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Interview with Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba: “I learned to suffer but to do it with a degree of dignity”

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 by Admin

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Interview with Mr Alfredo Pérez-Rubalcaba a key figure in Spanish politics. The former Interior Minister, Minister of Education, Deputy PM and leader of the Spanish socialist party was interviewed by one of our students in Madrid last autumn. He unfortunately passed away in May. With his loss we say goodbye to…

New Evidence Shows Increasing Public Support for Hate Speech Laws post-Brexit

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 by Admin

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Dr. Alex Brown examines a new YouGov poll which shows a rise in public support for hate speech laws since 2017. The new poll follows up on a previous survey carried out by YouGov back in 2017, looking at British attitudes concerning laws banning the stirring up of hatred. In…

#DeniedMyVote – why many EU citizens were unable to vote in the European Parliament elections

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 by Admin

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On Thursday 23 May, the UK participated in European Parliament elections. Citizens of all EU countries should be able to vote in these elections in the country they live, but many non-UK EU citizens found they had been excluded from the electoral register and were unable to vote. Toby James explains how…

Wittgenstein on Logic as the Method of Philosophy: An Interview with Oskari Kuusela

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 by Admin

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Oskari Kuusela is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He very kindly found some time in his diary to talk to us about his new book – Wittgenstein on Logic as the Method of Philosophy: Re-examining the Roots and Development of Analytic Philosophy. The book has…

Brexit delay: what it would take for the EU to agree article 50 extension

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by Admin

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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

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 by Admin

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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

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Admin

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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

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 by Admin

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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

February 20, 2019March 13, 2019 by Admin

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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

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by Admin

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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…

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