a journal of research & art
By Randall Halle
“United in diversity” is the official motto of the EU. Yet this special issue appears at a moment when European unity seems distant, and diversity seems to foster disunion, conflict, and cultural clash, rather than accord. We may do well to recall that the motto reaches back to the immediate post WWII era and the attempts to overcome the cataclysm of the war.
Translated by Katy Derbyshire
Once tall and slim, Bassel’s body is no longer immune to time’s passing – his hair has gone grey but at least it hasn’t fallen out like most of his contemporaries’, his belly has grown soft and visibly convex, and his back is no longer strong and straight. A slipped disc a year ago came as a rude reminder of advancing age.
Please join us for a moderated discussion in anticipation of the 26th International Conference of Europeanists. April 11th, 2019, Instituto Cervantes New York.
By John Hultgren
Our world today shares troublesome similarities to the one Polanyi encountered.
By Brittany Murray
Taïa could serve as a model for those who strive to balance intellectual breadth with depth.
By Jeffrey Jurgens
Since 2015, more than three million people from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia have traveled into the EU in order to seek refuge and asylum.
By Adam Brown
Addressing the mental health needs of refugees within the current context of forced migration is an unprecedented challenge for the international mental health care community.
By Djemila Carron
InZone has been working in refugee camps for the last eight years, and in fragile contexts for over twelve years. Starting with trainings for interpreters in the field, InZone subsequently developed into a center dedicated to higher education for refugees in refugee camps in Kenya and Jordan.
Reviewed by Alison J. Murray Levine
Louis Malle was one of the most versatile, provocative, and independent directors of the postwar period.
