This blog entry by Philip V. Bohlman discusses the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Bohlman begins by discussing how ‘Stefania’, the song entered for the competition by…
This brief introduction to peace literature explains the main tenets and concepts used in the burgeoning field. Author Antony Adolf argues that peace literature as a genre uses the subgenre of tragicomedy to evoke…
In the late 20th century, the UN created a new branch focused on gender studies; much of the material this produced focused on the experiences of women in conflicts in terms of violence they have undergone. However, it…
This website tells the tale of how women helped greatly bring about peace in Liberia, involuntarily revolutionising conceptions of gender and femininity in Western Africa. Tired of sitting down and watch everyone…
Cortés-Martínez, Carlos A., and Ryan J. Thomas. “Probing peace journalism: The discursive construction of blackness within the racial democracy of Colombia.” Journalism 23, no. 1 (2022): 189-206. Peace journalism, the…
This article focuses on the impact of journalism in Greece, both in shaping mindsets and in conforming to the political orientations of different periods, focussing on the subject of immigration. The article uses…
This article deals simultaneously with journalists’ political and personal orientations and with the challenges that inherently go with reporting on fresh attempts at reaching peace. What influences the agenda of…
This article looks at the role of women in peace agreement negotiations, from which they have often been excluded or listened to without really hearing what they had to say – without implementing any of their…
A 1970 commencement speech from Kurt Vonnegut, in which he argues that art restores innocence and optimism in its creators and its consumers alike. He advises students to “skylark,” or shirk duty, when they are young,…
Peter C. Herman argues that Thomas More’s novel Utopia, Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, and Dave Eggers’s novel The Circle each present an ideal reality or utopia which have since drawn criticism from readers…