Arts & Culture
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The global music community must help Afghan musicians resist a Taliban music ban
However, the Taliban’s violation of cultural rights is not being adequately prioritized, including its stance on music. Shumaila Hemani The…
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The best new books to read in October as selected by avid readers and critics
Each month, we’ll present a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf’s Kate Evans and The Book…
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25-10-2021 – Being in the Minority
Agora Dialogue cordially invites you to an online Oration in memory of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a legal, cultural,…
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Israeli-French TV series coming on Mavi Marmara flotilla raid
An eight-episode series, Ocean Wind, based on the dramatic story of the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in 2010, will be produced…
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Institute of Turkish Studies Caught in Turkey’s Crackdown on Academic Freedom
Widely recognized as one of the most prestigious centers for Turkish studies, the ITS awarded research grants to more than…
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Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the…
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The U.K. Doesn’t Want to Return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Despite the fact that the UNESCO intergovernmental commission recently unanimously voted for the return of Grecian Parthenon sculptures from the…
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How Nadifa Mohamed became the first Somali person to be short-listed for the Booker Prize with new novel, The Fortune Men
She didn’t know at the time, the discovery would lead her to write what’s now become the first novel written…
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#4 For Aboriginal justice, we need more than words – with VALS (Lee-Anne and Andreea)
Andreea and Lee-Anne educate us on the lived experience of law, justice and injustice for Aboriginal people in Victoria. Our…
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Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids
Many protesters hold right-wing and extremist views. Authors : The Conversation Police say people have been arrested for breaching the…
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Why Beethoven wasn’t the original punk rocker of classical music
But there is another curious classical music trope in circulation, one that is actually hard to avoid: Beethoven was a…
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30-09-2021 – Protecting Human Rights
Agora Dialogue cordially invites you to an online Oration in memory of its late Patron, George Bizos (1927-2020), the fugitive…
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David Lindenmayer’s new book is a reminder the world is still beautiful
But the world is still a beautiful place. And for Canberra scientist David Lindenmayer, it’s the ash forests of Victoria…
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Trojan War retold as a sprightly, well-paced bit of epic theatre
The Trojan Women, one of his greatest plays, shows this spectacularly: not only is it a staggering lamentation for the…
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The Late Career Switch
Lucy Kellaway had a dream job. Her self-proclaimed title was Chief Bullshit Correspondent for the Financial Times though in polite company she’d…
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What ancient Chinese roofs can tell us about climate change
A new study, published in Science Advances by researchers at Nanjing University in China suggests that there may even be…
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