Education

Embracing Joy: A Light Through the Tunnel of Teacher Burnout

Educators Dr Derek Porter and Dr Stephanie McGuire discuss teacher burnout and explain how by embracing joy in classroom, it not only enhances the learning experience for students but also helps teachers stay committed to their purpose.
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Education

Supporting International Students to Adjust to Academic Culture in the UK

“British academic expectations are too often presented as a fixed and implicitly global worldwide norm, which in fact they are not.” This article looks at academic expectations in different countries as “cultural phenomena” and discusses supporting students, especially international students, effectively.
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Education

Technological Innovations in Educational Tools: What Doctoral Learners Need

Remilyn Mueller & Jeff Cranmore from Grand Canyon University discuss the skills doctoral learners need to acquire and the potential EdTech tools that can aid them in their learning experiences.
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Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Coronavirus: The Opportunity of Crisis

Dr Matthew J. Monnot, a researcher in the field of organizational behavior and development, describes how the current crisis offers an opportunity for scientists, leaders, and policy makers to understand what promotes psychological well-being both at home and at work. Yet It demands urgency for adaptation or change. In this particular crisis it demands adaptation on a global scale.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, Politics, International Relations & Law

Re-Establishing Civil Political Discourse Through Dignity, Empathy, and Genuine Engagement

Angus McGregor, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, considers a multi-tooled approach to defuse the explosive nature of the current political environment in the United States.
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Education

How Teacher Training in the UK Can Better Prepare Teachers for their Teaching Profession?

Following a Department of Education report advocating changes to teacher education, James Underwood and Elly Tai point out that given the broad topic, there are many voices to be heard when designing ‘appropriate’ training that will best suit teachers across a range of contexts and levels.
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Media, Film & Journalism, Sustainability, Energy & the Environment

Representing Environmental Crisis in Digital Spaces: An overview of Climate Change Discussions in Webcomics

Climate Change is a reality: Ambika Raja, former journalist and aspiring researcher offers an overview of how Webcomics with their voices, formats, and discussions, are powerful weapons using uncomplicated language, short sentence structure, and striking visuals to get the message across quickly.
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Education, Media, Film & Journalism

A Critical Reflection on Collaborative Film Production

Grounded in a social, fluid, and multiple nature of literacy, Chang Liu’s article critically reflects on a collaborative filmmaking experience and discusses the benefits of incorporating elements of media education into formal schooling, arguing for a curricular and pedagogical change, from one preoccupied with competition, testing, and outcomes to one that honours collaboration, reflection, and multimodality.
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History, Media, Film & Journalism, Politics, International Relations & Law

Political Conspiracy and Propaganda in The Uncounted Enemy and Last Days in Vietnam

The US code of honor is broken by US Intelligence’s dishonesty in The Uncounted Enemy and by US soldiers’ disobedience in Last Days in Vietnam. Wajiha R Rizvi explores the differing motivations and objectives involved, and the implications of the decisions that were made.
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Cultural & Area Studies

The Need for both Proactive and Responsive Facilitation in Addressing the Rural / Urban Divide in the United States

Angus McGregor, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, considers Thomas Jefferson’s thinking about rural economies in the United States. He concludes the need for a revolution of progressive rural development addressing income and political gaps between rural and urban communities, thus moving the United States closer to Jefferson’s hope; a nation committed to a democratization of prosperity.
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Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

COVID-19 and the Social Isolation Pandemic

Dr Matthew J. Monnot, University of San Francisco, writes about social isolation and its increase with recent social lockdowns brought about by COVID-19. Social isolation and loneliness have similar mental health consequences: depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation. Policy makers need to create social psychological protective measures in tandem with physically protective actions.
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History, The Arts & Literature

Quay with Sand Barges, Vincent van Gogh’s Symbolist Homage to Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix, leader of the nineteenth century Romantic movement, is widely regarded as the most influential painter of his time. His unparalleled mastery of color inspired generations of artists; creating a bridge from the antiquated, high-brow art of the Salon, to the progenitors of Modern art from Symbolists and Pointillists, to those whom would revolutionize how we look at art today, the Impressionists.
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Education, The Arts & Literature

The Imponderable Bloom: E.M. Forster’s ‘The Machine Stops’ on Isolation, Social Distancing, and Online Lecturing

Francesca Pierini is an Adjunct Lecturer at University of Basel. In this short article, she proposes a reading of The Machine Stops (1909), a sci-fi short story E.M. Forster wrote in 1909, in order to reflect on several specific aspects of the narrative that closely resonate with our most recent experiences in a time of COVID-19 pandemic, from social isolation to distance lecturing.

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Technology

Will AI technology Worsen Inequality in the World of Work?

