truant, but I disagree. Speaking as both a climate campaigner and an academic philosopher, I believe school walkouts are morally and politically justifiable. Philosophy can…
Migration and Media: An Interview with Andreas Musolff and Lorella Viola
Andreas Musolff is Professor of Intercultural Communication at the University of East Anglia. Lorella Viola is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Utrecht University who received her PhD student here at UEA. They both very kindly found some time in their diaries to talk to us about their new book – Migration…
Many opportunities to learn from Europe will no longer be available after Brexit
Opportunities to learn from Europe will no longer be available after Brexit. This is because the UK will be absent from EU policy coordination processes specifically designed to promote learning. In this blog, Kate Mattocks (University of East Anglia) writes about what exactly will no longer be available to the…
Translation and Philosophy: An Interview with Philip Wilson
Philip Wilson is Tutor in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, where he teaches literature and philosophy. He very kindly found some time in his diary to talk to us about his new book – The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Philosophy – co-edited with Piers Rawling, Professor of…
Kamala Harris And How Not To Become The 2020 Democratic Candidate
Harris kicked off her campaign to become the next party presidential candidate, but there are a number of challenges she'll face This week Kamala Harris kicked off the race to become the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 2020. Whilst others are ever so slowly moving into position, launching committees to…