British Values, Islam, East Anglia: Some findings and an invitation
Watch a trailer for, and find out about, UEA’s AHRC-funded project on British [Muslim] Values. Over the last year or so, Eylem Atakav, Lee Marsden and I have been working on an AHRC-funded project titled: British [Muslim] Values: Conflict or Convergence. The aim of the project is to explore (i)…
Why the idea of ‘generation’ needs to be articulated more carefully in politics
Ben Little and Alison Winch explain the different meanings of generation in political culture and highlight the tension that exists between them. They argue that a successful application of the concept is able to mark both continuity and difference, turning the power of conservative thought to radical ends. In mainstream…
Strengthening Migrant Rights in Post-Brexit Britain
Post financial crisis, the most persistent scapegoats for many parts of society has been migrants and refugees. Used by mass media, politicians and common people alike, the problems of Europe have been condensed in the spiteful image of the ‘others’. ‘Others’ to imagined national communities, ‘others’ to the European project…
Why do we want independence? A Catalan UEA student explains
Following the attempts of the Spanish government to prevent an independence referendum, one of our Catalan students explains why he wants independence for Catalonia from Spain. Last Sunday, just like 2 other million people, I voted; and did so in favour of the creation of a new Catalan Republic. Since…
Japan’s controversial, shrewd and ambitious Shinzo Abe
As Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe campaigns in a snap election, he looks set to enter into an unprecedented third term in office, and become Japan’s longest serving postwar prime minister. So who is he? What is the secret to his success? And why is he both so fervently supported…
Understanding musical copyright in the digital age
We need a more nuanced view of the practices and values associated with copying in popular music culture, write Adam Behr, Keith Negus and John Street. Copyright appears in one of two guises. It is either the backdrop to arguments about plagiarism – about how ‘Blurred Lines’ was stolen from…
Mapping International Relations
Professor Lee Jarvis introduces work from our new international relations students, who started this week. This week we have been busy welcoming many new International Relations students on to our various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. One of the first things we asked those students to do was to produce their…
Jeremy Corbyn’s route to Number 10: a few hurdles that need clearing
As the Labour Party Conference takes place this week, Toby James considers whether Jeremy Cobyn is heading for Number 10. Jeremy Corbyn entered the 2016 Labour party conference freshly re-elected as leader. The jubilant support for him at the leadership election was met in equal share with bemusement in other…
Venezuela’s long history of racism is coming back to haunt it
Over the last four months, hardly a day has gone by without news coverage of the political and economic crisis in Venezuela. At least 124 people have been killed, some by security forces, while participating in or accidentally encountering opposition-led street demonstrations. The mainstream media narrative is of an increasingly…
North Korea knows it can’t afford to go to war
Don't worry about North Korea, says UEA's Ra Mason, it knows that it can't afford to go to war. Watch his analysis and read his blog in full below. The current flare-up over North Korea’s missile tests and Donald Trump’s belligerent response is frightening for many, but anyone worried that…