Hong Yu Liu introduces the debate related to the impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market, and highlights the importance of understanding the labour process and the socio-technical context in studying the technological impacts of work.
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History, Politics, International Relations & Law

The Return of the Nation

In this article Dr Alfonso J. García-Osuna of Hofstra University describes the unexpected resurgence of nationalism, a revival that is irreconcilable with the prognoses of well-known intellectuals.
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History

Hannah Snell: Cross-Dressing Ideology in 18th-Century Naval Culture

Professor Yoriko Ishida from Japan’s Oshima College shares the remarkable story of Hannah Snell, a woman who managed to successfully pass herself off as a man while serving as a marine on a Royal Navy vessels for four years.
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A Linguistic Look at the World’s Most Prolific Liar

Dr Andy Curtis, former President of the TESOL International Association, unpicks the linguistic quirks of what he describes as  “the most famous liar in the world today, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
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Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Change the world, not yourself, or how Arendt called out Thoreau

Dr Katie Fitzpatrick, writer, editor, and university lecturer based in Vancouver, Canada, discusses Thoreau’s rare moral vision in his essay ‘On the Duty of Civil Disobedience’. Yet according to Fitzpatrick, it is Arendt’s account of the practice of civil disobedience that is ultimately more promising.
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Testimonies of Light: Photography, Witnessing and History

In his Keynote Presentation at ECAH2017, Dr Paul Lowe from the University of the Arts London discusses how the photographic image has engaged with the historical moment, from its inception in the mid nineteenth century to the present day.
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History, Media, Film & Journalism

The American Invasion: How US television comedy is conquering Britain

Daniel Reast, a postgraduate researcher from the University of Portsmouth, discusses how the United Kingdom nurtures its past success and influence in comedy, meanwhile, the American market is growing to be a greater competitor for the next generation of comedians.
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Education, History

To Hanoi University and Beyond

Sara Legrandjacques, PhD candidate at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, explains how student mobility in Vietnam is not a new phenomenon. Large-scale higher education, and the “mobile origins” of tertiary studies is at least a century old in the country.

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The French revolutionary origins of national self-determination

Edward Kolla, associate professor of history at Georgetown University in Qatar, explains how the true history of national self-determination, as well as the controversy it can engender, stretches back to the French Revolution.
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Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

How Sound and Smell Cues Can Enhance Learning While You Sleep

Sadie Witkowski, a sleep and memory researcher at Northwestern University, talks about targeted memory reactivation (TMR) and examines how neuroscientists are putting TMR to work to boost aspects of memory consolidation.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, The Arts & Literature

Crime Fiction and the City: The Rise of a Global Urban Genre

Dr Bill Phillips, Senior Lecturer in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at the University of Barcelona, Catalonia, writes about the association of crime fiction with the city and the rise of particular kind of protagonist, the hard-boiled detective.
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Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Black holes are simpler than forests and science has its limits

Martin Rees, from the University of Cambridge, ponders whether there is a limit to what we are capable of understanding.
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Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences

Porridge is funnier than oatmeal, and booby is funnier still

Tomas Engelthaler, psychologist, and professor Thomas T Hills, both from the University of Warwick, UK, ask a very serious breakfast-table question.
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Media, Film & Journalism

Brent E. Huffman: Documentary Journalists on the Front Line

Award-winning director, Professor Brent E. Huffman, talks about how through his work he aims to inspire others to create documentary films and videos that push the boundaries of the medium and tell emotionally engaging stories to wide audiences.
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Cultural & Area Studies

New Approaches to the “Golden Age” of British Television Comedy

Daniel Reast, from the University of Portsmouth, UK, looks back at the development of British television comedy after the Second World War. He reflects on the way that the best comedy responds to the social, political, and cultural situations occurring around the programme.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History

My Moscow

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova tells the story of her life in Moscow, which she calls “a lucky life”. She documents her family history and shares her earliest memories from 1941, her wartime experiences, and her path to the present as President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
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Media, Film & Journalism, Politics, International Relations & Law

Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica: Understanding Politics and International Relations

Dr Joel Campbell of Troy University, Pacific Region, reflects on how the socio-political ideas of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica have gained greater depth and understanding of the world over the years.
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Education, Language Learning

The Three Barriers on the Way to International Communication

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova offers insight into English language learning in Russia. She explores which of the three barriers on the way to international communication is the most difficult to break down and explains how this can be done.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Interpreting Trump, Brexit and Putnam’s Games

Kenneth Houston and Jason Briggs offer insight into their analysis of the domestic pressures of populist electoral politics in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the relationships of both states with the international community.
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History, The Arts & Literature

Art and Everyday Life: Early Avant-Garde in 1920s Japan

Using the example of collage and montage artworks, Olga Isaeva illustrates how found everyday objects and fragments of reality provided 1920s Japanese avant-garde artists with tools to grasp the modern time and the role of art, the artist and the audience.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

The Power That Lies Within: Ideologies in Daniel Craig’s Bond Films

Sarah Kelley of the University of Bristol, UK, maps some of the ideas and themes conveyed in Craig’s Bond films to possible influences from their socio-political contexts, with a particular focus on Skyfall and Spectre.
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Education, Technology

