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London, England Katılım Aralık 2013
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Packaged Plants offers an absorbing ethnography and cultural history of how the production and consumption of plants for food and medicine has gone through ‘metabolic rifts’... uclpress.co.uk/book/packaged-…
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Have you listened to 'Bentham, Romanticism and the ‘Cockney College’'? This episode is all about the philosophical divide between Romanticism and Utilitarianism, and how these ideas shaped the founding of UCL, or the 'Cockney College'. Listen now: uclpress.co.uk/podcast/bentha…
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ceci n’est pas un lapin@lepusoxoniensis·
book on the importance of ideas about the Middle Eastern origins of civilization for the understanding of the role of the United States in human history in US thought in the Progressive Era uclpress.co.uk/book/early-civ…
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Virginia Mantouvalou@vmantouvalou·
Enjoyed being interviewed for China Law Journal on 'What Can Scholars Do in the Face of Structural Injustice?' There will soon be a Chinese edition of Structural Injustice and the Law (@UCLpress), a book I co-edited with Jo Wolff, with Morning Star Press, a Hong Kong publisher.
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UCL Press@UCLpress·
Have you seen Bentham’s Defence of Sexual Liberty? This documentary explores Jeremy Bentham’s radical defence of queer lives, and shows how his thinking not only shaped UCL’s founding values, but still resonates today. Watch now: uclpress.co.uk/podcast/bentha…
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UCL Alumni
UCL Alumni@UCLAlumni·
Yesterday was World Book Day and we're reflecting on 10 years of @UCLPress 🙌 Over a decade of world-class research, open to all – championed by the late Dr Paul Ayris, who believed knowledge has no barriers. Here's to limitless knowledge 📚 Read more 👉 bit.ly/4ldalXD
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UCL Press@UCLpress·
Universities must be at the heart of climate action, and not just through research and tech. In the final episode of Climate Extinction Politics, Prof Tristan McCowan highlights the power of community and grassroots initiatives. Listen: bit.ly/4rFnoDP #ClimateJustice
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For Professor Tristan McCowan, universities should be at the heart of climate action and not only be satisfied with research and publishing. uclpress.co.uk/podcast/univer…
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Have you listened to the first season of UCL Press Play? This season is your opportunity to join world-leading academics in conversation about Romanticism, queer histories, and much more. Catch up now: bit.ly/4qUm52r #UCLPressPlay
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Till Mostowlansky
Till Mostowlansky@mostowlansky·
Written by leading scholars in the field, Humanitarianism from Below? forcefully illustrates that these humanitarian actors do not merely represent grassroots initiatives but have altered humanitarianism at large, involving alternative economies and politics.
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Till Mostowlansky@mostowlansky·
Mostly invisible to Western publics, this humanitarianism has reshaped global landscapes of aid; from protecting Indigenous communities in Canada to African diasporic initiatives in response to the Ebola pandemic; from Islamic economies of giving to crowdfunding aid in Ukraine.
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Till Mostowlansky@mostowlansky·
At the same time, around the world various humanitarian institutions and practices have flourished that remain outside this realm.
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Till Mostowlansky@mostowlansky·
Since the late twentieth century, wealthy nations and international organisations have claimed a monopoly on humanitarianism. Even critical views of this regime of global aid and assistance have reinforced the image of a phenomenon shaped by Euro-American politics of life.
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Till Mostowlansky
Till Mostowlansky@mostowlansky·
New book out in Open Access with UCL Press, co-edited with Elmira Muratova, with chapters on case studies ranging from Ukraine, Turkey-Afghanistan, diasporic West Africa, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan-Kuwait, and Indigenous Canada. Free download from the link in the thread.
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