Welcome to Items & Issues, the relaunched monthly newsletter from the Social Science Research Council. Since 1947, Items has served as a platform for sharing the SSRC’s work and fostering broader conversations about the social sciences. This newsletter continues that tradition, offering a curated selection of social science readings drawn from Council platforms and the wider field.
With the FIFA World Cup coming to a close this weekend and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence earlier this month, the depths of social and cultural investments in national identity are on full display. This month our newsletter explores nationalism, a multivalent concept that social scientists, including at the SSRC, have wrestled with since the early 20th century.
Below, we highlight social science research that illuminates how nationalism intersects with genetics and the life sciences, diaspora, militarism, religion, and more.
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