A Paperless Classroom: Benefits and Challenges

Laurence Craven of the American University of Sharjah, UAE, discusses the advantages and the potential issues of substituting technology for paper in the classroom.
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Education, History

Oxbridge Adjusts: Renewing an Elite

Oliver Hadingham of Waseda University, Japan, examines the reforms the medieval universities of Oxford and Cambridge underwent during the nineteenth century and questions whether the two institutions can shake off their elitist reputation.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Technology

Amanda Third: Child Rights, Digital Issues and Cyber Safety

Dr Amanda Third sheds light on her research into the impact new technologies are having on children, discussing the challenges societies face as children are exposed to these technologies.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History, The Arts & Literature

The House of Wisdom: Interdisciplinarity in the Golden Age of the Arab-Islamic Empire

Suzi Elhafez examines the efficacy of interdisciplinarity in the Golden Age of the Arab-Islamic Empire in informing approaches to multimodal art practices and expanding knowledge domains within a contemporary context.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Americans Who Take Flight: Group Differences in Adjustment Among American Expats

Dr Kellina Craig-Henderson explores the social psychology of expatriation for Americans who have left the United States in the light of their group status and personal identity resulting from formative experiences within the United States.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Stateless Persons and Climate Refugees in Asia

Dr Mayumi Yamada discusses displaced populations within Asia in terms of their status within international law, questioning who can protect the stateless beyond national boundaries.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Feminization of Terror: Boko Haram and Female Suicide Bombers in Nigeria

Dr Azeez Olaniyan discusses the use of women and girls for suicide bombings by the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria, examining how girls are sourced for these deadly missions as well as Boko Haram’s motivations for pursuing this “feminization of terror”.
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Education, Media, Film & Journalism

Paul Lowe: Learning Strategies in Practice-Based Courses

Dr Paul Lowe, Founding Judge of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award, on the various instructional approaches he takes with students in his postgraduate photography courses.
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The Arts & Literature

Street Art Orientalists: Eastern Bodies Depicted by Western Hands

Lizy Dastin explores two iconic examples of Los Angeles street art featuring the bodies of Eastern women created by Western artists.
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Cultural & Area Studies, The Arts & Literature

Psychedelics and the Secret Door to Perception

Mongia Besbes discusses psychedelic substances and their influence on literature and popular culture, with a particular focus on the work of US authors of the Beat Generation.
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Education, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Supporting Young Children’s Social Competence

Drawing on her personal experience as an early childhood educator, Mariana Boules emphasises the vital importance of building children’s social competence at a young age, and discusses the extent to which well-developed social skills can contribute to a child’s academic success.
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The Arts & Literature

Death and Desire in Jeanette Winterson’s “Written on the Body”

Through a Disability Studies lens, Dr Shahd Alshammari discusses Jeanette Winterson’s 1994 novel “Written on the Body” in terms of love and loss and the discovery of the failed and deformed body.
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Business & Economics, Cultural & Area Studies, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

The Goods Life: China’s Wealth and Happiness Paradox

Dr Matthew J. Monnot of the University of San Francisco discusses the contrast between decades of GDP growth in China and stagnant levels of individual life and job satisfaction.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History, The Arts & Literature

The Power of an Image: The Black Madonna of Częstochowa

Dr Anna Hamling of the University of New Brunswick, Canada, examines the historical and cultural significance of religious icon the Black Madonna of Częstochowa to the people of Poland.
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Business & Economics, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Sustainability, Energy & the Environment

Corporate Social Responsibility in an Age of Indifference

A. C. Ping explores corporate social responsibility in the light of the 2015 Volkswagen scandal and asks why consumers can so quickly forgive a corporate breach of trust.
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Cultural & Area Studies

Public Images, Private Lives: Professional Bondage and Discipline

Angela Wilson analyses newspaper advertisements for specialised bondage and discipline services to compare them with other newspaper advertising, to comment on public perception of this industry, and to examine the blurring of truth and fantasy by service providers and their clients.
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Education, Language Learning, Technology

Kotoba Miners: Gaming and Language Learning

James York on the virtual language learning environment that he created in the world of Minecraft for students of Japanese as part of his PhD research.

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Cultural & Area Studies, History, Media, Film & Journalism

Boys from Vepery: John Footman’s Journey from the Ravages of “Gorta Mór”

Ireland’s Great Famine, “Gorta Mór”, had far-reaching effects for the Irish population in the mid-nineteenth century, leading millions to migrate in search of a better future. As part of a documentary film project, Dr Ian Michael, Fokiya Akhtar and Dr Michael R. Ogden explore the journey made by Dr Michael’s own ancestor, John Footman, from rural Cork to Madras, India.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Politics, International Relations & Law

“Falklands Calling”: The Local Community in Terms of Global Interaction

How has the way the Falkland Islanders see themselves and interact with the rest of the world evolved after, and as a result of, the 1982 war? Dr Andrea Bellot examines how islanders have experienced a transition from a small and isolated community to a more connected society.

