Archive for July 2026
Walter Bruyère-Ostells – Article in Areion24.news: «A Mediterranean under strain: between a growing number of influential players and American hegemony»
Article by Walter Bruyère-Ostells published on Areion24.news, the Areion Group’s news website, on 1 June 2026. The Mediterranean is currently undergoing a realignment characterised by the assertiveness of regional powers, US intervention in certain issues – driven by Donald Trump – and the weakening of certain traditional players. Given this new geopolitical landscape, what prospects can be identified…
Read MoreAline Chamahian, co-editor: «Experiences of vulnerability during the Covid-19 pandemic: Bringing together philosophical and sociological insights»
Marion Carrel, Aline Chamahian and Cécile Lavergne (eds.), Experiences of Vulnerability during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Bringing Together Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, June 2026, 262 pp. (ISBN-13 978-2-7574-4682-9 – ISSN 17649587) Abstract: The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on society cannot be reduced to a mere accumulation of suffering and…
Read MoreBook by Alix Philippon: «The Qadiriyya Sufi Order: Saints, Shrines and Politics in 21st-Century Iraq and Beyond»
Alix Philippon, *The Qadiriyya Sufi Order: Saints, Shrines and Politics in 21st-Century Iraq and Beyond*, Routledge, 2026, 294 pp. (DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032658650 – eBook ISBN 9781032658650) Description: *The Qadiriyya Sufi Order: Saints, Shrines and Politics in 21st Century Iraq* offers the first comprehensive, field-based examination of contemporary Iraqi Sufism through the lens of one of Islam’s most…
Read MoreGuillaume Linte, journal articles, «Medicine on a Global Scale» series: interviews with Angela Ki Che Leung & Anicet Zran
Martin Robert, Guillaume Linte and Shiori Nosaka, ««Medicine on a Global Scale»: An Interview with Angela Ki Che Leung», History, Medicine and Health, 29 | 2026, 177–182. Martin Robert, Guillaume Linte and Shiori Nosaka, «Medicine on a Global Scale: An Interview with Anicet Zran», History, Medicine and Health, 29 | 2026, 183–192. Series summary: The «Medicine on a Global Scale» interview series features researchers from a variety of backgrounds…
Read MoreSébastien Oliveau – Interview in *Var Matin*: «The Covid crisis seems to have boosted the region’s appeal«: the Var is the tenth most dynamic department in France, according to data from INSEE»
Interview with Sébastien Oliveau, geographer and Director of the MSH Paris-Saclay, Paris-Saclay University; Aix-Marseille University – MESOPOLHIS, DEMOMED (Mediterranean Demographic Observatory), in an article by Gautier Guigon published on 5 January 2026 on the Var Matin website. Demographics As of 1 January 2026, the Var officially had a population of 1,119,307…
Read MoreSébastien Oliveau – Article in *La Montagne*: «Birth rates falling, deaths rising: France faces an unprecedented demographic shift»
Presentation by Sébastien Oliveau, geographer and Director of MSH Paris-Saclay, Paris-Saclay University; Aix-Marseille University – MESOPOLHIS, DEMOMED (Mediterranean Demographic Observatory), in an article published on 13 January 2026 on the website of the newspaper La Montagne. For the first time since 1944, France could record more deaths than births…
Read MoreBook by Laurent Mucchielli: «The Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency: Moral Panic and Psychosocial Realities»
Laurent Muchielli, Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency: Moral Panic and Psychosocial Realities, Editions L’Harmattan, 2026, 284 pp. (ISBN 978-2-336-61661-2) Abstract: Juvenile delinquency is the subject of numerous myths fuelled by media coverage of crime stories, by politicians« electioneering rhetoric, and by »experts’ who are rarely competent or impartial. Year after year, they all repeat…
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