Nobel Peace Prize

Anthropology roundup: Nancy Scheper-Hughes on the Catholic Church…”Dialogs before Suicide…

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Nancy Scheper-Hughes shares reflections on the Catholic Church anthropologyworks by Culture In Global Affairs Republished with permission from Berkeley News Nancy Scheper-Hughes. Source: Berkeley News In her research, writing and teaching, medical anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes focuses especially on violence, suffering and premature death on the margins of the modern world. Best-known for her work on the … Read more

Journalism agenda: A journalist, Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel… Twitter and Reddit moves more into journalistic production…

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Nobel Prize in literature goes to journalist from Belarus  EurActiv.com Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarussian journalist and dissident writer, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday (8 October) “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”, the Swedish Academy announced.   How the Crowd and Automation Are Shaping Journalism Social Media Today by … Read more

Turkey’s EU Minister accuses Greek Cyprus of blocking further chapter talks… A FP roundup…

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Terrorism can also be carry out through social media, EU Minister says at technology forum Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bağış remarked that social media has now become another avenue for terrorists during the opening of a technology forum in Istanbul Turkey, Iraq eye closer cooperation on Syria as relations thaw By Humeyra Pamuk and Tulay Karadeniz … Read more

2013 Man Booker Prize goes to a long novel, The Luminaries. A literati roundup…

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New Zealand Author Eleanor Catton Wins the 2013 Man Booker Prize 28 year old Eleanor Catton becomes the youngest winner of the Man Booker Prize. She won for her novel, The Luminaries. Neil Gaiman explains the worth and value of libraries In an absolutely stirring, smashing speech delivered as the Reading Agency annual lecture, Neil … Read more

How many were killed in the alleged poison gas attack? The US, French and British intelligence dossiers… Syria updates…

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The US, French and British intelligence dossiers cannot even agree on how many were killed in the alleged poison gas attack. When you read the assessment of the British, French and US intelligence services as to who was responsible for the alleged poison gas attack in Damascus on 21st of August, you quickly see what very thin gruel they … Read more

A Manning verdict roundup- What is the point of Manning’s 35-year sentence? and more…

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Manning statement (now hyperlinked) worthy of Nobel laureate Bradley Manning?s post-sentence statement, issued by his lawyer, was the kind of statement you would expect to be given by a Nobel Peace Prize recipient in their acceptance speech. It is both unequivocal and profound. Below, we reproduce it with one difference: we have added hyperlinks, where … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “Record 60% of Europeans ‘tend not to trust’ EU

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Record 60% of Europeans ‘tend not to trust’ EU The number of Europeans who distrust the European Union has doubled over the past six years to a record high, with bailed-out Greeks and Cypriots having the least faith in the bloc, according to a new Eurobarometer poll. An economic crisis, record unemployment and five eurozone … Read more