Ozge Samanci, 1968, Ten Worst Countries For Women, The top 100 public intellectuals....
found @ haha.nu. But this is Özge Samanci's work! I happened to work with her for a short period at Bilgi University in 2000-1. She seems to be doing great. Congratulations Özge!
1968: The year of two springs
Parallels between May '68 and the Prague Spring are largely the result of the simultaneity of the events; in important respects, the political goals of the two movements were antithetical. Nevertheless, central European dissent had a significant impact on the French Left after 1968, argues Jacques Rupnik.The misunderstanding of 1968
Speaking a year before his death, Rudi Dutschke explained the reasons for the German Left's failure to understand what was at stake in Czechoslovakia in 1968. "In retrospect, the great event of '68 in Europe was not Paris, but Prague. But we were unable to see this at the time."Ten Worst Countries For Women
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-94), Laundry Drying on the Bank of the Seine, c. 1892. found in Palazzo Strozzi To Open "Painting Light: The hidden techniques of the Impressionists"
Banning Laptops in the Classroom: Is it Worth the Hassles?
Source: Journal of Legal EducationEPIA: Solar technology prices getting 'better and better'
With prices for solar panels expected to drop as fossil fuel prices soar, Europe's photovoltaic (PV) industry is poised to benefit from strong growth in the coming years, explains Ernesto Macias Galán, vice president of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). He spoke with EurActiv in an interview.Government Efficiency and Network Theory
Science News reports on a study relating (in a loose way) the efficiency of a national government with the size of its cabinet. Researchers in Vienna found that the development level of countries, as a proxy for the efficiency of their governments, is in general lower for countries with more members in the national cabinets. They then went on to model cabinet members as nodes in a network and found support for the observed correlation.The discovery of the communal
"Bodies and minds, once the canon fodder of production, have become capitalism's cannonballs. Capitalism can no longer exist without the communal; with the communal, opportunities for resistance increase infinitely. That is the paradox of an epoch that has discarded the rags of modernity."Terry Eagleton on Foucault
LRB carries a review by Terry Eagleton of a new book on anonymity in which he remarks: Authors can say the silliest things about their own stuff, which is one way in which they resemble critics. The Waste Land is not just a piece of rhythmical grousing, even though T.S. Eliot said it was.Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences
Source: The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments (JSAAE)
Held in Tokyo, Japan; March 31, 2008
Papers (PDFs) include:
The spirit of '68
Remembering the 'utopian impulse'
THE European press is in full swing with remembrances of 1968. Writing in the International Herald Tribune, Peter Steinfels says the revolution intended by students at the barricades in Paris never occurred. He sounds rather gloomy about it all, noting that Charles de Gaulle had put his foot down by the end of May '68.7 Insane Conspiracies
… that actually happened. Like this one…
The top 100 public intellectuals
LAST month Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines announced their list of the top 100 public intellectuals. The list is full of names you might expect to find, like Niall Ferguson, Jeffrey Sachs, and Amartya Sen. But there are also plenty of interesting surprises, like David Petraeus and Fernando Cardoso. The magazines now want you to choose the top five. Consider this an open thread to let us know who you would vote for.