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Education

Whither (or Wither) Equality in Teacher Education? (An Invitation to a Conversation)

Entrance to teacher education is a highly political issue with high entrance scores and some form of aptitude test being the norm. This article by Dr Yvonne Masters of the University of New England, Australia, is a discussion starter to examine the questions: who is missing out and is equity being ignored under the guise of quality?
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History, Politics, International Relations & Law

Long, Elegiac Shadows: The Legacy of the 1914-1918 War

One hundred years on, how are we commemorating the First World War? An examination of the political, economical and social implications of the 1914-1918 conflict.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History, Politics, International Relations & Law, The Arts & Literature

Surrealism: A Global Cultural Movement with Local Political Agency

Lauren Walden of Coventry University explores the impact of the surrealist movement on the local politics of Haiti, Martinique and Mexico through the diplomatic role played by André Breton, the founder of surrealism.
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Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Geoff Beattie: The Divided Self and Big Brother

Distinguished psychologist Professor Geoff Beattie of Edge Hill University, UK, on his work on the concept of the divided self and his time as resident on-screen psychologist for Big Brother.
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Business & Economics, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Employees Seek Justice as Religion and Work Intersect

In this perspective from the United States, Dr Pramila Rao of Marymount University showcases how religion impacts the workplace.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Power to the Population? The Census under Review

Regarded by many as the backbone of national statistics, the UK’s population census will in future be conducted online and augmented by data derived from other government sources, without the need for explicit consent of the population. Lynn Killick, Alistair S. Duff, Mark Deakin and Hazel Hall examine public attitudes to an online census.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Language Learning

Language, Culture and National Security

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova gives an insight into the dangers created by language and culture in the fields of native and foreign language acquisition and translation.
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Education, History

A Gentleman’s Education – Then as Now

Oliver Hadingham of Waseda University, Japan, discusses the reform and growth of the English public school system in the nineteenth century and the forces that drove its change during this period.
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Education, Language Learning

The 10,000 Hour Rule and What it Means for Language Teaching

Professor Frances Shiobara examines whether Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule can be applied to language learning and examines opportunities for maximising students’ second language acquisition in the context of the Japanese education system.
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History, The Arts & Literature

Henry VIII’s Verse and Katherine of Aragon: The Chivalric Court

Dr Rebecca Moore of the University of Arkansas, United States of America, examines the ways in which Henry VIII used poetics and performances to establish the iconography of his court and the relevance, within this context, of Henry’s specific choice of the older Katherine of Aragon as queen.
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Business & Economics

Financial Slack and Firm Performance During an Economic Downturn

Using the most recent economic downturn in Germany as an example, Andreas Gruener and Ingeborg Raastad examine whether financial slack has an impact on performance in the particularly hostile environment of an economic downturn.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Politics, International Relations & Law

Mutual Distrust between China and Japan and the Locked Sino-Japanese Relations

Bilateral relations between China and Japan have historically been positive, yet the two countries have formed a situation of mutual distrust regarding both strategic and moral issues. Shi Chen discusses the reasons for the “locked” status of Sino-Japanese relations.

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Politics, International Relations & Law

Counterbalancing the European Court of Justice’s Dominion on Fundamental Rights

Maria Maddalena Giungi examines whether the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, established in 2007, could trigger a new wave of policies focused on fundamental rights to counterbalance the growing power of the ECJ.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

The Serendipitous City: Reportage Drawing, Visual Language and Discovery

Artist and illustrator Louis Netter of the University of Portsmouth, UK, explores links between reportage and caricature and describes his selection and “stalking” of the subject, to accompany his series of reportage drawings from the streets of Barcelona.
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Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Brian Daizen Victoria: From Conscientious Objector to Buddhist Priest

Professor Frank S. Ravitch of Michigan State University College of Law interviews Dr Brian Daizen Victoria, Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies on his journey from conscientious objector objector to Buddhist Priest.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Humanities & Social Sciences

La Chinesca: A Chinese Community in the Mexico-US Borderlands

Chinese settlements on the border between California and Mexico date back over 100 years and their legacy can still be felt today. Scott Warren, Donna Ruiz E Costello and Wan Yu explore the impact of Chinese immigration to the region, in the context of the ‘hopeful geography’ of Bajalta California.
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The Arts & Literature

Defining Haiku with Hana Fujimoto, Emiko Miyashita and A. Robert Lee

Dr. A. Robert Lee interviews Hana Fujimoto and Emiko Miyashita of the Haiku International Association on haiku, its history, and its place in literature today. The interview took place at The Asian Conference on Literature & Librarianship 2016 (LibrAsia2016) in Kobe, Japan, where they hosted their annual haiku workshop.
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Media, Film & Journalism, The Arts & Literature

The Neverending Story: Power, Imagination and Reality

The protagonist of Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story is endowed with the ability to create and destroy the world of imagination as he sees fit. Is this the ultimate power? By Dr. Saul Andreetti.
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Media, Film & Journalism, The Arts & Literature

