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John Bessler
In 1764, the Italian philosopher Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) published a book, Dei delitti e delle pene, that remains one of the seminal works of the Enlightenment. A law graduate of the University of Pavia, Beccaria wrote the book in his mid-20s as a member of a Milanese literary society called L’Accademia dei pugni—the Academy of […]
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Beth Fowkes Tobin, Chloe Wigston Smith
When we first started to think about small things, we found we couldn’t stop. Small things had always been there of course, but it was hard to stop thinking about them once we got started. It was, to be honest, surprising and felt just on the edge of embarrassing, as if we had accepted, somewhere […]
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Anja Wanner, Heidrun Dorgeloh
Why a textbook? For both of us, Discourse Syntax is our first textbook. We have both published critical monographs, research articles, and chapters for edited volumes, but, after two decades in the linguistics classroom, we felt it was time to harness our experience as linguists and teachers of linguistics and bring the two together in […]
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Grant Williams
It seems to be a contemporary truism that remembrance provides a comforting analgesic, if not a restorative, for the pain of loss. We seek refuge in the playground of memories to escape death’s increasing encroachments. In the early modern period, however, memory and mortality were intimate confederates. As Shakespeare exclaims, ‘Ruin hath taught me thus […]
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Chris Maloney, Julia Nelki, Alison Summers
Our new publication with CUP, ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health is a practical guide to working with people seeking asylum. It is aimed at professionals and services in a range of statutory and voluntary sector roles, including social care, public policy, and the law, as well as health.
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Kei Nakajima
Sovereign states usually go into default when they are unable to repay their debts owed to creditors as a result of a balance-of-payment crisis. Both Argentina, amidst the historical financial crisis in 2001, and Sri Lanka, which declared itself ‘bankrupt’ during its recent economic turmoil, fall into this category. A sovereign state may even deliberately […]
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Michael Ruse
Thomas Hardy, author of Tess of the d’Urbervilles and other great novels, was also a poet. Born and raised a member of the Church of England, his faith was shattered on reading Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species, published in 1859.
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Pouya Alimagham
There is much speculation about what will be the outcome of the current protests underway in Iran. While it is impossible to predict the future, Iran’s recent history of social movement activity and the many similarities to previous uprisings shed some light on the possibilities. While the catalyst for each uprising is different—one was alleged […]
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John Bessler
In 1764, the Italian philosopher Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) published a book, Dei delitti e delle pene, that remains one of the seminal works of the Enlightenment. A law graduate of the University of Pavia, Beccaria wrote the book in his mid-20s as a member of a Milanese literary society called L’Accademia dei pugni—the Academy of […]
Read More
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Beth Fowkes Tobin, Chloe Wigston Smith
When we first started to think about small things, we found we couldn’t stop. Small things had always been there of course, but it was hard to stop thinking about them once we got started. It was, to be honest, surprising and felt just on the edge of embarrassing, as if we had accepted, somewhere […]
Read More
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Anja Wanner, Heidrun Dorgeloh
Why a textbook? For both of us, Discourse Syntax is our first textbook. We have both published critical monographs, research articles, and chapters for edited volumes, but, after two decades in the linguistics classroom, we felt it was time to harness our experience as linguists and teachers of linguistics and bring the two together in […]
Read More
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Grant Williams
It seems to be a contemporary truism that remembrance provides a comforting analgesic, if not a restorative, for the pain of loss. We seek refuge in the playground of memories to escape death’s increasing encroachments. In the early modern period, however, memory and mortality were intimate confederates. As Shakespeare exclaims, ‘Ruin hath taught me thus […]
Read More
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Chris Maloney, Julia Nelki, Alison Summers
Our new publication with CUP, ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health is a practical guide to working with people seeking asylum. It is aimed at professionals and services in a range of statutory and voluntary sector roles, including social care, public policy, and the law, as well as health.
Read More
-
Kei Nakajima
Sovereign states usually go into default when they are unable to repay their debts owed to creditors as a result of a balance-of-payment crisis. Both Argentina, amidst the historical financial crisis in 2001, and Sri Lanka, which declared itself ‘bankrupt’ during its recent economic turmoil, fall into this category. A sovereign state may even deliberately […]
Read More
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Michael Ruse
Thomas Hardy, author of Tess of the d’Urbervilles and other great novels, was also a poet. Born and raised a member of the Church of England, his faith was shattered on reading Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species, published in 1859.
Read More
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Pouya Alimagham
There is much speculation about what will be the outcome of the current protests underway in Iran. While it is impossible to predict the future, Iran’s recent history of social movement activity and the many similarities to previous uprisings shed some light on the possibilities. While the catalyst for each uprising is different—one was alleged […]
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