"January 28th marked a major rupture in Egyptian history: it is the day Egyptians truly broke the fear barrier created…
Breaking the fear barrier in Egypt
politics
Fear for the uprising
SSRC-IDRF fellow Omar Cheta assesses the situation in Egypt.
Space and resistance
It is illuminating to ponder the recent events in Cairo’s Midan al-Tahrir as we try to understand the relationship between…
Egypt readings for the weekend
Readings on the popular struggle in Egypt recommended by Aaron Bady.
The dignity of Egyptian youth
No one expected this unfolding series of events—certainly, no one of my generation (those of us in our mid-forties), nor…
Religion, elections, and civil society in Egypt
Amid the ongoing upheaval in Egypt, Clifford Bob discusses the U.S. Government perspective on Egypt's future and the possibly---or, rather,…
Call for papers: Spirituality, political engagement, and public life
The SSRC Working Group on Spritituality, Political Engagement & Public Life is inviting submissions of abstracts for a conference to…
Endgame capitalism: An interview with Simon During
Simon During is a professor at the Centre for the History of European Discourses at the University of Queensland, having…
Culture, nature, and mediation
Matthew Engelke is right: religion is about mediation. Ironically so, because it is about the divine; but because the divine…
More than politics: An interview with Charles Villa-Vicencio
As National Research Director for the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Charles Villa-Vicencio was intimately involved in the historic…