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Protecting Human Rights: The Role of NGOs in Today’s Landscape
Humanities Matter by Brill - April 10, 2024 14:00 - 43 minutesAs global crises have time and time again demonstrated, NGOs play an invaluable role in the protection and promotion of human rights. But what exactly does this role entail? How do NGOs fulfil their responsibilities while adapting to technological, commercial, and legal landscape shifts? And fin...
S5E2 - Reality TV: Who Cares & Accountability: A Cure for a Toxic Workplace?
Society Matters - March 11, 2024 21:06 - 48 minutesIn this episode, we head to Café Artum in Hockley Social Club in Birmingham for Professor Helen Wood and Dr Mairi Brennan’s live talk: Reality TV: Who cares. The Society matters LIVE talk took place on Thursday 29 February 2024. Next up, for Society matters LIVE is the talk: Accountability: A ...
Open Access: The Publisher's Perspective
Humanities Matter by Brill - February 21, 2024 15:00 - 32 minutesIn another special episode on Open Access, Brill’s Head of Open Research Stephanie Veldman speaks with Dr. Anthony Watkinson, author of "Open Access: A publisher's view" by Brill. Having worked in publishing for nearly five decades, Dr. Watkinson has been seen the Open Access movement unfold s...
S5 E1 - The 'political football' and 'who cares about reality TV'?
Society Matters - January 10, 2024 11:08 - 54 minutesIn this new series of Society matters, Aston University brings you Dr Danny Fitzpatrick's Society matters LIVE talk as well as a taster of the next event at Cafe Artum in Hockley Social Club with Profesor Helen Wood. Join Danny as he explores the reason why football is becoming more politica...
Open Access: What Would it Take to Make Knowledge-Sharing Equitable?
Humanities Matter by Brill - October 25, 2023 14:00 - 54 minutesIt’s open access week. So, this episode, we break down the concept of open access to research. Is it a basic human right? What’s its role in shaping global development? And how are technologies—both new and old—influencing a movement for it. We speak with Professor John Willinsky, author of “De...
Humanity’s Harmonies: How Music Enriches Word, Dance, and Drama to Tell Our Collective Stories
Humanities Matter by Brill - September 27, 2023 14:00 - 54 minutesThis month on Humanities Matter, we talk about Music! We wonder why apocalyptic soundtracks have captivated people since Medieval times, we re-discover the beauty and cultural significance of court music, and we explore the ways in which music brings stories to life in Western radio drama. Al...
A Changing World Order in the 21st Century
Humanities Matter by Brill - August 30, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourThis month on Humanities Matter, we talk about the need for space laws to include laws governing cybersecurity, data privacy, and war; role of capitalism in the West’s Covid-19 fatalities; and the precarity of certain types of labour in the Global South. All this and more with the Volume Editor...
Digital Humanities: How the Future Will See its Past
Humanities Matter by Brill - June 08, 2023 14:00 - 58 minutesThis month, we talk about the ancient world going digital, pedagogy through virtual reality, how open access is changing scholarly publishing, and whether digital tools could make non-Western scholarship more mainstream. Also, is AI the greatest disruption yet to the humanities? All this and mo...
S4E8 - Did you iron my shirt? Why household work and who does it matters
Society Matters - April 19, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutesDr Emily Christopher, a lecturer in sociology and policy at Aston University, discusses her ongoing research into the gender split of household work. She suggests that although men are doing more housework tasks than they may have done historically, the majority continue to be responsible for ‘m...
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Humanities Matter by Brill - March 22, 2023 14:00 - 1 minuteWith the challenges the world is facing today, the humanities and social sciences are needed and more relevant than ever to help us understand what it means to ‘lead a good life’. The authors and editors, with whom Brill collaborates, dedicate their academic life to asking critical questions on g...
S4E7 - Swear words - and why we use them in day-to-day conversations
Society Matters - March 09, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutesDr Robbie Love, Lecturer in English Language at Aston University, suggests that schools could include teaching about swearing in lessons to help teenagers understand the differences between harmless cursing and deeply offensive slurs. Dr Love also discusses how swearing has been a part of the En...
