If you happen to find yourself at home right now with nothing to do, we have just the thing for you. In a collaboration between our Sphaera staff, we made a list of book recommendations with something for everyone. From interesting academic related topics to thrilling novels, this list willContinue Reading
By Amélie De Paepe Police brutality. Racism. Racial profiling. Injustice. These are all words that resonate with the story of the Central Park Five. These five men allowed their story to be adapted to the screen in the Netflix series When They See Us. Already the first episode is aContinue Reading
By Tom van der Meij Where mastery of stage performance and poetic subtleness cross, you find Devendra Banhart. The Venezuelan-American songwriter, poet and visual artist has been a prominent name in the alternative music scene for nearly two decades now. Or maybe used to be is the more accurate mannerContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders In a country known for its fast lifestyle and work ethic, a palace might not be the first thing people expect to see in the South Korean capital of Seoul. Although South Korea is a country rich in history and culture, these are often overlooked in globalContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowinska A review of Tim Marshall’s book An inherent debate in political science concerns the future of global governance. While some optimistic authors believe in the creation of a world state with a supranational authority and effective international laws, Tim Marshall (2018) outlines a completely different view onContinue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlinska Ethiopian Jews have a 2000 years history of living in exile, outside the borders of Israel. Despite the pogroms (violent repression of ethnic/religious groups), forced conversions and many other forms of persecution, they have maintained their culture and religion throughout the centuries under the name ‘Beta Israel’.Continue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlinska The following article presents a short introduction to the Jewish lifecycle – namely, the most important events for every practicing Jew – from birth to death, through circumcision, bar mitzvah and marriage. All these occasions are associated with a set of customs and practices, common to JewsContinue Reading
By Sasha Zinchenco Did you know that the Carnival in Brazil had a much more violent sister festival? This other event, called Entrudo, was finally prohibited in 1830 in order to give way to the more “civilized” Carnival. Initially it involved brutal and violent pranks and throwing of disgusting liquidsContinue Reading
By Ayse Mısırlıoğlu A couple of years back, I started noticing a curious pattern in several of the New York-based TV series or movies that I was watching. Whenever certain characters had a cup of coffee in their hands, it was always the same cup of coffee. I could seeContinue Reading
By Zhayra Escalona In a city far from nature, autumn days go by as if autumn were not present. If it weren’t for the decreasing temperatures and the dampness of the day, one would see no difference between the warmer seasons and the colder ones. Life is limited to theContinue Reading