Maria-Katrina Cortez is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Sciences Po Paris. She earned a BA from Columbia University, received an MSt from the University of Oxford as a Sir Colin Lucas scholar, and obtained another master’s degree in political behaviour from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris.
Aya Nakamura and the Death of Music

Aya Nakamura and the Death of Music

There is an immensely wide gulf between Mozart’s prodigious talent and Nakamura’s incomprehensible whining.

The Modern-Day Sophie: A Marriage of the Rousseauian and Wollstonecraftian Mind

The Modern-Day Sophie: A Marriage of the Rousseauian and Wollstonecraftian Mind

Many women think that motherhood and professional life are mutually exclusive—the marriage of Rousseau and Wollstonecraft can perhaps provide an antidote.

Silent Night, Holy Night in Bethlehem

Silent Night, Holy Night in Bethlehem

I headed to the city of David on Christmas morning. Its streets were even more somber than those of Jerusalem.

January 20, 2024
Geert Wilders and the Sociology of the Populist Right

Geert Wilders and the Sociology of the Populist Right

Isn’t it high time for more nuanced picture of the populist voters who have been decisive in reshaping politics across the West?

December 26, 2023