Issue 37 | November 2020

Research

• “Whither the Rural? Reflections on Rural Landscapes in Late-Capitalist Crete” by Aris Anagnostopoulos

• “The Agrarian Reform in Italy: Historical Analysis and Impact on Access to Land and Social Class Composition” by Angela Cacciarru

• “Reclaiming Rural Skills: Crafts from the European Countryside in the Global Market” by Corinne Geering

• “Changing Ruralities in Germany” by Gesine Tuitjer

• “Immigration to Rural Communities in Europe: A Necessary Evil or a Transformative Social Process?” by Ruth McAreavey

• “The Urban-Rural Divide in Political Attitudes in the Netherlands” by Twan Huijsmans

• “Environment, Landscape, and Place in the Windfarm-Tourism ‘Conflict’” by Tom Mordue et al.

• “Where Are the Women in ‘Empty Spain’?” by Jeremy MacClancy

• “Of Feminazis and False Accusations: Vox, ‘Gender Ideology,’ and Backlash in Rural Spain” by Victoria Brown

• “Peasantry and Rural Social Movements in Twenty-First-Century Turkey” by José Duarte Medeiros Ribeiro

• “Creative Economy, Policy, and the Pandemic in Scotland’s Island Communities ” by Siún Carden

A Roundtable on Changing Agriculture in Rural Europe

• Introduction by Hélène B. Ducros

• “The Common Agricultural Policy: An Overview” by Wyn Grant

• “With the Grain: Food Sovereignty in Europe in the Age of COVID-19” by Elizabeth Jones

• “Bottle Revolution: The Emerging Importance of the Wine Industry in South Moravia” by Michaela and Arielle DeSoucey

• “Practicing Regenerative Design in Greece” by Evy Vourlides

Visual Art

• “Painting-Like” by Magali Chesnel

Interviews

• “Connecting European Rural Communities with the Creative Arts: An Interview with Ralph Lister” by Hélène B. Ducros

Book Reviews

• Britain’s Rural Muslims: Rethinking Integration, reviewed by John Bowen

• Food Values in Europe, reviewed by Tracey Heatherington

• Pure Filth: Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Early French Farce, reviewed by Bruce Hayes

• Wireless Dada: Telegraphic Poetics in the Avant-Garde, reviewed by Michael Subialka

• Secularism, Islam and Public Intellectuals in Contemporary France, reviewed by Mohamed Amine Brahimi

Campus Spotlight: Maastricht University

• Introduction by Hélène B. Ducros

• “European Integration after Maastricht: Insights, Novel Research Agendas, and the Challenge of Real-World Impact” by Neculai-Cristian Surubaru, Caterina di Fazio, Miriam Urlings, Catalina Goanta, Thales Bertaglia, and Mathieu Segers

• “Indirect Interventions: Teaching at the Intersection of Problem Based Learning and Skills Courses” by Marisa Mori

• “From Engineering Student to Teacher in European Studies: Making the Most of Both Worlds” by Marie Labussière

• “Teaching Europe in the Birth Place of the European Union: An Interview with Patrick Bijsmans” by Hélène B. Ducros

• “Thesis Trajectories and Defenses in Times of COVID-19” by Christine Neuhold

• “State of the Union and Speaking Europe: An Interview with Mathieu Segers” by Eline Schmeets and Akudo McGee

• “European Studies at Maastricht University: Problem-Based, Interdisciplinary, and International” by Elissaveta Radulova

• “Understanding the Rise of the Far Right: The Need for a Historical Approach” by Pablo del Hierro

• “Syllabus: Ruling Europe: The Making and Unmaking of Political Orders since the French Revolution” by Camilo Erlichman

A Roundtable on Maastricht University Student Research

• Introduction by Patrick Bijsmans

• “Post-Political Populism as the Elephant in the Room: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Greta Thunberg’s Public Speeches on Climate Change” by Dominik Schmidt

• “Women “Going Native” During the Early Victorian Age: The Case of Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (1776 – 1839)” by Johanna Hvalic

• “Delegating, but How? A Comparison between the EU and the UNFCCC as Principals in Public Climate Finance Implementation” by Kirstin Herbst

Campus Monthly Round-Up

• Campus Round-Up: November 2020