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Martin Rose

Martin Rose is head of the Counterpoint unit, the cultural relations think-tank within the British Council.

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Islam, Europe, and history: across the frontiers

The traditional stories told by Europe of its own past and its encounters with the Islamic world are driven by a form of proxy politics that denies the reality of cross-fertilisation. But scholars are discovering new currents that open this intimate relationship to fresh interpretation, says Martin Rose.

Translating difference: a debate about multiculturalism

Why “multiculturalism”? Why now? The British Council’s Martin Rose and openDemocracy’s Caspar Melville introduce a debate whose global character and focus on human experience connect it to the world’s conflicting passions.