Episode 48: Re-Evaluating Our Laws: Discussing Brill’s Book Series Global Health, Human Rights and Social Justice with Series Editor Alicia Ely Yamin
Humanities Matter by Brill - March 08, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutesGlobal Health, Human Rights and Social Justice—Brill’s upcoming book series—provides multi-disciplinary perspectives on legal strategies across different fields and movements. The series addresses the gaps in writing about specific domains of law and hopes to foster transformative thinking in ad...
Re-Evaluating Our Laws: Discussing Brill’s Book Series Global Health, Human Rights and Social Justice with Series Editor Alicia Ely Yamin
Humanities Matter by Brill - March 08, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutesGlobal Health, Human Rights and Social Justice—Brill’s upcoming book series—provides multi-disciplinary perspectives on legal strategies across different fields and movements. The series addresses the gaps in writing about specific domains of law and hopes to foster transformative thinking in ad...
Mahlzeit: Folge 6: Umkämpftes Essen - Produktion, Handel und Konsum von Lebensmitteln in globalen Kontexten, mit Cornelia Reiher und Sarah Ruth Sippel / Mahlzeit: Episode 6: Contested Food—Production, trade and consumption of food in global contexts, with
Humanities Matter by Brill - February 22, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutesWie wurde die bescheidene Tomate zum Symbol der kulinarischen Globalisierung? Die komplexen Interessen und Machtstrukturen, die das Welternährungssystem prägen, sind ein deutlicher Hinweis auf den politischen Charakter von Lebensmitteln. Anhand zahlreicher Fallbeispiele aus Europa, Asien und Afr...
Mahlzeit: Folge 5: Fleisch – Die Geschichte einer Industrialisierung, mit Prof. Dr. Christian Kassung / Mahlzeit: Episode 5: Meat—The history of an industrialization, with Prof. Dr. Christian Kassung
Humanities Matter by Brill - February 08, 2023 15:00 - 23 minutesDer Wert der globalen Fleischindustrie beträgt aktuell ungefähr eine Billiarde Dollar. Fleisch ist überall leicht erhältlich und diese permanente Verfügbarkeit als Konsumartikel ist ein einzigartiges Merkmal des modernen Zeitalters. In seinem Buch: Fleisch: Die Geschichte einer Industrialisierun...
S4E6 - From the cradle to the grave: how the NHS can survive
Society Matters - January 31, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutesDr Alexis Paton, a health expert at Aston University, discusses how years of austerity have left the NHS devalued and underfunded. She argues that swift investment and long-term, cross-party planning are now needed for survival, with a focus on training more staff and maintaining existing hospit...
Mahlzeit: Episode 4: Applied Food Sciences, with Bart Wernaart and Bernd van der Meulen
Humanities Matter by Brill - January 25, 2023 15:00 - 22 minutesFood science is a vast field that encompasses subjects ranging from microbiology to marketing. Considering the present global scenario, with factors such as climate change, war, and recession affecting supply chains worldwide, understanding the different aspects of food science and its connectio...
Mahlzeit: Folge 3: Wie wir essen, mit Martin Hablesreiter und Sonja Stummerer / Mahlzeit: Episode 3: How We Eat, with Martin Hablesreiter and Sonja Stummerer
Humanities Matter by Brill - December 14, 2022 15:00 - 26 minutesEsskultur und Essgewohnheiten sind ein prägnanter Teil von Kultur und entwickeln sich permanent weiter. Die Art, wie wir essen, ist nicht biologisch vorgegeben, sondern Ergebnis unserer sozialen und kulturellen Prägung. Warum haben sich bestimmte Gewohnheiten und Verhaltensweisen beim Essen im L...
S4E5 - Rishi Sunak: It matters that we have the UK’s first prime minister of Indian descent
Society Matters - December 07, 2022 06:30 - 19 minutesDr Parveen Akhtar, a senior lecturer and deputy head of politics, history and international relations at Aston University, discusses how the UK having its first non-white prime minister is a ‘big moment’. But she says his ability at restoring economic stability and tackling the cost-of-living cr...
Mahlzeit: Episode 2: Crossroads of Cuisine: The Eurasian Heartland, the Silk Roads and Food, with Dr. Eugene Anderson
Humanities Matter by Brill - November 30, 2022 15:00 - 9 minutesCentral Asia—the Eurasian heartland—is home to multiple culturally rich countries such as China, Iran, Mongolia, and Turkey. Naturally, with the advent of trade and globalization, multiple cultural exchanges occurred among these countries along the Silk Route, of which food was an essential aspe...
