By Lisa Bennett, Associate Professor in Creative Writing and English Literature, Researcher in Old Norse Literature, Flinders University
Images of the sleek keels, elegant planks, and dragon-headed prows of Viking longships have been reproduced countless times on postcards, book covers, souvenirs and in television shows and movies.
These vessels are, quite literally, the poster-ships for the Viking Age, which was between around 750 and 1100 CE.
So what made these ships so special? And why were these advanced shipbuilding techniques so crucial to the Vikings’ success?
What drove this shipbuilding boom?
In Old Norse, there are two…
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By Sam Ryan, PhD Candidate, Literary Studies, University of Tasmania
In Yñiga, Glenn Diaz gives readers a glimpse into his country’s history in the only way that would do it justice.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Activists demand the Indonesian parliament pass a bill to protect domestic workers outside the parliament building in Jakarta, August 14, 2023. © 2023 Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo Two female domestic workers, ages 15 and 18, jumped from the fourth floor of a Jakarta boarding house on April 22 in a desperate attempt to escape their employer. One died; the other was severely injured.The tragedy came just a day after Indonesia’s parliament finally approved the long‑awaited Domestic Workers Protection Law, granting domestic workers long denied legal safeguards. But passing…
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By Jayanthan Sriram, PhD Candidate, Centre for Sensory Studies, Public Scholar, Concordia University
Neslihan Sriram-Uzundal, PhD Candidate in the Department of Education, Concordia University
Racism is not only a set of individual prejudices or isolated acts of violence. It is a multisensory, structural system that shapes how minorities experience the world, both enabled and reinforced by institutional failures.
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By Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University
As Canada prepares to co-host the 2026 World Cup, its men’s soccer team offers a more diverse and inclusive vision of national identity than the country’s traditional sports have provided.
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By Amira Jadoon, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
Saif Tahir, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A long-running insurgency has recently flared up again in Pakistan’s restive southwest province – complicated by instability in Iran and resource interest by the US.
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By Ihsan Badshah, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology
Prasad Hegde, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology
Sara Ali, Research Fellow and Academic Database Advisor, Auckland University of Technology
While NZ softens disclosure rules for large companies, investors are still factoring climate risk into decisions – with observable effects on capital flows.
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By Srdjan Vucetic, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The more Canadians understand why some risks are being prioritized over others, and why resources are being directed accordingly, the better equipped the country will be to handle what comes next.
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By David Sidhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University
Bubble, hoop, wiggle, bed: Some words bear an uncanny resemblance to the shape of the object or action they describe. And we tend to process them faster.
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By Andrew Beer, Executive Dean, UniSA Business, Adelaide University
The 2026 budget has delivered big reforms on housing affordability and tax. But there are very few specific measures for regional Australia’s biggest pain points.
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