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Between the years in the Andes: Celebrating the new beginnings at different times of the year

Posted on 19 December 2011 by Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar

Each June and August people in the Andean countries, especially Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina, celebrate the arrival of the new native or ancestral year. The fact that this happens in two different months may show a lack of coherence, … Continue reading →

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The Role of the University Amplified

Posted on 21 June 2011 by Andrew W. Hass

I return to the topic of the role of the University, addressed in my first blog (31 January 2011), because of several recent events. The first gave me reason for great applause: the 2011 Gifford Lecture (31st May), in the … Continue reading →

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Sport, Politics and Religion

Posted on 18 April 2011 by Colette Gilhooley

Colette Gilhooley is writing her MLitt in Postcolonial Studies under Professor David Murphy. A combination of International Women’s Day and the anticipation of the Olympics may make this an opportune time to look at issues facing female athletes which have … Continue reading →

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Religion and Politics in International Relations: the Modern Myth

Posted on 21 February 2011 by Timothy Fitzgerald

One classic collection of essays by anthropologists on the definition of religion which was required reading in the course at King’s College, London on anthropology of religion was Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion (1966) edited by E. M. … Continue reading →

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