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Borders and empire | Eurozine

In Russian the word for ‘border’, granitsa, carries a range of meanings which blur its definition as a territorial and

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Trans-national

The decisive sex-change moment in movies, revealing a dramatic transformation, is far from reality. Transgender people face not only long

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The gutting of Palestine | Eurozine

Since the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023, Israel has been waging what is widely considered by legal experts, politicians

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Complexity | Eurozine

In Wespennest, complexity scientist Stefan Thurner speaks to editor Andrea Zederbauer and literary scholar Thomas Eder about our evolving understanding

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Between pleasure and politics | Eurozine

The personal became political during the ‘sex wars’ of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. With the sexual revolution already

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No longer a victim | Eurozine

Bundesheer poster, Vienna, 30 November 2024. Image by Sarah Waring The poster needed a double take: three action-ready figures dressed

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Banning pride, erasing people | Eurozine

On 18 March 2025, Hungary’s ongoing legislative assault on LGBTQ+ people escalated with a law that strikes at the heart

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The animals we mourn | Eurozine

From the Epic of Gilgamesh to thanatographies, literary works have long been a means to contemplate the death of a

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The Danube Delta is hurting

There is a remarkable place on the border between Ukraine and Romania — a maze of waterways, lakes, canals, and

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The battle over Serbia’s lithium

After Ana Brnabić, former Prime Minister of Serbia, issued a statement on 20 January 2022, it seemed that the country’s