The Widening Lens

Genderfuck, norms and achieving progressive social change

April 24, 2014 Daniel Hirschel-Burns 1 Comment genderfuck, norms

The 2014 edition of Genderfuck is only two days away. Genderfuck is a unique tradition at Swarthmore, because not only

April 10, 2014 Daniel Hirschel-Burns 1 Comment FIFA, mass violence, world cup

Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has all the makings of a great underdog story. A small

March 27, 2014 Daniel Hirschel-Burns 0 Comment Civilian, self-protection, theory, violence

What do civilians do to survive conflict? This sounds like a fairly straightforward question, but it’s not. Until very recently,

March 6, 2014 Daniel Hirschel-Burns 0 Comment

“The Wire,” praised as the best TV series of all time, has inspired its fair share of academic analysis. Multiple

February 20, 2014 Daniel Hirschel-Burns 0 Comment

The next twenty years will be an exciting time for the concept of early warning. I believe the same applies

February 6, 2014 Daniel Hirschel-Burns 4 Comments

The build-up to the Robert George and Cornel West-led collection has been dominated by discussion of George’s association with the

January 23, 2014 Daniel Hirschel-Burns 0 Comment atrocities

I’m probably biased, but when I think about the worst suffering humans can endure, it’s hard to think any further

November 21, 2013 Daniel Hirschel-Burns

In 1943, Polish resistance member Jan Karski secured a meeting with American Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. Karski was desperate

October 24, 2013 Daniel Hirschel-Burns

In his article “The Price of Precious,” which recently appeared in National Geographic’s October issue, Jeffrey Gettleman attempts to tell

October 3, 2013 Daniel Hirschel-Burns

Stanley Milgram, Christopher Browning, Dave Grossman and Randall Collins have all provided important contributions to the academic debate on the