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A Concise History of Ireland

A girl of around 11 or 12 is reading out a letter to her attentive elders. Why did I pick James Brenan’s ‘News From America’ to illustrate a history of Ireland that spans sixteen centuries?  ...

Caitriona Clear | 4 Feb 2026

How Did Medieval Peasants Cook and Eat, and Why Does It Matter?

General audiences are accustomed to imagining medieval culinary practices through those of the elites — in shows, films, and novels, where little attention is given to the habits of common people. Perhaps...

Luis Almenar Fernández | 4 Feb 2026

A landmark reference in economic history

The field of South Asian economic history has changed dramatically since the publication of The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. 2 (CEHI 2, 1983). CEHI 2 was a pathbreaking reference work when...

Anand V. Swamy, Tirthankar Roy, Latika Chaudhary | 4 Feb 2026

China’s Development and Regulation of Cross-border Listings

Over the past several decades, capital markets have become increasingly globalised, with major international financial centres such as the US, the UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore engaging in fierce competition...

Robin Huang | 4 Feb 2026

The Capitalist Self

The aim of this book is to find some precision and a point of origin for the concept of capital and by doing that, therefore capitalism. It also challenges the merchant based London centric interpretation...

Craig Muldrew | 3 Feb 2026

When Minds Are Turned Into Data: Governing Emotion Technology and Neurotechnology under EU Law

Alongside, and fuelled by, rapid advances in artificial intelligence, recent years have witnessed the rise of technologies that appear to cross what was once considered the final frontier: the datafication...

Elisabeth Steindl | 3 Feb 2026

A World of Wills in Shakespeare and Beyond

It’s another dull, grey Tuesday morning. A colleague asks you how you are. Reflecting on the seemingly endless flow of tedious meetings in the day ahead, you reply that you’re “losing the will the...

Douglas Clark | 2 Feb 2026

Can Writing Academic Papers be Fun?

Can Writing Academic Papers be Fun? Here’s a questionnaire for beginning and mid-career academics: Have you ever felt like giving up on academe and doing something useful, like opening a cheese...

Salvatore Attardo, Hilal Ergül, Elisa Gironzetti, Heather Jerónimo | 2 Feb 2026

Nationalism, Charisma, Narcissism

In the classic film Casablanca, the Frenchwoman Yvonne, one of the regulars of Rick’s Café, joins the other refugees assembled there to sing the Marseillaise, boldly defying the Nazi officers present....

Joep Leerssen | 29 Jan 2026

The History of European Union Law

It is a sure bet that almost every study ever written on EU law has, at some point, referenced Eric Stein’s aphorism that the Court of Justice of the EU has been able to fashion a constitutional, federal-type...

Morten Rasmussen, Bill Davies | 29 Jan 2026

Challenging the Caliphate: Wahhabism and Mahdism in the Late Ottoman Empire

Ottoman officials praying at Daraa Station. Source: Istanbul University, Rare Books Library, Sultan Abdülhamid II Photo Albums. NEKYA 90521/1. In 1886, the second edition of the yearbook of...

Ömer Koçyiğİt | 28 Jan 2026

Theosis and Moral Transformation

The epistle of 2 Peter is not merely a polemic against false teachers; it is founded upon a compelling theological vision of life with God. In my commentary on 2 Peter, I argue that the letter’s ethical...

A. Chadwick Thornhill | 26 Jan 2026