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Marko Attila Hoare
Marko Attila Hoare (born 1972) is a British historian of the former Yugoslavia who also writes about current affairs, especially Southeast Europe, including Turkey and the Caucasus. Biography Hoare is the son of the British translator Quintin Hoare and the Croatian journalist and historian Branka Magaš. Hoare has been studying the history of the former Yugoslavia since 1993. In the summer of 1995, he acted as translator for the humanitarian aid convoy to the Bosnian town of Tuzla, organised by Workers' Aid for Bosnia, a movement of solidarity in support of the Bosnian people. His degrees in History are a BA (1994; later converted to an MA) from the University of Cambridge and a MPhil (1997) and PhD from Yale University (2000).Academic staff page Kingston University [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintin Hoare
Quintin Hoare (born 1938) is a British leftist intellectual and literary translator from languages including Italian, French, German, Russian and Bosnian."Authors , Quintin Hoare" . After studying Modern Languages at , in 1962 Hoare joined the editorial board of '''', serving as its managing editor from 1963 to 1979. He and his wife, the |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional states in the early Middle Ages at times recognised as tributaries to the Byzantine, Frankish and Hungarian kingdoms. The Serbian Kingdom obtained recognition by the Holy See and Consta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Foot Forward
''Left Foot Forward'' (''LFF'') is a left-wing political news and comment site in the UK, established in 2009. Its creator, Will Straw, the son of Alice Perkins and Jack Straw, edited the newspaper until December 2010. Straw was succeeded by Shamik Das, who was succeeded in February 2013 by James Bloodworth, then in February 2016 by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin. In June 2017, Josiah Mortimer took over as Editor. In 2020, Joe Lo joined as co-editor, before being replaced by former ''Newsweek'' journalist Basit Mahmood in May 2021. The site is part of a cohort of British left-wing blogs which attracted interest from the media in 2010 and 2011. In January 2014, the charity Oxfam cancelled an event at the East London Mosque after ''Left Foot Forward'' made the charity aware of the profile of one of its headline speakers, Ibrahim Hewitt, who had written a book for GCSE students calling homosexuality a "great sin", and saying that gay people should be "severely punished" under Islamic law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry's Place
Harry's Place is a British political blog concerned with what the website writers perceive as extremism of the right and left, as well as anti-Zionism and antisemitism. Politics ''Harry's Place'' was supportive of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the concept of liberal interventionism, and liberal dissident movements in the Islamic world. It is a supporter of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It is opposed to Islamism and what it characterizes as totalitarian, pro-Islamist and antisemitic tendencies in its ranks. Figures associated with these tendencies are often strongly criticized, including Raed Salah, and Yusuf al-Qaradawi. In the context of UK politics, the site is particularly critical of Jeremy Corbyn, George Galloway, Ken Livingstone, the British National Party, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Stop the War Coalition. It defines itself as a staunch opponent of religious and political censorship of all kinds and was supportive of the 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euston Manifesto
The Euston Manifesto ( ) is a liberal conservative, pro-American, 2006 declaration of principles signed by a group of academics, journalists and activists based in the United Kingdom, named after the Euston Road in London where it had its meetings. The statement was a reaction to what the writers argued to be widespread violations of left-wing principles by others who were commonly associated with the Left. The manifesto states that "the reconfiguration of progressive opinion that we aim for involves drawing a line between forces on the Left that remain true to its authentic values, and currents that have lately shown themselves rather too flexible about these values"."The Euston Manifesto" , 29 March 2006. The manifesto proposed a "fresh political alignment", which involves "making common cause with genuine democrats, wheth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit Of Bosnia
''Spirit of Bosnia'' (Bosnian: ''Duh Bosne'') is a quarterly literary magazine that covers scholarly research and writing on the history, politics, and literature of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It publishes works of fiction and non-fiction reflective of its mission and was established in 2006. Its editor-in-chief is Keith Doubt (Wittenberg University). From 2006-2011, Omer Hadžiselimović ( Loyola University) was co-editor. Description ''Spirit of Bosnia'' publishes articles, poems, book reviews, and other features and encourages the work of scholars, researchers, and readers around the world interested in Bosnia, frequently representing the sole open access source in English available for information about the culture and history of this region. It has debuted English translations of many Bosnian poets and writers, making their work accessible to a broad audience, and provides Bosnian translation of English-language contributions, providing reciprocal access to these works. Writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratiya
