Sociologists tend to be left politically. Is this a problem? In the Tuskegee Experiment, the scientific method was followed carefully. But the scientific method alone does not guarantee that humans are safe from, and or have equal access to participate in, science. The participants were deceived and treatment for their disease was withheld. Unethical and abusive.

Sociologists tend to be politically left-leaning. Is this a problem?

Read Nate Breznau's thoughts on politics and the scientific method, and why following the scientific method does not preclude ethical problems 👇

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Islamocracy and Judicial Review in Egypt By Mohamed ‘Arafa. In democratic societies, the relationship between democracy and religion can be harmonious, as democracy ensures the freedom to practice religion, while religious diversity can enrich public discourse. This post explores the intersection of democracy, judicial review, and Shārīe‘ā law, focusing on the tensions and possibilities that arise when religious legal principles interact with democratic governance. It discusses how Article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution, which asserts the supremacy of Shārīe‘ā law in certain legal contexts, interacts with democratic ideals and the practice of judicial review.

Can Islamic law and democratic constitutionalism coexist? In Egypt, the Supreme Constitutional Court has developed a nuanced practice of judicial review that engages Shārīe‘ā without abandoning democratic principles, writes Mohamed ‘Arafa 👇

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Love under the Eye of Vigilance: The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” between Stalker’s Gaze and Wedding Classic Since its release in 1983, The Police’s hit song Every Breath You Take has generated a dual and contrasting legacy that endures to this day.

"Every Breath You Take" is one of the most popular songs in radio history and has found its way into many a wedding play list. But "I'll Be Watching You" is not about romantic love - it's about stalking.

Martina Ravaioli unpacks the song's creepiness 👇

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Occupation was a Poison Effective within European Societies – An Interview with Tatjana Tönsmeyer on Everyday Life under German Occupation in WWII Tatjana Tönsmeyer is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Wuppertal. She is one of the most prominent scholars on the history of the Second World War and of occupation i...

The German occupation during World War II had a huge impact on the daily lives of millions of people. Life was marked by the struggle to obtain food amidst rationing and hunger.

A new digital collection of sources illustrates life under German occupation 👇

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Ages of Women and Men at First Marriage and the Spousal Age Gap in Late Ottoman Palestine Sarah Buessow and Johann Buessow Introduction In this blog post, we present statistical data on women and men at the...

How old were women and men at first marriage in late Ottoman Palestine – and how large was the spousal age gap? Sarah and Johann Buessow analysed #Ottoman marriage registers from Gaza and Jerusalem and found: Marriage age reflects deep-rooted gender inequalities.

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How do we narrate histories of violence without oversimplifying, forcing consensus, or erasing conflict?

In this interview, @thomascauvin.bsky.social discusses #PublicHistory as a participatory process and agonism as a tool for embracing disagreement ⬇

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‘Woman’s Work’? What Debates about Policewomen in the Inter-War Period Tell Us about Contemporary Understandings of Sexual Violence ‘It’s a woman’s work.’ With these words, a 1939 leaflet encouraged women to join the Metropolitan Women Police, which at this point had existed for twenty years. While one of the photos in the brochur...

What do debates about policewomen in the 1920s and '30s reveal about views on sexual violence? Women were initially recruited to assist victims in sexual assault cases. But their role was subject to much debate, writes Lisa Hellriegel at @ghilondon.bsky.social‬.

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“Too Good to Be True?”: How Heuristics Can Help Detect Educational Myths Educational myths are widespread—seductive, simple, and surprisingly persistent. They often promise quick fixes and universal truths, yet often lack any solid evidence. So how can educators, researchers, and students distinguish between credible insights and misleading claims? In this post, I explore a set of practical heuristics that function as red flags for questionable beliefs in education. Think of them as a valuable tool in your baloney detection toolkit.

Too good to be true? Some educational claims just feel right. But are they evidence-based? Stefan Siegel explores how heuristics can help us spot seductive myths in teaching and learning ⬇

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Ukraine and Ukrainians in the Panels: Global Comics Perspectives on the War By Svitlana Pidoprygora. Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014 and the subsequent full-scale invasion in 2022 have brought Ukrainian issues to international headlines and sparked extensive reflections in various genres of fiction and non-fiction, with documentary comics and graphic reportages being no exception. International authors bring varied perspectives to Ukrainian historical and contemporary issues, striving to explain to their audience what is happening right now – why there is war, why the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine. I am focusing on arguably the most significant documentary comics that emerged after the beginning of the full-scale invasion and primarily focus on depicting the war experience. In this essay, I will delve into several key aspects of how these comics depict Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Since the Russian attack on Ukraine, artists from all over the world have taken to pen and paper to make the incomprehensible visible. Svitlana Pidoprygora explores how documentary comics shape public understanding of the Russian invasion in #Ukraine worldwide.

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Identify Your Writing Bottlenecks to Become a More Effective Academic Writer

Struggling to finish your academic writing projects?

