Social Sciences
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News & Reports
November 24, 20210 131
Students Desert the Social Sciences at Yemen’s War-Torn Universities
The future of the social sciences in Yemen’s universities is in question as shrinking student numbers force some departments to…
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November 5, 20210 117
‘Academic Prisons’: Bahrain’s Nader Kadhim Rejects Disciplinary Silos
“University is universal in nature, hence the name,” argues the Bahraini scholar Nader Kadhim. His cultural criticism takes an interdisciplinary…
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October 31, 20210 153
Abdelbaki Hermassi, Tunisian Sociologist and Former Minister, Dies
A longtime social researcher, Abdelbaki Hermassi was an expert on state and society in the Maghreb. He also served as…
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September 9, 20212 208
Hicham Alaoui: A Scholar of Democracy With Royal Roots
The Moroccan scholar Hicham Alaoui’s research interests include the need for of democratic and educational reforms in the Arab world.
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August 6, 20210 47
Changes at AUC’s Center for Translation Studies Cause Dismay
The center’s director reported in an email that the center was being shut down. The university insists its work will…
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July 27, 20211 127
Social Sciences Researchers Enjoy New Freedoms in Saudi Arabia
Saudi researchers in the social sciences encounter fewer restrictions on the topics they can study, and can now use more…
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News & Reports
July 13, 20211 121
Covid-19 Poses New Challenges for Social Scientists, Survey Finds
Social scientists and humanities scholars were particularly affected by the pandemic because of the restrictions it imposed on their work…
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Opinion
June 30, 20210 98
How to Create Safe Spaces for Teaching Taboo Topics
A history professor in Qatar offers advice for instructors seeking to discuss sensitive social and political issues.
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News & Reports
June 17, 20211 113
Shafeeq Ghabra: A Scholar of the Palestinian Cause Confronts Illness With Research and Hope
Shafeeq Ghabra chose research and teaching over military, diplomatic and administrative work. His writing sustains him now.
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June 4, 20210 141
A Scholar Rebuilds the Archives of Lebanon’s Left Before the Civil War
Fadi Bardawil believes the history of how leftist thought evolved in the 1960s holds lessons for groups seeking change today.
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