''Democratiya'' was a free quarterly online review of books that aims "stimulate discussion of radical democratic political theory". Sixteen editions were produced from 2005 until a final edition in Autumn 2009. ''Democratiya'' merged with ''Dissent'' magazine. Democratiya's founding editor was Alan Johnson, a professor in the Department of Social and Psychological Sciences at Edge Hill University in Lancashire, England, and a co-author of the Euston Manifesto. ''Democratiya''’s topics have ranged over many issues, including those relating to war, human rights, the United Nations, democracy, and the international community. Books ''Global Politics After 9/11: The Democratiya Interviews'', Published by The Foreign Policy Centre and Democratiya (London) Edited by Alan Johnson, with preface by Michael Walzer ; This book collects together conversations about the dilemmas of progressive foreign policy after 9/11 published in ''Democratiya''. (Interviews with Paul Berman, Ladan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Murray (author)
Douglas Kear Murray (born 16 July 1979) is a British author and political commentator. He founded the Centre for Social Cohesion in 2007, which became part of the Henry Jackson Society, where he was associate director from 2011 to 2018. He is also an associate editor of the conservative-leaning British political and cultural magazine ''The Spectator''. Murray has also written columns for publications such as ''The Wall Street Journal''. Murray's books include '' Neoconservatism: Why We Need It'' (2005), ''Bloody Sunday: Truths, Lies and the Saville Inquiry'' (2011) about the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, ''The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam'' (2017), '' The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity'' (2019), and ''The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason'' (2022). Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Sohrab Ahmari have praised Murray's work and writing on Islam in Europe. French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy has said of Murray, "Whether one agrees with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Jackson Society
The Henry Jackson Society (HJS) is a trans-Atlantic foreign policy and national security think tank, based in the United Kingdom. While describing itself as non-partisan, its outlook has been described variously as neoliberal and as neoconservative. The Society identifies itself with a "forward strategy" to spread democracy and liberal values globally. It is currently focused primarily on supporting global democracy in the face of threats from China and Russia. The Society is also known for its reports related to Islamic and far-right extremism. The Society is named after the American politician Henry M. Jackson. History and political aims The Society was founded on 11 March 2005 by academics and students at Cambridge, including Brendan Simms, Alan Mendoza, Gideon Mailer, James Rogers and Matthew Jamison. It was named after Henry M. Jackson, a Democratic Senator from Washington state who was a civil rights advocate and anticommunist liberal hawk.Kit Oldham"Cyberpedia Libr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of History, University Of Cambridge
The Faculty of History is one of the constituent departments of the University of Cambridge. Teaching and research of history has centuries old roots at Cambridge and the first Regius Professorship of Modern History was established by King George I in 1724. The History Faculty is one of the largest history departments in the world with well over a hundred faculty members. Each academic year a new intake more than two hundred undergraduates is admitted and the Faculty also has more than 450 graduate students studying for masters degrees and the PhD. Cambridge's History Faculty is consistently ranked as one of the best history faculties in the world and is almost always ranked first in the UK. It is notable among Cambridge's faculties for the influence of its alumni in public life. The Faculty is divided into eight subject groups (i.e. areas of research and teaching): American History; Ancient and Medieval History; Early Modern History; Economic, Social and Cultural History; Mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spanning all disciplines across the humanities and social sciences and a funding body for research projects across the United Kingdom. The academy is a self-governing and independent registered charity, based at 10–11 Carlton House Terrace in London. The British Academy is funded with an annual grant from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). In 2014–15, the British Academy's total income was £33,100,000, including £27,000,000 from BIS. £32,900,000 was distributed during the year in research grants, awards and charitable activities. Purposes The academy states that it has five fundamental purposes: * To speak up for the humanities and the social sciences * To invest in the very best researchers and research * To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnian Institute
The Bosnian Institute is an organisation principally devoted to providing information on history and culture and promoting the common good of Bosnia and Herzegovina through "education and empowerment" to preserve the Bosnian identity. It publishes a quarterly online magazine. Quintin Hoare directs it. The Bosnian Institute was founded in July 1997 as a UK Registered Charity, with a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. In addition to other donors, the charity continues to be funded by this foundation and the Friends of the Bosnian Institute. The Board of Trustees is chaired by historian Sir Noel Malcolm, alongside Dr Bojan Bujic, Cambridge historian Dr Brendan Simms and journalist Melanie McDonagh Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
