This post is written by Dr. Ben Kasstan, a medical anthropologist at the University of Sussex. *The views in the following article are the personal views of the author and are not an official position of the School.* It is…
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Global Studies Wellbeing PhD Workshops
This post is written by Dr. Gemma Houldey of International Development as part of our ‘Anxieties and Mental Health During Stressful Academic Times’ blog series. Gemma and Evie Browne are promoting mental health workshops for researchers that will run in…
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Higher Education: The Good, the Bad and the Paradoxical
This post is written by Ilaria Alessandrelli and Yuvinka Ribero Hurtado, 3rd year students in Anthropology and International Development. It is written as part of our blog series on ‘Anxieties and Mental Health During Stressful Academic Times’. *The views in…
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South Africa: The Rainbow Nation?
This post is written by Lizzi Joyner, a first-year undergraduate in International Development, as part of our ‘Experiences in Diversity’ series. She talks about her experiences on ICS in partnership with Tearfund and Zoe-Life in South Africa. She writes at…
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Mobilising patriarchy for comfort: confessions of a white male anthropologist of India
This post is written as part of our March series on ‘Experiences in Diversity’ by Rich Thornton, a PhD candidate in Anthropology. Rich is currently conducting fieldwork on the subjectivity and subjectification of teachers and social entrepreneurs of education in…
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One of my favourite students last year at my @SussexGlobal course on global econ instability @SussexDev @IRSussex.If a teacher is lucky enough to have such students, they are lucky enough :-)
“Why Sussex is a great place to study International Development” https://vimeo.com/708682177
On the protests in Iran and the “Woman, Life, Freedom” chant, Kamran Matin @SussexGlobal explains: “This slogan has united every section of Iranian society which has some sort of grievance against the government.” https://www.vox.com/world/2022/9/24/23368595/iran-women-burning-hijabs-mahsa-amini?fbclid=IwAR0rqCtsgqWlqfLgFRnLpPxq24qoJxtdeOwsD1GrVzSi2WhS9d9fPoFehAY