Olivia de Havilland as the Bad Girl: 100 Years

Hollywood legend, Olivia de Havilland, once said, “I like life! I want to have more of it. To venture more, create more, experience more. Oh, I want to go on for a very long time”. Having celebrated her 100th birthday this year, she has done just that. Dr. Victoria Amador explores the actress’s life, career, and the strength behind her spirited disposition
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Business & Economics, Politics, International Relations & Law

Abenomics Rolls On As LDP Secures Historic Upper House Majority

Japan’s election on July 10, 2016 for the House of Councillors saw yet another decisive election victory for the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, making him one of the most successful leaders in the democratic world.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Japan’s Modern Ritualized Death System (20/20)

In the final part of Professor Stuart D. B. Picken’s “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph, he explains how Japan’s death system has been developed far beyond that of any Western civilisation, serving the needs of social control, nationalism and militarism, as well as the preservation of the family and the maintenance of the stability of Japanese society.

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Education, Politics, International Relations & Law

Education and Social Justice: Democratising Education

In his Conference Chair Address at The European Conference on Education 2016, held in Brighton, UK June 29 to July 3, 2016, Professor Brian Hudson reflects on the conference theme of “Education and Social Justice: Democratising Education”.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History

The Death and Burial of Emperor Showa (19/20)

In the penultimate Part 19 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explains why the events preceding Emperor Showa’s passing away, and the rituals thereafter, created wide-ranging debate in Japanese society.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Terrorism, Violence and Tomorrow’s Citizens in Japan (18/20)

Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at the mentality of Japanese terrorism and violence, and where its roots lie, in Part 18 of “Death in the Japanese Tradition”.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

Lingering Images in Japanese Popular Culture (17/20)

In Part 17 of Professor Stuart D.B. Picken’s “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph, he looks at the ways in which Japanese popular culture reflects the nation’s traditional values, and influences those of today.
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The Arts & Literature

Aurora: A Spanish Gallery of Image and Text

Aurora, by A. Robert Lee, is a collection of 100 images by recent Spanish artists, accompanied by 100 poems, all translated into Spanish. Read the full publication…
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Cultural & Area Studies, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Suicide in Contemporary Japan (16/20)

In Part 16 of Professor Stuart D. B. Picken’s monograph “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, he examines case studies of the different types of suicide present in modern-day Japan, from group and pact suicide, to forced suicide.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History

Japanese Survivor Syndrome, Workaholism and Karoshi (15/20)

Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explores the influence of Nogi syndrome and post-World War 2 survivor syndrome on modern-day Japanese work culture, in Part 15 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph.

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Cultural & Area Studies, History, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Militarism and Suicide in Japan: Meiji to Showa (14/20)

From the 1932 “Three Human Torpedoes”, followed by a growing trend of group suicide, to the kamikaze suicide pilots of World War 2, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken examines the ways in which the militarist tradition of suicide has survived into Japan’s modern history.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism and the Neo-Samurai (13/20)

Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explains the ways in which Japan’s Confucian social structures of harmony, duty and loyalty relate to its history of loyalty-inspired suicide in Part 13 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Bushido: The Way of Death (12/20)

In Part 12 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explains the apparent influence of the mentality of bushido, the way of the warrior, on Japanese attitudes towards death.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Japanese Buddhist Vs Christian Images of Death (11/20)

In Part 11 of Professor Stuart D. B. Picken’s “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, he compares and contrasts the Christian view of death with that of the Japanese Buddhist.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Education, The Arts & Literature

The Gift of Certainty: What Does it Mean to be Knowledgeable?

Using two excerpts by contemporary authors, Francesca Pierini examines our perception of knowledge, and the ways in which it can both empower and limit a society.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Cross-Cultural Comparisons on Mourning and Object Loss (10/20)

In Part 10 of “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explains the subtle cultural differences between the Japanese view of death and that found in other cultures, principally those that have been influenced by Christianity.
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Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Video: Dr. George D. Chryssides on New Religions & Cults

Dr. George D. Chryssides discusses the emergence of new religions and cults with IAFOR Chairman Stuart D.B. Picken in an IAFOR Video Interview.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History, The Arts & Literature

The Death Poem and Buddhism in Japan (9/20)

Poetry and the death poem existed in Japan long before Buddhism, but it brought with it a new and lasting significance, explains Professor D. B Picken in Part 9 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition”.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Politics, International Relations & Law

Religion and War: The Wartime Tribalization of Universal Religions

Dr. Brian A. Victoria explores the nature of the relationship between religion and war, and the implications of it on our “shared humanity”.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Popular Buddhist Death Cults: From Suicide to Mummifcation (8/20)

From suicide cults and self mortification to the worship of benevolent cultic figures such as Jizo and Amida, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at the ways in which Buddhism in Japan provided a metaphysic of death that enabled the people to endure the hardships of life in the hope of a better hereafter, in Part 8 of “Death in the Japanese Tradition”.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

Queer Film in China: Predicaments, Politics and Progress

Qin Qin examines the setbacks, progress and influence of queer film in China, from Zhang Yuan’s East Palace, West Palace of the 1990s, to the new media regulations of 2016 which prohibit representation of “abnormal sexual relationships”.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

The Arrival and Acceptance of Buddhism in Japan (7/20)

Professor D. B. Picken looks at the introduction of Buddhism into Japan, how it was received and how it influenced the cultural mentality of the Japanese people in Part 7 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” series.

