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Yearly Archives: 2026

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  • 3 Mar 2026
    Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo

    Beyond Tools and Bones: Why Archaeology Needs a Paradigm Shift to Understand Our Ancestors

    In the last few decades, archaeology has undergone a technological revolution. From high-resolution LiDAR to advanced radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA analysis, our “toolbox” has never been more sophisticated. Yet, a fundamental question remains: despite these advancements, have we actually made progress in understanding the behavior of early humans? Our new book, [TRACES OF THE […]

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  • 3 Mar 2026
    Alice Wickenden

    Treading gingerly

    In Thomas Johnson’s updated 1636 edition of John Gerard’s The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, there is an image comparing the ‘true’ and ‘feigned’ figures of ginger. Johnson explains that ‘the world has been deceived’ by the fake picture, circulated by another botanist, and so he is including it here alongside with the real […]

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  • 2 Mar 2026
    Asya M. Pereltsvaig

    Language Rules!: Secrets of a Uniquely Human Ability

    We all use language every day: not only to communicate thoughts and ideas to other people, but also for our internal monologue and, some might argue, for organizing thought. But what are the inner workings of human language and what makes it different from animal communication? Professional linguists study these questions in their finest detail, […]

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  • 27 Feb 2026
    Christopher Watkin

    The State of Nature: Historical Fable, Haunting Future

    If the last year of geopolitical upheaval has taught us anything, it is that the international order is far more fragile than we cared to imagine. When established alliances like NATO fracture under the weight of internal tensions, or when a US President casually proposes treating a sovereign territory as an asset in a real […]

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  • 27 Feb 2026
    Lee Palmer Wandel

    The Puzzle of Uly Anders’ Execution

    Uly Anders first pulled me into the puzzle The Reformation of Liturgy: Matter and Time Reconceived seeks to unravel.  He was executed in 1520.  His crime?  Blasphemy, which the law defined as an affront against God.  Anders had broken up and thrown out a window a small crucifixion scene carved in wood.  The image had […]

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  • 26 Feb 2026
    Mark Harrison, Stephen Broadberry

    Economic Warfare and Sanctions Since 1688

    Our book’s eighteen authors investigate eight major applications of economic warfare and sanctions, set out in a common framework. We cover the Anglo-French wars of the long eighteenth century, the American Civil War, Britain versus Germany in two World Wars, the interwar sanctions on Italy, interwar sanctions followed by economic warfare against Japan, trade and […]

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  • 26 Feb 2026
    Kate Smith

    How and why did eighteenth-Britons recover their lost ‘property’?

    Look in most eighteenth-century newspapers and you will be struck by the number of notices for lost dogs, absconding apprentices and missing bank notes. The range of lost ‘things’ included in such notices might astound you. People advertised all sorts of missing items, from anchors to monkeys, keys, walking sticks and lumps of timber. They […]

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  • 25 Feb 2026
    Gary D. Libecap

    Where’s Coase? What does his absence in environmental policies suggest for broader political institutional formation?

    What can we learn about broad institutional formation from the experience of US environmental legislation? Despite providing public goods, environmental regulation is too costly, inequitable, and controversial. Why that is the case and what it suggests for general institutional change are cautionary lessons from the adoption of centralized prescriptive policies rather than decentralized markets to […]

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