In 2016 Jennifer Welsh delivered her CBC Massey Lectures, The Return of History — a wake-up call to those of us who may have felt a little too optimistic about the future after the fall of the Berlin Wall. IDEAS revisits the final lecture in her series, The Return of Inequality.
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Taken In: Exploring Credulity
BBC Reith Lectures: Artificial Prosperity
Queer Diplomacy: Negotiating 2SLGBTQ+ Rights in a Fraught World
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Walking Among the Ancients: The Rare Wabanaki-Acadian Old-Growth Forest
BBC Reith Lectures: Artificial Democracy
Bring Back Grumpy George: The Forgotten Message of George Grant
A Walk of Remembrance: Honouring Canadian soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands
On Culture Wars in Christianity
China's Cultural Revolution: a history that remains widely unknown
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