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Business & Economics, Politics, International Relations & Law

Why Did France Beat Japan to $40-bln Australian Submarine Contract?

Michael Liam Kedzlie assesses Australia’s surprise selection of DCNS, France over Mitsubishi, Japan, to build its next generation of submarines, replacing the current 1996 Collins class.
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Media, Film & Journalism

Announcing Media Partnership with the British Journal of Photography

The IAFOR Documentary Photography Award, an award which assists in the professional development of emerging documentary photographers and photojournalists, has announced a new Media Partnership with the British Journal of Photography.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Buddhism and death in Japanese society (6/20)

Professor D. B. Picken examines the history, formation, evolution and continuing importance of death systems in Japan in Part 6 of his 20-part series, “Death in the Japanese Tradition”.
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The Arts & Literature

The IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award 2016: Full List of Winners Announced

The Grand Prize Winner, Runners Up, Commended Entries and the Guest Judge selection of the sixth IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award were announced by Dr. A. Robert Lee at The Asian Conference on Literature, Librarianship & Archival Science 2016 in Kobe, Japan on April 8, 2016.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Kami and Ancestors: Death in the Japanese Tradition (5/20)

In Part 5 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at kami, and how the concern of the Japanese for the welfare of ancestral spirits is a feature that runs throughout their history and permeates every aspect of Japanese culture.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, The Arts & Literature

Psychogeographic Impact on Malcolm Lowry’s Consciousness: From the Zapotec and Aztec Civilizations to Taoism

Nigel H. Foxcroft analyses the influence of cultures and civilizations upon literature and national identity by investigating the evolution of the cosmic consciousness of the English Modernist novelist and poet, Malcolm Lowry (1909-57) after his experience of the Mexican Day of the Dead Hispanic festival.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Parallel Worlds: Folk Religion, Life & Death in Japan (4/20)

In Part 4 of “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at the themes sounded in the classics that continue into modern Japan, and at the ancient folk beliefs, customs and rituals that are still maintained in many places today.
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Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Media, Film & Journalism, Technology

How Islamic State Uses Propaganda in the Service of Genocide

Wiktor Pastucha & Aleksandra Spychalska look at the extreme ways in which Islamic State uses modern communication technologies to promote its propaganda and facilitate its plans of genocide.
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Cultural & Area Studies, The Arts & Literature

Death and the Dead in Japan’s Literary Classics (3/20)

Professor Stuart D. B. Picken uses two great classics of Japanese literature, the Manyoshu and the Nihonshoki, to glean invaluable insights into the ancient Japanese understanding of the nature of human life and the origins of death in Part 3 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” series.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

New Zealand’s 2016 Defence White Paper: Will there be change or will things stay the same?

In part one of his two-part article about New Zealand’s forthcoming 2016 Defence White Paper, Michael Liam Kedzlie asks the question, “Will there be change or will things stay the same?”
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Buddhism & Burial: Attitudes to Death in Ancient Japan (2/20)

In Part 2 of his serialised monograph, “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at Japanese attitudes to death through the ages, from primal awakenings to Prehistoric perceptions.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Death in the Japanese Tradition: An Introduction (1/20)

The first instalment of Professor Stuart Picken’s serialised monograph “Death in the Japanese Tradition: A Study in Cultural Evolution and Transformation”, explains where his study of the subject began, and outlines where he will go with it.
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The Arts & Literature

Why Vincent’s Cafe Terrace at Night is a Symbolist Last Supper: Part 2 of 2

In the second and final part of Jared Baxter’s essay, he concludes analyses that Vincent van Gogh had the Last Supper in mind when he painted his Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night.
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The Arts & Literature

Why Vincent’s Cafe Terrace at Night is a Symbolist Last Supper: Part 1 of 2

Jared Baxter gets to the bottom of why one of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous paintings, the C​afé​ Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night, ​can be identified as a Symbolist Last Supper
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Bernie, Trump and Hillary Clinton: Super Tuesday and the Race for the US Presidency

In light of the Super Tuesday sweep and despite the unanticipated hiccups in her campaign, Michael Liam Kedzlie predicts that it is still Hillary Clinton’s presidential race to win.
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Education, Media, Film & Journalism, Politics, International Relations & Law

Star Trek: Illustrating Concepts of International Relations

Half a century after its inception, Professor Joel Campbell looks back at Star Trek and explains why the cherished television franchise is a perfect tool for illustrating concepts of international relations in the classroom.
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Sustainability, Energy & the Environment

Food, Nature and Community: Urban Agriculture’s Synergies with Ecological and Social Sustainability

After participating in a New York community garden for over a decade, George Martin explains how the revival of urban agriculture can benefit more than just the sustainability of food production.

