Call for Submissions: Fall 2020 Print Issue
Les soumissions sont maintenant ouvertes! From tough beginnings (remember the looming threat of WWIII?) to more recent times of quarantineContinue Reading
Latest Posts
The Trolley Problem and COVID-19
What do we do when we face the trolley problem in real-time, due to COVID-19?
The Arab Spring is Alive and Kicking
Since the beginning of the last decade, when millions of people rose-up in revolutions against corruption and dictatorship across the Middle East, demanding their legitimate human rights, there was a widespread atmosphere of optimism and excitement for fundamental reforms. However, regretfully, these hopes soon faded away.
The Day that Daadu Died: Mourning with the Virus
What kinds of ethical crises does one encounter while mourning the death of one’s intimate other during a pandemic, far away from home?
Students March for BLM, Advocate for IHEID Reform
In part 2 of our coverage on the BLM protests that took place on June 9th, this article puts a spotlight on the protest’s implications for the student body and the Institute.
Voici la deuxième partie de notre couverture de la manifestation antiraciste du 9 juin dernier. Cet article se penche ainsi sur comment le corps étudiant de l’Institut a perçu, vécu et fait sens de la manifestation organisée par BLM suisse romande.
Knowing one’s place
Discrimination, racialization, and transnational social movements are intricately layered within each context they manifest in — the Institute is no different.
Les joueurs de marionnettes en tenues de combat : les Taingyinthas et la politisation d’ethnicité en Birmanie
par Marine HermesPublié par the Graduate Press en anglais, le 18 juin 2020 Le chaos actuel qui accompagne la criseContinue Reading
Puppeteers in Combat Garb: Taingyintha and the Politicisation of Ethnicity in Myanmar
The Rohingya Refugees carry with them a painful history of oppression from ethnic cleansing, and continue to be a persecuted minority. How do the Burmese government and the Tatmadaw sustain and push the representation of the Rohingyas being ‘illegal immigrants’?
An open letter to Professor Burrin
For this week’s Feminist Voice, the Feminist Collective decided to publish a letter that a disappointed student sent to Prof. Burrin his jokes, the sexualisation of learning environments and the male gaze.
George Floyd, Racisme, Diversité & ce que Gisa en fait
Dans cet article, David Rochat revient sur les réactions suite au meurtre de George Floyd, afin de soulever des interrogations concernant l’emploi de la notion de “diversité” à l’Institut, et plus particulièrement par GISA. Il plaide également en faveur de plus de sollicitations médiatiques, déclarations politiques et réflexions académiques capables d’embrasser et d’interroger le racisme dans sa complexité transnationale.
The Graduate Press - La Gazette de la Paix 