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The Boom of Urban ‘Informal’ Labour in Postcolonial Africa: Insights from Kinshasa, DRC
219 Aaron Burr Hall2024-25 Fung Global Fellow Kleoniki Alexopoulou examines the transformation of post-independence African societies into “petty markets," especially since the onset of neoliberal policies (1980s-1990s), focusing on the case of Kinshasa, […]
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Questions to Live By: Agnes Callard in Conversation with Alexander Nehamas
010 East PyneIn her latest publication “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” philosopher Agnes Callard (University of Chicago) recovers the radical move at the center of Socrates’ thought: his startling […]
Constitutional Thinking and Universal Order: Chosŏn and China in Comparative Perspective
202 Jones HallChosŏn Korea and Late Imperial China entered into a long period of fairly stable diplomatic exchanges. Though occasionally punctuated by dramatic geopolitical realignments, the relationship was structured through rituals, principles, […]
