Tag: Politics

Hamlet’s Arab Journey: Shakespeare in the Arab world

Posted on: September 13, 2012

Shakespeare in the Arab world, from a production off the coast of Yemen within Shakespeare’s lifetime to an early Egyptian Hamlet that is a musical with a happy ending.

Back on the road to Wigan Pier

Posted on: May 24, 2012

Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences

Stephen Armstrong talks to Matthew Taunton

Academic podcast on the anniversary ofthe Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier is still a shocking book to read. By revisiting the road to Wigan, this podcast explores to what extent things have changed since Orwell’s time.

Trials and tribulations – war crimes tribunals

Posted on: January 24, 2012

Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences

Mladen Ostojic talks to Isabelle Cornaz

Mladen Ostojic explores the impact of international justice on post-conflict states that are undergoing a political transition. He asks whether international tribunals are a threat to stability in targeted countries – do justice and truth, or justice and peace, always go hand-in-hand?