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What happens when a musical genre becomes an identifier for a region?  In his book Flamenco, Regionalism and Musical Heritage in Southern Spain , Matthew Machin-Autenrieth unravels the cultural complexity and contested politics of an iconic art form.

Almost daily, I face the arduous task of getting through the bedtime ritual without losing my patience with my young children.

Two researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have been awarded prestigious placements in major US research institutions.

It was clear from the beginning of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign that the 'woman issue? was going to play a large part, with an emphasis on shattering glass ceilings.

www.w-k.sbg.ac.at/kunstpolemik-polemikkunst // Kunstquartier, Bergstr. 12a, Atelier, 1st Floor - The conference "The Politics and polemics of Gender in Early American Theatre" focuses on the role of gender in early American theater.

An exhibition showcasing the diversity of contemporary practices within Indigenous photography will open at The University of Queensland Art Museum tomorrow (6 August).

Andrei Markovits ANN ARBOR'For the next two weeks, the world's attention will be focused on Brazil and the Olympic Games.

Andrew Hines , a PhD candidate at QMUL's School of Languages, Linguistics, and Film , write about Republican nominee Donald Trump's unorthodox and rule-breaking rhetorical style.

' Wordplay and Powerplay in Latin Poetry ,' a book in honor of Frederick Ahl , professor of classics and comparative literature, edited by two of his former students, has just been released.

On the morning of the election, the narrative for Democrats couldn't have been brighter. Democrats were favored narrowly to retake the Senate and finally tip the conservative ideological advantage of the past four decades on the Supreme Court.

TUM im Fernsehen They can even be found in the US presidential race: software robots - or bots, for short - place vast amounts of messages on social networks without being distinguishable from real users.

Be very afraid. That was the message coming out of the recent Republican National Convention. Is there anything wrong with that? Maybe fear-mongering in politics gets a bad name.

While Britain welcomes its second female Prime Minister, a new report by a University of Bristol academic has found Westminster remains disproportionately white, male, and elite.

ANN ARBOR'It's the televised pep rally intended to unify a political party.

Donald Trump recently told a group of Evangelicals that he has doubts about the Christianity of both President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Justin Pearce (Department of Politics and International Studies) discusses the historical roots of the current conflict in Mozambique.

University of Sussex among best for nightlife and political scene The University of Sussex has been ranked the top university in the south of England for student nightlife, and one of the most political universities in the UK, according to a new influential online guide for prospective students.

A new natural gas pipeline from Northern Russia to Europe could strengthen European gas markets, increasing competition between suppliers and provide more choice for consumers, but only if Europe sim

Editor's note : Scenes from oil-rich Venezuela show a country descending into chaos: desperate people looting stores and food trucks, political unrest, rising crime and hyperinflation.

Penn State Smeal College of Business faculty member Donald C. Hambrick is the Smeal Chaired Professor of Management and Evan Pugh University Professor.

From 7 to 14 August, a collaborative course offered by the Department of Communication Studies, University of Salzburg, and the Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Vienna, will take place.

On Saturday 2 July Australians voted in the 2016 election, with vote counting ongoing and the outcome unclear.

Campus news The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and German Youth Institute (Deutsche Jugendinstitut - DJI) have entered into a partnership, at the core of which is a newly created Professorship for Empirical Social Research in Children and Adolescents.

ANN ARBOR-If the United States responds to Zika the way it did to Ebola-and early indications are that in many ways it is-the country can expect missteps brought about by a lack of health care coordin

AUSTIN, Texas - A majority of Texas voters support stricter immigration laws, including building a wall between the United States and Mexico and disallowing Muslims who are not citizens from entering the U.S.

Brendan Simms (Department of Politics and International Studies) discusses Britain's relationship with Europe, from the Vikings to the Referendum.

Democracy, as the old saying goes, is not a spectator sport. But it may seem that way if you live in a country where the citizens, or some of them, are not used to engaging with the government.

A British exit from the European Union would slow economic growth, reduce Europe's impact in world politics, and strengthen regimes such as Russia's that prefer a weaker, less united Europe, Stanford expert Christophe Crombez says.

Following is the text of the address by Ken Burns, historical documentary filmmaker, as prepared for delivery at Stanford University's 125th Commencement on June 12, 2016.

Millions will be vacationing this summer at national parks and hundreds of other sites managed by the National Park Service , which turns 100 this August.

Muhammad Ali did not simply choose to be a cultural icon. He was also chosen.

Editor's note : Rising income inequality has been brought front and center as an issue in this year's presidential campaign.

Paul Cartledge (Faculty of Classics) discusses what the ancient Greeks would think of our democracy. We owe to the ancient Greeks much, if not most of our own current political vocabulary.

Geoffrey Edwards (Department of Politics and International Studies) discusses what motivates some people to support Brexit.

As the EU became more integrated, .. its leaders decided that if they wanted to make European companies more competitive, then they would need to build a regulatory regime that ensures that some companies don't become too dominant." UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.

Alumni and BallotReady co-founders Aviva Rosman (left), and Alex Niemczewski at the Chicago Innovation Exchange.

Pro and anti-Brexit views are to be put forward at a public meeting being held at the University of Warwick.

The University is playing a major role in a community event which features Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and celebrates the proud culture and history of Merthyr Tydfil.

UC Berkeley political scientist and professor of law Taeku Lee is part of a team leading a newly announced, expanded study of the experiences and attitudes of Asian Americans in the most extensive look to date at the nation's fastest-growing racial group.

Americans are living in a culture of outrage, one fueled by the belief that anger and retribution are central to achieving justice, political change and power.

Politicians' race-conscious speeches have broad, and sometimes unexpected, consequences, according to a new book from Daniel Gillion of the University of Pennsylvania.

READING, Pa. What is a myth.. legend, fairy tale, parable, folklore, imagination or pure fiction? It could be all of those things and it somehow sounds mystical and even exciting.

The 'life' of democracy - from its roots in ancient Athens to today's perverted and 'creeping, crypto-oligarchies' - is the subject of a newly-published book by eminent Cambridge classicist Paul Cartledge.

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Ten projects to address some of the security threats facing the UK have been announced by the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST), which is led by Lancaster University.