Debate What does the arrest of Patrick George Zaky tell us about the state of academic freedom? Nearly four years after the brutal murder of Giulio Regeni, a doctoral student conducting fieldwork in Cairo, the Egyptian authorities continue to repress intellectual life for both students, academics and ⋙
Debate Political Violence, Repression and Arbitrary Detention in Egypt: the case of Patrick George Zaky History repeats itself if you do not know how to draw lessons from it. Giulio Regeni was an Italian PhD student at the University of Cambridge who was kidnapped on ⋙
Field Fieldwork research challenged: constraints, needs and opportunities Scholars are increasingly aware that fieldwork research in conflict-prone, politically unstable or authoritarian areas can pose specific risks. To respond, at least in part, to such risks, academic institutions have ⋙
academic freedom The Ivory Tower Under Siege: the Ultimate Frontier of Governmentality In the last few weeks the case of Alexander Sodiqov has triggered a wave of apprehension and solidarity among transnational multiform networks of scholars and activists involved in a global ⋙