Mahlzeit: Episode 1: Changing Climate: Implications for Justice and Food Security, with Ivo Wallimann-Helmer
Humanities Matter by Brill - November 16, 2022 15:00 - 18 minutesFood security is threatened the world over, with the number of chronically undernourished people increasing from 775 million in 2014 to 821 million in 2017. This situation is likely to worsen by the effects of climate change, which is exacerbating problems in agricultural food supply, particular...
S4E4 - Managing emotions for a political purpose
Society Matters - November 16, 2022 07:32 - 23 minutesDr Ilaria Scaglia, a senior lecturer in modern history at Aston University, explains how the ‘history of emotions’ can provide vital lessons for politics today, particularly when studying the 1920s and 30s. She said that the past can guide society on how it decides to conduct itself now, as indi...
Episode 47: Rebooting the European Journal of Jewish Studies, with Marcin Wodziński and Katja Smid
Humanities Matter by Brill - November 02, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutesThe European Journal of Jewish Studies (EJJS) is a prominent voice in global Jewish studies, having delivered entirely new directions for research in the field. Recently, a new editorial team took charge of this prestigious journal. With the changing of the guard, the EJJS is all set for a major...
S4E3 - COP27: can protest change climate policy?
Society Matters - October 26, 2022 07:30 - 30 minutesDr Graeme Hayes, a reader in political sociology at Aston University, says protest through collective action can achieve meaningful climate change. But speaking ahead of the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, the expert in environmental activism argues that governments will only be persuaded to do th...
Episode 46: Writing/Reading the Bible in Postcolonial Perspective, with Dr. Steed Vernyl Davidson
Humanities Matter by Brill - October 19, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutesThe intricacies of imperialism and colonialism within the context of the Bible are nuanced and varied. Understanding the legacy of European Imperialism requires careful reflection of the Bible’s affinity with the empire and concentration of power. In this episode of Humanities Matter, Dr. Steed ...
Episode 45: In Fashion: Culture, Commerce, Craft, and Identity, with Dr. Laura Petican and Dr. Jacque Lynn Foltyn
Humanities Matter by Brill - October 05, 2022 14:00 - 34 minutesThere has been no greater surge in global fashion trends and expressions of personal style than in the contemporary era of social media fashion influencers. But what constitutes “being in fashion” amongst this multiplicity of interpretations? In this episode of Humanities Matter, Dr. Laura Pet...
“War and Peace” Episode 5: NATO Rules of Engagement: On ROE, Self-Defence, and the Use of Force during Armed Conflict, with Dr. Camilla Guldahl Cooper
Humanities Matter by Brill - September 21, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutesThe NATO rules of engagement (ROE) are highly important political and strategic laws that determine the circumstances surrounding the use of armed conflict. However, these laws are often ambiguous and confusing. It requires a great deal of situational awareness to assess a hostile act or intent,...
S4E2 - Back from the brink – again! Can North Korea relations be normalised?
Society Matters - September 21, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutesDr Virginie Grzelczyk, an expert on security in the Korean peninsula at Aston University, argues that it's time for the West to acknowledge North Korea’s status as a nuclear power to help defuse escalating tensions. Read more: https://www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/podcast-west-must-acknowledge-n...
“War and Peace” Episode 4: Understanding Where International Law Stands on the Question of the Secession of Crimea, with Dr. Majid Nikouei and Dr. Masoud Zamani
Humanities Matter by Brill - September 07, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutesThe right to self-determination is, in some respects, the supreme right of rights, without which it is impossible to recognize a host of other human rights. The 2014–2015 crisis of Ukraine that continues with Russia’s invasion in 2022 calls into question whether the case of the secession of Crim...
“War and Peace” Episode 3: The Aggression Against Ukraine and the Effectiveness of Inter-state Cases in Case of War, with Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and Vassilis P Tzevelekos
Humanities Matter by Brill - August 24, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutesThe post-World War 2 period saw the emergence of several peace-keeping institutions. The Council of Europe is one such international organization tasked with the responsibility to uphold democracy, human rights, and the rule of law throughout Europe. In times of war, the world bears witness to a...
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