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Richard Cronin
A friend told me recently that a young lecturer had agreed to teach the Romantics paper at her university on one condition. She asked to be excused from teaching Byron. It was chastening news for someone who had just written a book on Don Juan, Byron’s greatest poem. My first response was outrage. If a […]
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Rachel Mikva
When I say “interfaith,” what comes to mind? People generally think of dialogue projects, with people of diverse religions talking about their beliefs and practices. Or an interfaith service like you see in many communities for Thanksgiving. Or interfaith marriage, with partners of different religious backgrounds and commitments. But interreligious encounter is everywhere. We get […]
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Simon Burton
When Steptoe, Edwards and Purdy announced the birth of the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, 45 years ago it was an international sensation. But there was also disbelief from some colleagues over this miraculous birth and the IVF pioneers were criticised for not sharing their secrets within a scientific publication. Now a new book, […]
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Luke Collins, Paul Baker
Anxiety disorders cause people to experience a range of mental and physical problems but can be difficult for health professionals to diagnose. Understanding the language that people experience to describe anxiety, including how this differs depending on your age, your gender and your culture, can help to identify the best treatments and support options for […]
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Stephan Stetter, Klaus Schlichte
What does it mean to say that international politics has a history? To us, this seems to be one of the most fundamental questions that can be asked in the discipline of International Relations (IR). In this book we suggest that drawing from the concept of historicity – and ensuing modes of historicity – can […]
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Illustration from the “Hobo” News 2:2, May 1916, p.14. From St Louis Public Library, scan taken by Owen Clayton. Travelling wanderers, whether called vagabonds, tramps, hobos or something else, have long held a romantic mystique in America culture. In the famous song King of the Road, for example, Roger Miller encapsulates the carefree life of […]
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Lisa M. Osbeck, Saulo de Freitas Araujo
Pluralism is a kind of buzzword across much of the academic landscape, but is it clear what we mean by it or what a pluralistic approach to science or any branch of inquiry entails? Why should we care about pluralism in the first place, much less turn to pluralism as a viable path to knowledge? How is pluralism any different from relativism?
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Eleanor Dickey
The ancient Greeks have a reputation for being proudly, purely monolingual: they considered their own language so perfect that they had no need to learn anyone else’s. But was that really true? A new dictionary of Latin words used by ancient Greek speakers suggests that it was not, by documenting over 2,500 words of Latin […]
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Richard Cronin
A friend told me recently that a young lecturer had agreed to teach the Romantics paper at her university on one condition. She asked to be excused from teaching Byron. It was chastening news for someone who had just written a book on Don Juan, Byron’s greatest poem. My first response was outrage. If a […]
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Rachel Mikva
When I say “interfaith,” what comes to mind? People generally think of dialogue projects, with people of diverse religions talking about their beliefs and practices. Or an interfaith service like you see in many communities for Thanksgiving. Or interfaith marriage, with partners of different religious backgrounds and commitments. But interreligious encounter is everywhere. We get […]
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Simon Burton
When Steptoe, Edwards and Purdy announced the birth of the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, 45 years ago it was an international sensation. But there was also disbelief from some colleagues over this miraculous birth and the IVF pioneers were criticised for not sharing their secrets within a scientific publication. Now a new book, […]
Read More
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Luke Collins, Paul Baker
Anxiety disorders cause people to experience a range of mental and physical problems but can be difficult for health professionals to diagnose. Understanding the language that people experience to describe anxiety, including how this differs depending on your age, your gender and your culture, can help to identify the best treatments and support options for […]
Read More
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Stephan Stetter, Klaus Schlichte
What does it mean to say that international politics has a history? To us, this seems to be one of the most fundamental questions that can be asked in the discipline of International Relations (IR). In this book we suggest that drawing from the concept of historicity – and ensuing modes of historicity – can […]
Read More
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Illustration from the “Hobo” News 2:2, May 1916, p.14. From St Louis Public Library, scan taken by Owen Clayton. Travelling wanderers, whether called vagabonds, tramps, hobos or something else, have long held a romantic mystique in America culture. In the famous song King of the Road, for example, Roger Miller encapsulates the carefree life of […]
Read More
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Lisa M. Osbeck, Saulo de Freitas Araujo
Pluralism is a kind of buzzword across much of the academic landscape, but is it clear what we mean by it or what a pluralistic approach to science or any branch of inquiry entails? Why should we care about pluralism in the first place, much less turn to pluralism as a viable path to knowledge? How is pluralism any different from relativism?
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Eleanor Dickey
The ancient Greeks have a reputation for being proudly, purely monolingual: they considered their own language so perfect that they had no need to learn anyone else’s. But was that really true? A new dictionary of Latin words used by ancient Greek speakers suggests that it was not, by documenting over 2,500 words of Latin […]
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