Ukraine conflict religion and war THINK IAFOR
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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HMAS_Rankin_Australian Collins Class submarine IAFOR THINK Pacific Ocean (July 6, 2004) - Australia's Collins-class submarine, HMAS Rankin (SSK 78) cruises out to sea at periscope depth, and is scheduled to participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This year’s exercise includes seven participating nations; Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class David A. Levy (RELEASED) For more information go to: http://www.cpf.navy.mil/RIMPAC2004
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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A Robert Lee Vladimir Devide Haiku Award LibrAsia
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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Day of the Dead mural Malcolm Lowry Under the Volcano THINK IAFOR
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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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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Star Trek Spock Joel Campbell Think IAFOR
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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Urban Agriculture think iafor copy
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-US-Army-air-assault-mission-in-Paktika-province
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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Marshall Herff Applewhite heaven's gate
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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Prof. Myles Chilton Global English
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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Measuring Creativity Brian Birdsell
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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Prof. Donald E. Hall - Queer Studies
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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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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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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Disappearing Islands Climate Chnge Think Nasa
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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