By Iris Raith How do you document history pertaining to terrorist activities without offering them a safe haven from possible legal proceedings? This is one of the questions that arose from the unraveling of the Belfast Project in 2011. This academic project was initiated in 2001, a few years afterContinue Reading
By Luma Andrade “Your cheerful, beautiful fields have more flowers Our forests have more life” The lyrics of the Brazilian national anthem seem like nothing but a dead fantasy nowadays for the underprivileged communities which are fighting for land in Brazilian territories. The rural population of Carranca and Araçá, municipalityContinue Reading
By Guillermo Cardenas In his 2009 speech in Cairo, Barack Obama mentioned Cordoba: “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition”. Obama used al-Andalus as proof of the tradition of tolerance of Islam. In the context of theContinue Reading
By Tom van der Meij Look around you. Look at the phone in your hand or the laptop on your table, the lightbulbs that enlighten your walls and furniture, the machinery in your kitchen. Look outside, at the street lighting, cars, people with headphones, airplanes, billboards. Think of the thingsContinue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlińska A modified version of the Star of David has allegedly been circulating in anti-COVID restrictions’ protests throughout Germany and the city of London. The yellow star with the now-incorporated word “ungeimpft” (german for “unvaccinated”) has started a heated debate on the Internet. Do people have a rightContinue Reading
By Hannah Vonberg Sustainability as a concept is becoming more and more prominent in our society. It is commonly defined as ‘meet[ing] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,’ and closely tied to climate change and our way of consuming.Continue Reading
By Arin Doshi Malaysia is a country that is well known for its idyllic beaches, endless variety of street food and multicultural population consisting of Muslim Malays known as Bumiputeras who make up the majority of the country, Indians, Chinese and other tribal groups known collectively as the Orang Asli.Continue Reading
By Helena Reinders More and more students are starting their own businesses. The amount of students with their own (successful) start-up already doubled between 2012 and 2014 from 3% to 6 %. This number has doubled once more between then and 2019. That would put us currently at a percentageContinue Reading
By NVM Emotions are a key factor when we make choices on a daily basis. For example, the decision of whether to cook dinner or simply order pizza can be influenced not only by the ingredients we have at home and our budget. Maybe the kitchen is a mess andContinue Reading
By Chira Tudoran Are you applying for a minor that requires a CV? Do you want to apply for an internship for the elective space next year? Or a job at the end of your studies? And you have no idea where to start? Then this article is for you.Continue Reading