"Anti-Bologna movement spreads in Spain…

December 15, 2008 by erkan

Anti-Bologna movement spreads in Spain

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Opposition to the Bologna Process, an EU-inspired series of university and college reforms, has expanded substantially across Spain in recent weeks, as students protest, occupy school buildings and even block rail lines.

In the last week, demonstrations and occupations have in particular stepped up in Madrid with sit-ins taking over faculties or otherwise protesting at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the rectorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and University of Alcalá de Henares northeast of the capital. Actions have also taken place in Valencia, Seville and further afield. In Barcelona, students blocked railway lines. The Bologna Process has also provoked significant student opposition in Italy, Finland and Croatia.

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The charming city of Leyden in the Netherlands (’Leiden’ in Dutch, pop. 120,000) could without much hyperbole be called the Dutch Oxford. The town boasts the country’s oldest university and is home to museums, libraries, botanical gardens and other institutions connected to its position as the country’s prime centre of learning. Leyden is also home to Oudt Leyden, Europe’s (and possibly the world’s) oldest pancake house. VIA

"Human Rights at 60………

December 11, 2008 by erkan

"A CENTURY OF LEVI-STRAUSS

December 5, 2008 by erkan

A CENTURY OF LEVI-STRAUSS

A tribute to Professor Claude Levi-Strauss born 28th November 1908

Daniel Miller, UCL

Few of us are not entranced by tales of discovery. The magical feeling when something which previously existed but, but we were entirely unaware of, become known. Humanity is given a new consciousness that once we have gained seems impossible that we should ever lose it again. It’s easier to think about such discoveries in terms of natural science, such as the discovery of the atom or of penicillin. But we have been equally transformed over the last century by a series of discoveries in social science. It’s now hard to explain to people what it meant and what it was really like to live before feminism, that things that seem totally obvious afterwards, were previously simply not available to be thought about. In my memory the most profound, most long lasting, extraordinary and singular moment of discovery came when I was a student in anthropology at Cambridge. When Edmund Leach, who acted as John the Baptist, to this French Messiah, gave us a lecture about Levi-Strauss, and I knew, instantly, that I would never see the world again in the same way.

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The great divide

20 November 2008

By Hannah Fearn

The discipline of anthropology has split firmly into two factions – social anthropologists and evolutionary anthropologists. Hannah Fearn asks whether or not the warring sides can be reconciled

Renowned anthropologist Eric Wolf once described his discipline as "the most scientific of the humanities and the most humanistic of the sciences".

Perhaps he was attempting to capture the uniqueness of a subject that can talk to both academic camps but, by the time he died in 1999, his words articulated the growing split within the discipline.

"Deleuze, Feminism, and the New European Union

December 5, 2008 by erkan

Deleuze, Feminism, and the New European Union: An Interview with Rosi Braidotti

by Pascale LaFountain

Rosi Braidotti is at the vanguard of politically active theorists. Her engagement is marked by her intellectual prowess in feminism of the European Union and by the formation of the Netherlands Research School of Women’s Studies, which she founded in 1988 and where she is currently Distinguished Professor. This interview navigates topics ranging from Braidotti’s most recent book Transpositions (2006) to larger questions regarding contemporary nomadism and the role of Deleuzian philosophy in feminism.

Multi-National Monitor/Alternet: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008 – by Robert Weissman

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A questionnaire to fill in

November 11, 2008 by erkan

A friend of a friend is doing an academic survey. Would you spare a few minutes? Risk taking effect of culture and religion on communities of different countries Author: Ekrem Tufan http://www.my3q.com/home2/249/etufan/38336.phtml Turkish version: http://www.my3q.com/home2/249/etufan/61244.phtml

Thomas Elsaesser at Bilgi

October 31, 2008 by erkan

Heidegger's "Being and Time" in Turkish

October 19, 2008 by erkan

No! it is not the first time. There has been a translation around. However, after 4 years of work, Prof. Kaan Ökten issued his own translation of this major work. This major work of Heidegger, is provided to Turkish readers with possibly the most authoritative translation. Prof. Ökten had also prepared a 240-page reading guide for the translation. My philosophical tendencies are quite different from Heideggerian thought but I cannot stop admiring this major work itself and Prof. Ökten’s translation efforts.

