Rebecca Ruth Gould is Professor, Islamic World and Comparative Literature at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of Writers and Rebels: The Literatures of Insurgency in the Caucasus and director of the ERC-funded project, "Global Literary Theory." She is on Twitter @rrgould.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe need principles, not rules, to fight antisemitism: the IHRA definition and the politics of defining racismIn the heat of argument, too little has been said about the implications of defining racism for legal and quasi-legal purposes, or the difficulty of separating the two domains.
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Published in: TransformationLove without monogamyExpanding the meaning of marriage beyond heterosexual relations captures the spirit of the times but misses the pulse of the future.
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Published in: HomeA Singapore Ramayana: academic freedom and the liberal arts curriculumCould Singaporeans of the future do a better job at making democracy a reality than America’s elected leaders have done for the past half-century? Maybe, if one of the most important literary works of premodern India is taught again at the recently created Yale-NUS in Singapore.
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Published in: HomeFelon voting rights and democracy
Convicted felons continue to be barred from voting in the US, with severe consequences for their rehabilitation and the democratic process. An effective campaign for their re-enfranchisement is vital, argues Rebecca Gould.