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The Arts & Literature

Was Van Gogh’s Starry Night Inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy?

Jared Baxter looks at Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, advancing that the painting was inspired by Dante’s vision of the Empyrean Heaven.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Reclusive Shut-ins: Are Hikikomori Predominantly a Japanese Problem?

Alexander Krieg outlines the misconceptions surrounding hikikomori, and the ways in which social withdrawal may be best explained by existing psychiatric disorders.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Hikikomori: Applying Culture-bound Theory to Acute Social Withdrawal

Dr. Maree Sugai puts forward the argument that the ‘opting out’ of society manifested in Japan is culture reactive and is a social epidemic that is growing.
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The Arts & Literature

Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet: A study in sorrows

Jared Baxter looks at the ways Vincent van Gogh held Dürer’s “Christ as the Man of Sorrows” in mind when he crafted his “Portrait of Dr. Gachet”.

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Media, Film & Journalism

Charlie Hebdo: The Power and Price of Satire

Just over a year on from the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices, Dr. Joseph Haldane, President & CEO of IAFOR, looks back at the satirical newspaper’s fight for freedom of expression.
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History, Politics, International Relations & Law

Did Emma Cunningham Wrongfully Spend Years on Death Row?

Professor Ruth Johnson Carter looks at the ways in which the murder trial of Emma Cunningham exemplified how race, wealth and geographical location effect the fairness of death row trials.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

Bosozoku: Society, Politics and Terror

Dr. Paul Spicer on God Speed You! Black Emperor, a bōsōzoku biker gang documentary film by Yanagimachi, which both fascinates and infuriates.
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The Arts & Literature

Vincent van Gogh’s Symbolist Interpretation of Rembrandt’s “Slaughtered Ox”

Jared Baxter examines how Vincent van Gogh interpreted Rembrandt’s Slaughtered Ox as an allegorical self-portrait and mirroring of the artist’s plight and destiny.

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History

Finding Narrative Coherence in the Atomic Bombings of Japan

Theron Fairchild finds that the narratives surrounding the atomic weapons used against Japan vary in accuracy, each with histories of their own, influenced by political, social, economic, moral, and speculative arguments.
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History

General Douglas MacArthur: A Man of the People?

David McCormack gives a short history of General Douglas MacArthur’s administration of Japan and his six decades on the throne as a ‘man of the people’.

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Mark-Twain-Portrait
The Arts & Literature

Authority and the Individual in Mark Twain

Arthur Shattuck O’Keefe examines how the theme of the individual versus authority in the works of Mark Twain has relevance not only to the world Twain lived in, but to our own, and to human society generally.

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The Arts & Literature

Consumerism in Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark and Good Morning, Midnight

Qiang Fu looks at the depiction of consumerism in Jean Rhys’s novels. Does it indicate an evolving capitalist culture or does it challenge us to determine the status of resistance and complicity within capitalist and imperialist regimes?
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Cultural & Area Studies, History, Humanities & Social Sciences

The Globalisation of Japanese Tea Ceremony

Dr. Alexandre Avdulov gives a short history of the globalisation of Chanoyu, better known as Japanese tea ceremony, and argues that the practice has provided great potential for intercultural communication.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Is it time for International Humanitarian Law 2.0?

Michael Liam Kedzlie argues that International Humanitarian Law and its application (or not, as the case may sometimes be) should not just be about terrorism and state-on-state conflict, but about avoiding human created disaster, neglect and brutality.

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Language Learning

ELT in a Changing Russia: Traditions and Innovations

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova examines the traditions and innovations of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Russia, and gives a short history of its development in the country.

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History, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Power, Empowerment and Disempowerment in Religion

Dr. George D. Chryssides looks at the nature of power in religious communities, with particular reference to new religious movements, or “cults”, and how this power is used by leaders.

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Writing Multicultural America: The Powers of Canon and Ethnicity - A. Robert Lee
Cultural & Area Studies, History, The Arts & Literature

Writing Multicultural America: The Powers of Canon and Ethnicity

America has long been taken up with the issue of cultural identity, and its literary authorship has been no less engaged. Who gets to say what writing best speaks for the culture? A. Robert Lee examines the formation of the American literary canon.
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Language Learning, The Arts & Literature

Global English: Disciplining the Discipline

Professor Myles Chilton reflects in what is at stake in transgressing disciplinary limits in English language teaching. What are the limits? Who sets these limits? What is the value of incorporating English literature study into the study of English language?

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History

What Happened the Morning of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima?

Michael Liam Kedzlie gives an account of USAF operations the morning of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

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Politics, International Relations & Law

VIDEO: On Revisions to the Japanese Constitution

Professor Dexter Da Silva interviews Professor Frank S. Ravitch on constitutional reform in Japan and the controversy surrounding the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
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Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Cornering the Muses: A Multifaceted Approach to Measuring Creativity

Brian Birdsell uncovers some of the complexity and uncertainty surrounding creativity – a construct which is far from straightforward within the field of psychology.

