“Becoming political activists is extremely empowering.” I heard this statement last night from Michal Barak, an Israeli lawyer who is among the founders of the new organization Women Wage Peace. Michal came to Cambridge with the Palastinian-Israeli social worker Samah Salaime Egbariya, to discuss their experience of despair during the Gaza war last summer and to… Continue reading Women activism and political impact
Author: Or Rosenboim
Reflections on feminism for the International Women’s Day
Today I listened to a special broadcast on the classical music radio channel. An orchestra of women played a concert for international women’s day. The presenter introduced the soloists and said that for the benefit of those listening to the concert on the radio, he’d like to add that the musicians tonight are “stunningly beautiful”,… Continue reading Reflections on feminism for the International Women’s Day
Political realism and history
Last month I participated in an Italian conference on political realism. A group of fifty-strong Italian academics and researchers, we spent three days, 8 hours per day, in a beautiful monastery in Perugia debating the meaning of political realism. The line-up was ambitious: we were each given 15 minutes to make our original and insightful… Continue reading Political realism and history
How to be a public intellectual?
Recently, academics in IR, political philosophy and history seem more concerned than usual with questions like: how to make an impact, how to be ‘public intellectuals’? One of the reasons may be the upcoming REF, the new framework for assessment of academic work which gives some weight to its public ‘impact’. Perhaps this should not… Continue reading How to be a public intellectual?
Reflections on history and theory
The first day of our Oxbridge Conference (oxbridge2013.wordpress.com) was an interesting and stimulating exchange of ideas not only between the two universities but also between two disciplines, Political Theory and History. Our aim was to bring together these two ways of thinking about the global. And I feel we did create a conversation between researchers… Continue reading Reflections on history and theory
Globalism and Foreignness
I am very happy to announce the second edition of the Oxbridge Critical Exchange conference in intellectual history and political theory. Our first session will take place on May 23, at 9.30-16, in the Alison Richard Building at the University of Cambridge. The very promising programme can be found here oxbridge2013.wordpress.com Dr Shruti Kapila, Faisal… Continue reading Globalism and Foreignness
Dr Or Rosenboim 