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Quinlan Rijks
- 4 days ago
- 10 min
China’s Public Diplomacy at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Upcoming Success or Imminent Failure?
0. The Relevance of Sports in Diplomacy: A Legacy Dating Back to Antiquity Sport has long fulfilled an important role in politics, both...
Stewart Knights
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Recap: Cultural Launch Event - Reviving Crossways
What we learn shapes who we are. However, precisely what we learn often depends on where we learn. So we, as separate societies learning...
Elisa Lenker
- Jul 23
- 5 min
Indigenous Legacy: The Formosan Languages of Taiwan
Lokah su'ga! Mihumisang! Aveoveoyx! Akokay! Djavadjavai! Nga’ ay ho! These are all different ways to say hello and greet someone in...
Veronica Burgstaller
- Jul 20
- 4 min
Kkondae Generation 2: Working Culture in South Korea
Recently the term ‘lying flat’ has been trending on China's internet. This, in essence, translates to an ‘I can’t be bothered’ attitude...
Nicola Crowe
- Jul 16
- 7 min
East Asian Popular Culture and the Renegotiation of Gender and Sexuality
Although the representation of diversity in gender and sexual minorities has become a part of mainstream culture, inclusivity remains an...
Toby Zwama
- Jul 12
- 7 min
Living in Pollution: Roma and Environmental Injustice
No working sanitation, denied access to water and living in a landfill; this is the reality for many Romani people living in Central and...
Kyay Mon
- Jul 1
- 6 min
“Learning to Build a Better Earth Than Today’s”: Japan’s Approach to Sustainability in Education
Education plays an important role in ensuring that people around the world have the knowledge, skills and attitudes to tackle sustainable...
Toby Zwama
- Jun 30
- 5 min
Freedom to Discriminate? Religious Freedom and Non-Discrimination in Conflict in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is known as one of the most secularized countries in Europe, as well as a leader in LGBT-inclusion (CBS, 2020). It may...
Sidra Yousaf
- Jun 29
- 6 min
Social Distancing and South Asian Culture
While few people would currently consider the South Asian region a good example of how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, research also...
Nicola Crowe
- Jun 10
- 5 min
Pollution and Religion: India’s Environmental Dilemma
As a region with deep spiritual connections to the natural world and high vulnerability to the effects of climate change, South Asia is...
Krista Tammila
- Jun 5
- 5 min
Singapore: Green Urban Leader and Sustainability Success
If you have visited Singapore, you understand that even though it is a metropolis, there is plenty of greenery and nature interwoven into...
STEAR
- Apr 3
- 4 min
Easter across the World: From Påskkärring to Monas de Pascua
Jedidja van Boven (The Netherlands) Easter looks a little different depending on the region in the Netherlands; the south has more...
Jedidja van Boven
- Mar 12
- 5 min
Mask Slackers and Civil Liberties: How History Shaped Reactions to COVID-19 Regulations
A few months ago, my classmates and I were asked to write a short op-ed style article for an academic writing class, after which we...