Issue 2 | December 2016

Special Feature: Higher Education and Research in Europe

• Introduction by Inga Ulnicane and Nicola Francesco Dotti

Research

• “Higher Education Reloaded: Studying the Politics of Institutional Change” by Tobias Schulze-Cleven

• “Enhancing the Europe of Knowledge: The Untapped Potential of Reforming Academic Careers” by Tatiana Fumasoli

• “A Geographical Perspective on the European Research Area: Brussels as the European Research Capital” by Nicola Franceso Dotti and André Spithoven

• “Global Research Collaboration and Competition: Bright Side and Dark Corners” by Inga Ulnicane

• “Europe’s Center of Science: Science Productivity in Belgium, France, Germany, and Luxembourg” by Justin J. W. Powell and Jennifer Dusdal

Commentary

• “Georg Brandes, Good European” by Morten Høi Jensen

• “Sunlight and Arrows: Five Invocations for the Silent Muse”  by  Dan Beachy-Quick

• “The Past Makes Its Appearance Once Again” by Christopher Impiglia

Poetry

• Poems from Berlin-Hamlet by Szilárd Borbély, translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet

Fiction

• Excerpt from Volatile Texts by Zsuzsanna Gahse, translated from the German by Chenxin Jiang

• Excerpt from The Life-Writer  by David Constantine

Nonfiction

• Excerpt from What Are the Blind Men Dreaming? by Noemi Jaffe, translated from the Portuguese by Julia Sanches

Sponsored Research

• “Justifying a War of Extermination: Identity and Image in Hitler’s Army” by David Harrisville

Reviews

• Recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility: The European Experience, reviewed by Lucy J. Wishart

• Taxing the Rich: A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe, reviewed by Lukas Haffert

• Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures, reviewed by Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay

Interviews

• “Immigration and National Identity in France: An Interview with Nicolas Fischer” by  Özden Ocak

Visual Art

• Cast No Evil Series : A Photography Series by Alia Ali

Editor’s Pick

• The Political Economy of European Banking Union by David Howarth and Lucia Quaglia

•  La région, de l’identité à la citoyenneté  by Armand Frémont and Yves Guermond (eds.)

• Europe as a Stronger Global Actor Challenges and Strategic Responses  by Simon Duke