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Why did Switzerland decide to ban minarets?
Some reactions by the victorious camp in favour of the ban on minarets after the referendum on Sunday, 29 October: “Forced marriages and other things like cemeteries separating the pure and impu… more →
Eclectic Grounds
Why did Switzerland decide to ban minarets?
henrik wrote 1 day ago: Some reactions by the victorious camp in favour of the ban on minarets after the referendum on Sunda … more →
Logic, harmony & foolishness: a look at Indian and western mythology
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henrik wrote 1 week ago: Another great talk from TED, this one just up today from TED India. Devdutt Pattanaik of Future Grou … more →
Television and foreign-language learning
henrik wrote 2 weeks ago: It is quite striking to compare foreign language competencies across European countries. When I move … more →
"Third World" - Stop saying it, stop thinking it!
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henrik wrote 1 month ago: The term “Third World” is the issue of a post in an interesting new blog I recently disc … more →
C. Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
henrik wrote 1 month ago: Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie shares her thoughts about how popular stories may create one-side … more →
Can Germany 'afford' a gay foreign minister? Or will it hurt relations with Muslim countries?
henrik wrote 1 month ago: - two often-debated questions in Germany after the recent federal elections. Following the victory o … more →
Writing about Africa if you are from the West
henrik wrote 6 months ago: This piece should be read by every Hollywood actor, adventure travel writer and aid-worker out there … more →
How to deal with terrorism - an ethics perspective
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henrik wrote 7 months ago: I like philosophical perspectives on cultural and social phenomena, because they go beyond explainin … more →
Lazy Bosnians?!
henrik wrote 7 months ago: A Bosnian was applying for a job. “Weren’t you, Bosnians, too lazy?” asked the emp … more →
The Anglicisation of Dutch universities: inhibiting intercultural exchange?
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henrik wrote 8 months ago: A recent NRC article warned that “English takes over at Dutch universities“. I, a German … more →
The discourse on Muslim veils in Britain
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henrik wrote 9 months ago: Golam Khiabany writes in Race & Class about the current British media discourse on Muslim women … more →
The rise of dual citizenship
henrik wrote 9 months ago: According to a recent article by Tanja Brøndsted Sejersen in the International Migration Review, dua … more →
University scholarships: A structural take on diplomacy
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henrik wrote 10 months ago: For more than a year now, my university in the Netherlands has been hosting a number of students fro … more →
