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Rhodes Ahead: Interview with Chelsea Jackson

Current Scholar Chelsea (Georgia & New College 2018) talks about her ambition for prison abolition as well as her passion for criminal justice, her studies at Oxford University and advice about applying for the Rhodes Scholarship.

The Levelling – What’s Next After Globalisation?

My book 'The Levelling' is about ‘what’s next’ after globalisation, and the kinds of constructive frameworks and ideas that can harvest order from the current, building sense of disorder in the world. It is about how the centre of gravity in our world, societies, and economies is changing, the confusion those changes create, and the ideas that will help bring new structure to what is a topsy turvy world.

Reflections from the 2019 Scholar Trip to China

In Susan Sontag’s story “Project for a Trip to China,” when the narrator is invited by the Chinese Government on a trip to the country, she is consumed by the prospect of her long-cherished aspiration coming to life. “I am interested in wisdom. I am interested in walls,” Sontag writes, “China [sic is] famous for both.” Like the narrator in Sontag’s story, I have always been fascinated by China. Neighbouring India, the country where home is for me, China has, in recent years, captured the world’s imagination like no other country.

Rhodes Scholar Trip to Palestine 2019: a Feature Length Blog

The second-ever cohort of Rhodes Eden Palestine Fellows arrived in Jerusalem on 17 March 2019 to begin our week-long trip through Israel and Palestine. As part of our effort to translate this Fellowship into meaningful action and understanding on behalf of the people of Palestine, we have documented our experiences with a blog post that outlines each day of our journey, conveying what we have seen, heard, learned and shared to all of you.