Louis Yako

Louis Yako is a PhD student of cultural anthropology researching Iraqi intellectuals and higher education at Duke University.

The London evening train

A lonely train journey in London tells us much about life in the capital. Should we have a new academic field: anthropology of the train?

By Louis Yako

/ 7 Jan 2014

The journey from Iraq to Camelot

I had her phone number, and tried to call her several times after I returned to Kirkuk, but no one picked up the phone. I hope that she found her ‘Camelot’ in the end.

By Louis Yako

/ 8 Nov 2013

Competition and wisdom are two different paths that will never intersect. As future academics and intellectuals, we need to seek wisdom rather than playing games and politics against our peers to get status and power.

By Louis Yako

/ 20 Oct 2013

Louis Yako

The London evening train

The journey from Iraq to Camelot

Academia deserves its crisis