Sarah Lang explains how to identify and manage writing bottlenecks - and write more effectively, stay focused, and overcome procrastination ⬇

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‘Isn’t Everything an Afterlife?’ Yasmine Kherfi and Sigrid Corry in Conversation with Dr Atef Said on Ethnographic Methods, Temporality and History. What does it mean to write, witness, and take part in history in the making? Yasmine Kherfi and Sigrid Corry speak to Dr Atef Said, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois, to explore questions of methodology, as well as its personal, scholarly and political implications. His book, Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt (Duke University Press, 2024), traces the story of the Egyptian revolution of 2011, documenting the spaces and histories through which it unfolded. Through ethnographic fieldwork in Tahrir Square, its surrounding streets and digital platforms, Said examines the dynamic character of revolution—one that is both indeterminate and shaped by historical contingencies.

What does it mean to study a revolution while living through it?

A conversation with sociologist Atef Said explores how to critically analyze, periodize, and represent an unfolding present.

Read the full interview at #TRAFO blog ⬇

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Men with fresh hair transplants are a common sight in Istanbul. As Melike Şahinol argues, these aesthetic interventions aren't merely individual choices. They are shaped by social expectations, technological affordances, & gendered norms.

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"I decided that I didn’t want to be this deadline-driven, miserable writer anymore. I actually like writing. I like my work." Sarah Lang explains how a mindset shift and buliding low-stress routines helped her actually enjoy #AcademicWriting ⬇

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Citizen Diplomat Jim Hickman – “A Life Worth Living” “A Life Worth Living” is the title given by Jim for a biographical brochure (Hickman 2019). Jim Hickman (1947–2025) devoted his life to the massive grassroots movement of Soviet-American citizen diplomacy in...

Jim Hickman (1947–2025) was a pioneering force in citizen diplomacy. The pyschologist devoted his life to the grassroots movement of Soviet-American citizen diplomacy, uniting astronauts and cosmonauts through the Association of Space Explorers ⬇

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Science in survival mode In this post I diagnose the symptoms of scientific malpractice as similar to those of trauma and emotional abuse.

Why would scientists fake research? Some surveys suggest as many as 9% of scientists faked data at least once in their careers.

Nate Breznau argues that unethical scientific behaviors like faking data may be symptoms of triggered survival response ⬇

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One Tool to Rule Them All!? Stop Chasing After the “Perfect” Tool for Thought for (Personal) Knowledge Management. It Does Not Exist. Stop chasing the perfect tool for thought. Learn why effective knowledge management is about building solid thinking and working habits and not about switching to the shiniest, newest tool.

Having the latest tool won’t make you more productive if your system is flawed. It’s like believing a sharper knife turns someone into a master chef, writes Stefan Siegel.

There is no perfect tool for knowledge management. What matters is how you use the tool⬇

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The Turkestan Album: War and Peace of Maps and Photographs The Russian campaign in Central Asia can be viewed as an episode in the long history of this territory. Claiming the city of Tashkent in 1865, the fortress of Samarkand in 1868 and the Khanate of Khiva in 1873 were all ground-breaking events of Central Asia’s incorporation into the Russian Empire (cf. fig. 1), impulsive and unsystematic as it was....

In the 19th century, Russia used photography and cartography not only to document, but to assert control over Central Asia. The Turkestan Album reveals how visual media served imperial ambitions & the shaping of national identity ⬇

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„Ḥamā lam tamut” (“Hama did not die”) – Remembering the Hama Massacre after the Fall of the Assad Regime By Anna Christina Scheiter. With the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the brutal violence with which the regime had held on to power for 54 years came increasingly and overwhelmingly into the public eye. The Hama massacre in February 1982 is a momentous example of this violence. This central and defining event of Assad's rule, which was a strong taboo for decades and has never been discussed or dealt with publicly, is now openly and freely commemorated for the first time and the victims are mourning on the occasion of its 43rd anniversary in February 2025. Addressing the Assad regime’s atrocities of the last 54 years openly at last and seeking justice for its victims is central for social reconciliation and a basis for the establishment of a new collective identity after the end of the dictatorship.

With the fall of the Assad regime, the brutal violence with which the regime had held on to power for 54 years came overwhelmingly into the public eye. The Hama massacre in February 1982 is a momentous example of this violence 👇

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Remembering the War, Forgetting the Terror – An Interview with Ekaterina Haskins In our recent PoSoCoMeS online seminar, we had the pleasure of welcoming Ekaterina Haskins as she discussed her new book Remembering the War, Forgetting the Terror: Appeals to Family Memory in Putin’s Russia (Penn State University Press, 2024) with Elizaveta Gaufman and Alexandra Yatsyk. The book explores why the memory of the Great Patriotic War … Continue reading "Remembering the War, Forgetting the Terror – An Interview with Ekaterina Haskins"

Why does the memory of the Great Patriotic War remain so powerful in today’s Russia, while public interest in Soviet political terror fades? Ekaterina Haskins analyzes Russia's "war cult and its amnesiac attitude to Soviet political terror" 👇

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“Affectueusement, Laila”: Being a Communist “Foreign” Woman in Post-colonial Egypt By Rim Naguib. Naguib's research surveys a process of securitization of nationality and foreigners' residence, whereby the right to Egyptian nationality and to residence in Egypt were instrumentalized...

On 17 April 1953, Mimi returned to Egypt, armed with a new haircut and a false passport...

Read the story of Noémie Canel, a Jewish Egyptian communist, and her fellow "foreign" comrades who were singled out for deportation because of their activism 👇

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The global researcher: how to think big an dig deep

How to navigate unchartered territory as a junior researcher: Shakila Yacob explains what to do when they say it's not doable 💪

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