Scholars in the Press
Navigating the Crisis of Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Arab Regions: Challenges and Pathways to Reconciliation Volume 60- Issue 1
By Adel Dashela, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia Global Center (CGC), AmmanDecember 26, 2024 This article discusses the transitional justice crisis in the Arab regions in the post-conflict phase and studies the implementation challenges and transitional justice mechanisms in areas suffering from conflict. It also explores the… Continue reading→
Fascism in the Middle East: Nationalism, Islamism, and Imagining Other Futures
By Saladdin Bahozde Published January 14, 2025 by Routledge Following decades of brutal campaigns against left forces, fascism in its nationalist and religious forms has been dominating Turkish, Iranian, and Arab politics for over half a century. At first, with key enemies vanquished, military generals assumed power… Continue reading→
New publication: Academic Freedom in a Plural World Global Critical Perspectives
Academic Freedom in a Plural World Global Critical Perspectives Editors: Frédéric Mégret Nandini Ramanujam The notion of academic freedom dates back to the creation of universities and has long been understood to be central to their vocation. This freedom has come under attack by… Continue reading→
Democracy Now! Interview with Gubad Ibadoghlu’s Daughter, Zhala Bayramova
November 19, 2024 In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues their coverage of COP29, the 2024 U.N. climate summit, and its host country’s record on human rights. Posted below, Amy Goodman interviews Zhala Bayramova, daughter of Consortium Scholar, Gubad Ibadoghlu, who remains under house arrest in Azerbaijan…. Continue reading→
Scholars in Context: Adel Dashela
Consortium Scholar, Adel Dashela, is featured in Jadaliyya’s “Scholars in Context Series“November 11, 2024 In this interview, Dr. Dashela describes his current research project which focuses on tribes and other societal groups—such as youth, women, and marginalized communities—in achieving transitional justice and national reconciliation in… Continue reading→
Death of Home: Aura and Space in the Age of Digitalization by Saladdin Ahmed Bahozde
Volume 26 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Digital technology has revolutionized connectivity, but it has also overcome spatial obstacles that used to shield people from subjugating gazes and unlimited exercise of power. The home as an auratic space is dead, and this… Continue reading→
Pro-Gaza and far-left activists dominated the 2024 DNC protests
Published by Good Authority August 29, 2024 By: Selin Bengi Gümrükcü, Michael T. Heaney, and Eric S. Heberlig Protests at the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago were larger and less orderly than those at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee. Yet the DNC protests were hardly a revival of the chaos of 1968 –… Continue reading→
Published in “Good Authority”: The 2024 GOP convention protests, vs. previous years
Our surveys provide a closer look at who protested in Milwaukee, and why. Selin Bengi Gümrükcü, Michael T. Heaney, and Eric S. Heberlig Published August 7, 2024 | Good Authority Protesters at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee (© Michael T. Heaney, 2024). When protesters converged… Continue reading→
‘All I kept thinking was we had lost everything. I knew my life and my community would totally change’
Dr. Aziz Mohibbi featured in Irish Times Originally published on September 20, 2022 in The Irish Times By Sorcha Pollak On the morning of August 15th, 2021, as Taliban fighters arrived at the gates of Kabul after sweeping across Afghanistan in less than 10… Continue reading→
One Year Later: On the Anniversary of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu’s Arrest in Azerbaijan
July 23, 2024 One year ago today, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, an Azeri economist and pro-democracy activist, was violently arrested by Azeri police on false charges related to counterfeit currency and extremist religious materials. These blatantly fabricated charges were used to unlawfully detain Dr. Ibadoghlu in… Continue reading→