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Philip C. Almond
On 18 September 2012, Rome played host to the quadrennial conference of the International Congress of Coptic Studies. On the evening of that day, the Harvard-based feminist historian Karen King (1054-) delivered a paper bearing the seemingly harmless title ‘A New Coptic Fragment.’ King announced the discovery of a fragment of papyrus that came, she […]
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Barnabas Aspray
Whoever you are reading this, however rich, powerful, educated, knowledgeable, successful, or otherwise, one thing is certain: you are limited. Your wealth, success, knowledge, power, and education are finite. Your life is finite. Your time is finite. Your physical ability is finite. Everything about you is finite. Does this frustrate you? Sadden you? Upset you? […]
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Midge Goldberg
I first had the idea for this anthology right before the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. The 100 Poems series seemed like the perfect way to highlight both the progression of poetry about outer space over time, as well as many well-known and talented poets who have explored the topic in their poems. At […]
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Alison Summers, Julia Nelki, Chris Maloney
Whilst writing the book ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health’, we had to think a lot about words.
At the outset we decided to avoid the term ‘asylum seeker’.
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Ana Catalano Weeks
Quota laws increase numbers of women across parties, and they lead to policies that better reflect women’s preferences for balancing work and family. In 2013, a Christian democratic politician from Belgium and I sat down in her office in the Senate, the upper house of the federal parliament in Brussels. The senator recalled a long […]
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Roberto Di Ceglie
It is commonly believed that to attain knowledge, one should always be ready to replace one’s previously held convictions with beliefs that appear to be supported by more evidence. I call this view mere epistemology. It seems incorrigible, which is why it is usually taken for granted by practitioners in every field as well as […]
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James D. Fisher
In most stories, books are cast as liberators of knowledge and agents of progress – but they can also be devices to channel and control flows of knowledge. For over two centuries, early printed farming books have held a prominent position as heroes of an ‘agricultural revolution’ in England, and more recently an ‘agricultural enlightenment’. […]
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Jamison Kantor
From Hamlet to Sanjuro, duels, we believe, are climactic events in narratives; they are the vivid realization of an inevitable conflict between the participants’ opposing notions of honor or duty. But if you’re watching Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1943 masterpiece The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and expect its pivotal duel to include […]
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Philip C. Almond
On 18 September 2012, Rome played host to the quadrennial conference of the International Congress of Coptic Studies. On the evening of that day, the Harvard-based feminist historian Karen King (1054-) delivered a paper bearing the seemingly harmless title ‘A New Coptic Fragment.’ King announced the discovery of a fragment of papyrus that came, she […]
Read More
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Barnabas Aspray
Whoever you are reading this, however rich, powerful, educated, knowledgeable, successful, or otherwise, one thing is certain: you are limited. Your wealth, success, knowledge, power, and education are finite. Your life is finite. Your time is finite. Your physical ability is finite. Everything about you is finite. Does this frustrate you? Sadden you? Upset you? […]
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Midge Goldberg
I first had the idea for this anthology right before the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. The 100 Poems series seemed like the perfect way to highlight both the progression of poetry about outer space over time, as well as many well-known and talented poets who have explored the topic in their poems. At […]
Read More
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Alison Summers, Julia Nelki, Chris Maloney
Whilst writing the book ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health’, we had to think a lot about words.
At the outset we decided to avoid the term ‘asylum seeker’.
Read More
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Ana Catalano Weeks
Quota laws increase numbers of women across parties, and they lead to policies that better reflect women’s preferences for balancing work and family. In 2013, a Christian democratic politician from Belgium and I sat down in her office in the Senate, the upper house of the federal parliament in Brussels. The senator recalled a long […]
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Roberto Di Ceglie
It is commonly believed that to attain knowledge, one should always be ready to replace one’s previously held convictions with beliefs that appear to be supported by more evidence. I call this view mere epistemology. It seems incorrigible, which is why it is usually taken for granted by practitioners in every field as well as […]
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James D. Fisher
In most stories, books are cast as liberators of knowledge and agents of progress – but they can also be devices to channel and control flows of knowledge. For over two centuries, early printed farming books have held a prominent position as heroes of an ‘agricultural revolution’ in England, and more recently an ‘agricultural enlightenment’. […]
Read More
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Jamison Kantor
From Hamlet to Sanjuro, duels, we believe, are climactic events in narratives; they are the vivid realization of an inevitable conflict between the participants’ opposing notions of honor or duty. But if you’re watching Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1943 masterpiece The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and expect its pivotal duel to include […]
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