By Sofia Oumoussa, University of Hawaii Manoa I went to northern Morocco expecting to write about oral history and I came back writing about wells! For five weeks this summer, from Beni Chiker to Beni Ansar, from Azghenghan to Yassinin, four villages in the eastern Rif where my mother’s and father’s families come from, IContinue reading “What the Wells Remember”
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The mysteries and adventures of Ancient Rome
By Fredrick Wu, Johns Hopkins University Fredrick Wu Hello Tyler Center Blog! I’m Fredrick and am currently a student at Johns Hopkins University and am very excited to share what I have been up to this summer with my Tyler Center Fellowship experience. In my last blog post, I talked a bit about my projectContinue reading “The mysteries and adventures of Ancient Rome”
One More Bathroom: What a Spreadsheet Taught Me About Poverty
By Tomoki Miyaura, University of California San Diego I started this summer expecting to find that poor children struggle more. I ended it convinced that the more interesting question is what “poor” even means when almost everyone around you is. My project used a national school survey from Jordan, collected in 2022 and 2023, coveringContinue reading “One More Bathroom: What a Spreadsheet Taught Me About Poverty”
The America in the Room: Reflections on Québec
By Danny Faust, University of Missouri-Kansas City A sign indicating a polling place in Montréal, Canada An Election like No Other The Québec election was highly consequential, not only for regional and national politics, but for US-Canada elections, the upcoming Alberta separatism referendum, and as an expression of nationalist politics across the political West. TheContinue reading “The America in the Room: Reflections on Québec”