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Revolution, Transformation and Utopia: The Function of Literature - Bill Ashcroft
Cultural & Area Studies, The Arts & Literature

The Function of Literature: Revolution, Transformation and Utopia

Professor Bill Ashcroft uses two very different examples of Indigenous art to look at how art and literature can have the capacity to speak to power by speaking beyond it in the context of twentieth-century conflict.
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Business & Economics, Politics, International Relations & Law

Territorial Disputes between Japan and China: An Opportunity for Change

Dilton Ribeiro argues that China and Japan’s territorial disputes, such as the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, present an opportunity for both countries to focus not on their differences but on their commonalities.

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Politics, International Relations & Law, Sustainability, Energy & the Environment

Why Does Japan Value its Whaling Industry Over its Reputation?

Michael Liam Kedzlie looks at the global controversy caused by Japan’s practice of whaling, and attempts to get to the bottom of why the otherwise favourable Asian nation thinks it’s worth the rap.

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Dr. Joseph Haldane discusses with Prof. Jiro Takai the merits behind a variety of strategies and methods used in conflict management.
Cultural & Area Studies, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

VIDEO: Avoiding Conflict in Japanese Society

Professor Jiro Takai is interviewed by the President of The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Dr. Joseph Haldane, on the merits of various strategies and methods of conflict management, including that of the avoidance of conflict in Japanese society.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Education

VIDEO: On Queer Studies and Interdisciplinary Education

Professor Donald E. Hall and Dr. Joseph Haldane discuss the origins of Queer Studies, The Routledge Queer Studies Reader and interdisciplinary study.

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New Directions in Japan under the Abe Government: Constitution, Defence and Nationalism – Prof. J.A.A. Stockwin
History, Politics, International Relations & Law

New Directions in Japan under the Abe Government: Constitution, Defence and Nationalism

Professor J.A.A Stockwin looks at Japan’s development under the Abe Government, including the political system, the ‘Peace Constitution’, human rights and foreign policy.
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Ken Wilson is a teacher trainer, and an author of a large amount of ELT materials, and has published with OUP, Cengage and Macmillan. Photography by Thaddeus Pope
Language Learning

VIDEO: Language Learning, Technology and Motivation

Ken Wilson is interviewed on the assumptions that surround language learning. What is essential when learning a new language? Should your teacher be a native speaker of the language?
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Cultural Studies as Activist Scholarship with Professor Baden Offord
Cultural & Area Studies

VIDEO: Cultural Studies as Activist Scholarship

Cultural studies expert, Professor Baden Offord, speaks to the President of The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Dr. Joseph Haldane, about why cultural studies is a critical study of everyday life and ‘the new humanities’.

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Marjo Mitsutomi is multilingual, and Professor and Executive Director of the Language Education Institute (LEI) at Osaka Gakuin University, Japan.
Language Learning

VIDEO: First & Second Language Acquisition

Language learning experts Professor Marjo Mitsutomi and Dr. Minna Kirjavainen present their research on the process of first and second language acquisition, and their findings in the difference in written and spoken self-expression abilities.
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Corporate Governance & Culture in Japan - Nicholas Benes
Business & Economics, Politics, International Relations & Law

VIDEO: Corporate Governance & Culture in Japan

Dr. Joseph Haldane, President of The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), interviews Nicholas Benes on Japanese corporate governance, corporate culture and the importance of director training in Japanese business.

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Kuniko Miyanaga is a cultural anthropologist and linguist and works on questions of globalization, identity and language. Photography by Thaddeus Pope
Language Learning

VIDEO: Language and Identity

Dr. Joseph Haldane speaks to Professor Kuniko Miyanaga, Founding Director of the IAFOR Language Research Institute, about how identity and personality can change when a new language is learnt.

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Business & Economics, Education, Technology

Common Core’s Panopticon: The Freedom to Teach or be Imprisoned by Data

Professor Craig Sower argues that developers’ planned data collection Panopticon is another reason why parents, teachers, and citizens should oppose the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI).
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Business & Economics, Education

Common Core’s Leviathan: Bill Gates and (Mis)Adventures within American Public Education

Professor Craig Sower explains why the Common Core State Standards Initiative’s acquisition of some unlikely allies, including two of the richest men in the world, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, has spurred growing opposition from a disparate group of parents, teachers, and citizens.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

The Atomic Cafe (1982): Nuclear Paranoia in a Cold War Classic

Dr. Wajiha Raza Rizvi looks at how The Atomic Cafe (1982) dwells on stereotypes of public ignorance and nuclear paranoia during the Cold War era.
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Politics, International Relations & Law, Sustainability, Energy & the Environment

Climate Change: Disappearing Islands and Appearing Solutions

Dr Thomas Simons on why climate change problems are no more or no less amenable to solution than pollution problems are – they both require nothing less than the mobilisation of the political will needed to solve them.
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