When I was taking this picture, Prof. Kaan Ökten was working on the translation. Now it is done. Congratulations!

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"The YÖK issue

October 1, 2008 by erkan

John Singer Sargent (United States, 18561925), Dolce Far Niente, 1907 found here

The Turkish ’68 – The Lost Generation

The resurgence of Islam in Turkey began as a counter-reaction to the leftist student activism of 1968; one of the key activists among the right-wing students of the time is now the country’s president. Zafer Senocak takes a look back"

The YÖK issue

By ESER KARAKAŞ, STAR

The Higher Education Board (YÖK) has been an interesting institution, as well as an interesting issue, since it was established. On YÖK’s anniversary, on Nov. 6, if I am not mistaken, this issue will be discussed once again.

A case to take a lesson from

Kudos to the students of Boğaziçi University! Congratulations to those who lend support to others’ fight for freedom! Please look once again at that beautiful photo that will leave its mark on the history of Boğaziçi University.

"Reuters sues academic for making a Firefox plugin that lets you annotate and reference articles

October 1, 2008 by erkan

Reuters sues academic for making a Firefox plugin that lets you annotate and reference articles

By Cory Doctorow on Copyfight

Espen sez, "In a move leading me to suspect they have hired laid-off lawyers from RIAA, Endnote (owned by Reuters) has sued GMU and Dan Cohen for the latest version of Zotero (a Firefox plugin that lets you save, annotate and academically reference articles you find online). This is an amazingly stupid market move: Suing an academic for making software for other academics because the software allows you to convert styles (which in turn were freely contributed by other academics) – when your main market is academics."

"After Kemal" by Perry Anderson

September 22, 2008 by erkan

From PhD Comics! VIA

Article | After Kemal by Perry Anderson

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After Kemal by Perry Anderson [1]
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ALSO: Kemalism by Perry Anderson[1]

‘The greatest single truth to declare itself in the wake of 1989,’ J.G.A. Pocock wrote two years afterwards,

"Two Cultures? Tension in Social Science

September 12, 2008 by erkan

In a recent article in Insider Higher Education, " ‘Two Cultures’ Tension in Social Science" it was reported that

Key philanthropic and government programs offering grants for Ph.D. students appear to be excluding proposals for graduate students in sociology and political science, while favoring proposals from those in history, anthropology and a range of relatively small disciplines, such as art history and ethnomusicology, according to data released Friday. The analysis was presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association and focused on programs to support field research or international research.

It is ironic. We know that Political Science is one of the disciplines that gets funded much. But they complain to get the last fragments of funding. In the political economy of academia, humanities and theoretical social sciences had lost their ground. They should be the one to complain. Besides,political science and sociology have become so quantitative that there is probably some need for qualitative assessments…

[MONDAY TALK]Prof. Soysal: Most Turkish universities are still autocratic

By YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN

Professor Ayşe Soysal, a former rector of Boğaziçi University, said “academic freedom” is a distant idea for many Turkish universities and that this has left many researchers feeling restricted. “The main problem is that most of the universities in Turkey are still autocratic.

"Commission to test free access to EU research

August 21, 2008 by erkan

Strasbourg not yet ready for MEPs

The European Parliament’s temporary relocation to Brussels from Strasbourg reignites a row about where it should be based.

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(Pieter Aertsen, Butcher’s Stall with the Flight into Egypt, 1551. Source.)

Commission to test free access to EU research

A pilot project that will give unrestricted online access to EU-funded research results was launched yesterday (20 August), which the Commission claims will ensure better exploitation of scientific studies and guarantee a "fair return" for taxpayers. But specialist publishers are unhappy with the move.

Memories of Czech invasion

Two BBC website readers share their experiences of the Soviet invasion and living under communist rule in Czechoslovakia.

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