What the Storming of the Capitol Means to Americans
By Abby Naumann Note from the author: This article has been published in response to the storming of the U.S.Continue Reading
Category: Opinion
The Diversity and Disparity of Student Lives at the Institute: The Case of Manuel León
Absolutely, IHEID students have an imperative to critique the Institute一 for example, how can it be that a student coming from a country in crisis with limited personal resources qualifies for $0 in financial assistance? However, IHEID students must also reflect a critical gaze back at themselves and ask important questions about the way we operate as a community. What kind of student stories are visible at IHEID, and what stories get buried? Where do non-elites fit into this community?
Na véspera do Dia da Consciência Negra, outro homem negro é assassinado no Brasil
A cada 23 minutos morre um jovem negro no Brasil. Das 30 mil pessoas assassinadas no país, 23 mil são jovens negros.
Organized Crime during Covid-19
How criminal groups are benefitting from the pandemic.
American Students Call for Peaceful, Transparent Elections
Note: This piece represents the viewpoints of the students who have signed their names, and does not claim to speakContinue Reading
Protest Culture at the Institute
by Emma Clare Maxwell A treasure trove of political opinions and slogans lies tucked away on top of a shelfContinue Reading
No Country for Dalit Women
On 10 October 2020, students from The Graduate Institute, Geneva assembled by the Broken Chair in front of Palais des Nations to protest against the gang rape by four upper caste Thakur men of a 19-year old Dalit woman in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh(UP).
Case Postale 1672
By Harvey Parafina There is something I always find peculiar with the way the TPG tram on line 15 bendsContinue Reading
On Protests, Revolutions, and the New Roman Empire: Notes on America
By American, I mean that I am a beneficiary of empire, more specifically: the same empire so central in creating the world as we know it today, the same empire that was protested the world over in 2019. A different kind of Rome, this time clad in stars and stripes, presides over a different kind of Empire today.
Black Flowers of Civilization: Violence, Colonial Institutions, and the Law in Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians
Law derives its legitimacy from a specific way of exercising war: the colonial western state. In this essay, I argue that this specific way of waging war – and the institutions created to sustain it – underpin law’s authority in the western imagination.
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