Lina Koleilat
Lina Koleilat is a PhD candidate in the School of Culture History and Language at the ANU. She is the editor of demos journal.
Bodies
We exist through our bodies and in relation to other bodies – human, animal, ecological. This issue of Demos explores the ways in which the body moves through the world – how it labors and loves, how it treads the duplicitous thresholds of legality, how it is...
Editorial: Crisis
The demos journal editorial team decided to explore the topic of crisis before the summer of bushfires and the outbreak of this global pandemic (and its economic and social shockwaves). We were already living in a time of political and social crisis, whether it was...
Dear Vice-Chancellor
During the CHL review, numerous academics and professional associations wrote letters to the ANU Vice Chancellor in support of CHL and its community and against the cuts. Demos Journal’s editorial team thank the respective associations for their kind permission to...
‘I was exhausted, both physically and emotionally’: Lina Koleilat interviews a member of the CHL administrative staff about the School’s 2013 review
LK: The School of Culture, History and Language review of 2013, was that a big one? Yes, it was a big explosion. LK: Were the professional staff involved? Well, they always said, ‘you are involved’, but they already had their mind made up about how things were going...
Editorial: The University
Excessive managerialism, neoliberalisation and casualisation are some of the main challenges that are threatening the viability and the values of the university today. Sara Ahmed argues in her book On Being Included: On Racism and Diversity in Institutional...
The future of the university: an interview with Raewyn Connell
Lina Koleilat interviews Raewyn Connell the author of The Good University: What universities actually do and why it’s time for radical change, (Monash University Publishing, 2019) LK: Shall we start with your definition of what a University is? RC: There’s a formal...Past Issues
