A Fraught Commemoration
A brief history of the observance and politics of Nakba day.
Tag: diaspora
Competing for Global Talent
How South Korea can leverage brain drain to shore up its competitive edge.
How Does One Invent a Canon?
On collating hundreds of years worth of cultural history. by JULIA PHILLIPS COHEN & SARAH ABREVAYA STEIN Some six years ago, we began a collaboration with little idea that it would last so long, or yield such rich fruit. Our collaboration was motivated by a …
Intervention and Displacement
How U.S. involvement in Central America pushes children and families to migrate. by LEISY ABREGO There is no doubt that violence and extreme insecurity are significant and immediate driving factors in the migration of children and families from Central America today. Since the early 1990s, …
ASA 2014: A Blog Series
All things sociology, all week long. This Friday, just a few hops up the peninsula from SUP headquarters, the American Sociological Association is holding its annual meeting in San Francisco. This week the Stanford Press blog presents a lineup of pieces zeroing in on the 2014 …
Palestine as Archive
What's happening in Gaza today is far from an isolated event; it's one instance of the Palestinian condition. by SHERENE SEIKALY A man and his young son sit on two cement blocks, surrounded by piles of rubble that were once their home, on the edges …
