The Suitcase
As presented at an On The Move panel for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2017, in collaboration with the American Anthropological Association. “Everything I owned was in a suitcase,” is too vast to comprehend. A suitcase …
Articles by Antoaneta Tileva
JUST IN CASE: Know your black market weed etiquette
Editor’s note: While a majority of states have legalized cannabis in one form or another–for medical and/or recreational use–the election of President Donald Trump, and his appointment of drug warmonger Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III as the …
Immcarceration: Examining America’s Immigration Detention System (3 of 3)
While America’s problems with excessive incarceration have received increased attention, until recently, immigration detention has been conspicuously absent from this discussion. In the wake of each year, about 400,000 people are placed in immigration detention. …
Immcarceration: Examining America’s Immigration Detention System (2 of 3)
While America’s problems with excessive incarceration have received increased attention, until recently, immigration detention has been conspicuously absent from this discussion. In the wake of each year, about 400,000 people are placed in immigration detention. …
Immcarceration: Examining America’s Immigration Detention System (1 of 3)
While America’s problems with excessive incarceration have received increased attention, until recently, immigration detention has been conspicuously absent from this discussion. In the wake of each year, about 400,000 people are placed in immigration detention. …
Review: Merchants of Doubt
“Fake it, till you make it…so,” might be one of the many truisms apropos for Merchants of Doubt, the new documentary by Food, Inc. director Robert Kenner, based on Naomi Oreskes’ and Erik M. Conway’s …
‘Journey into Europe:’ Akbar Ahmed Discusses Latest Project
Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University’s School of International Service, recently reported on findings from his fieldwork in Europe over the past two years and gave a preview …
Terrorism: Do We Have it Right? Expert Panel Discussion
Facing the rise of ISIS in the Middle East, Boko Haram in Nigeria, recent terrorist attacks in Paris, and extremist groups elsewhere, the United States and its allies are grappling with how to combat extremism …
Book Review: Childhood Deployed: Remaking Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
Childhood Deployed: Remaking Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone, examines the difficult reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone’s devastating civil war lasted from 1991-2002, leaving more than 50,000 dead and over two …
A Disconnected Modem: My Accent and Your Privilege
“Where are you from?” “WHERE are you from!?” Where am I from…two places, really, but I have a feeling I already know the one you want me to identify so I will answer that way. …
VIDEO: Expert AU Panel Shines Light on ISIS
Two months after President Obama launched air strikes in an effort to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the militant group known as Islamic State or ISIS, the operation now has a name—”Enduring Resolve”—a reference to the …
Nipsters: Are Nazi Groups Adopting Hipster Swag for Wider Appeal?
Much has been made of the supposed wave of hipsterfication sweeping through Germany’s neo-Nazi community. In fact, a neologism emerged for the express purpose of describing these Nazi hipsters: “Nipsters.” Adopting some familiar hipster tropes–veganism, gauged ears, …
Anne-Marie Slaughter at SIS: Focus on Care at Home and Abroad
Renowned scholar and President of the New America Foundation, Anne-Marie Slaughter, visited SIS as part of the Dean’s Discussion lecture series. Titling her talk, Revaluing Care, at Home and Abroad, Dr. Slaughter spoke about a …
The Global War on Tribal Islam: An Interview with Akbar Ahmed
“After 9/11, I dedicated myself to creating bridges of understanding between different cultures and faiths. The relationship between the West and the Muslim world seemed to especially be fraught by much misunderstanding,” says Professor Akbar …
Cosmopolitan Sex Workers: An Interview with Christine Chin
Professor Christine Chin came to write her ground-breaking book, Cosmopolitan Sex Workers: Women and Migration in a Global City, somewhat reluctantly as sex work is a subject she was not initially interested in and one …
The Sectarian Myth: Iraq Ambassador Lukman Faily at American University
“The reality in Iraq is very different from that portrayed in the international media,” affirmed the Iraq Ambassador to the United States Lukman Faily in a talk at American University on February 18th. The focus …