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Catherine Herfeld
Scientific theories have long appeared as polished systems of ideas, presented through equations, models, and textbook explanations. This holds especially for economics. Yet behind every theory there usually lies a rich history of intellectual debate, sometimes accompanied by considerable confusion and disagreement. Conversations on Rational Choice offers readers an opportunity to explore not only the technical and […]
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Sally J. Cornelison
Italian Renaissance painter, author, architect, and poet Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) is best known for his multi-volume Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1st ed. 1550, 2nd ed. 1568), the first artist biographies to be published and a multi-volume book that is considered a foundation for the modern discipline of art history. By […]
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Frances L. Ramos
In 2000, while working in the rare books collection of Mexico’s National Library, I encountered something that caught me off guard. As I flipped through the card catalogue of the Fondo Reservado, I noticed a remarkable increase in commemorative sermons printed during the first two decades of the eighteenth century. Printers in New Spain produced […]
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Maurits den Hollander
A society’s true measure of success is its capacity to deal with failure. In the mid–seventeenth century, this is just what we can observe in the city of Amsterdam, at the time one of the world’s prime commercial hubs. In the early modern Dutch Republic, a set of legal, cultural, and institutional innovations resulted in […]
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Tore Rye Andersen
The cover of The Anthropocene and Literature features a photo from an abandoned house in the ghost town of Kolmanskop in Namibia. The former mining town was established in the early twentieth century when Namibia was still a German colony, and it was abandoned only fifty years later, when the diamond mines were depleted. With […]
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David Mayers
At a moment when many Americans fear the rise of a zealous, sometimes racist, form of populism, when the “bonds of affection” between citizens have demonstrably frayed, and a version of authoritarianism has emerged in Washington, an unsettling question has arisen: should a reasonable person leave the United States? Interestingly, the question is not a […]
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Agnes Mueller
In the wake of the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, and the war in Gaza that followed, political conversations in the United States, Germany, and elsewhere have grown more tense and divisive. Accusations of antisemitism circulate with fresh urgency, but often in ways that generate confusion or anger. At the same time, we’re moving […]
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Natalie Klein, Kate Purcell, Jack McNally
Among the many different ways that humans interact with the ocean, submarine operations are instrumental in furthering those activities. Submarines are deployed in scientific exploration, seabed exploitation, the development of critical infrastructure and criminal activities. Above all, submarines hold military and strategic significance for States and their navies. Yet the regulation of submarines under international […]
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Catherine Herfeld
Scientific theories have long appeared as polished systems of ideas, presented through equations, models, and textbook explanations. This holds especially for economics. Yet behind every theory there usually lies a rich history of intellectual debate, sometimes accompanied by considerable confusion and disagreement. Conversations on Rational Choice offers readers an opportunity to explore not only the technical and […]
Read More
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Sally J. Cornelison
Italian Renaissance painter, author, architect, and poet Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) is best known for his multi-volume Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1st ed. 1550, 2nd ed. 1568), the first artist biographies to be published and a multi-volume book that is considered a foundation for the modern discipline of art history. By […]
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Frances L. Ramos
In 2000, while working in the rare books collection of Mexico’s National Library, I encountered something that caught me off guard. As I flipped through the card catalogue of the Fondo Reservado, I noticed a remarkable increase in commemorative sermons printed during the first two decades of the eighteenth century. Printers in New Spain produced […]
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Maurits den Hollander
A society’s true measure of success is its capacity to deal with failure. In the mid–seventeenth century, this is just what we can observe in the city of Amsterdam, at the time one of the world’s prime commercial hubs. In the early modern Dutch Republic, a set of legal, cultural, and institutional innovations resulted in […]
Read More
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Tore Rye Andersen
The cover of The Anthropocene and Literature features a photo from an abandoned house in the ghost town of Kolmanskop in Namibia. The former mining town was established in the early twentieth century when Namibia was still a German colony, and it was abandoned only fifty years later, when the diamond mines were depleted. With […]
Read More
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David Mayers
At a moment when many Americans fear the rise of a zealous, sometimes racist, form of populism, when the “bonds of affection” between citizens have demonstrably frayed, and a version of authoritarianism has emerged in Washington, an unsettling question has arisen: should a reasonable person leave the United States? Interestingly, the question is not a […]
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Agnes Mueller
In the wake of the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, and the war in Gaza that followed, political conversations in the United States, Germany, and elsewhere have grown more tense and divisive. Accusations of antisemitism circulate with fresh urgency, but often in ways that generate confusion or anger. At the same time, we’re moving […]
Read More
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Natalie Klein, Kate Purcell, Jack McNally
Among the many different ways that humans interact with the ocean, submarine operations are instrumental in furthering those activities. Submarines are deployed in scientific exploration, seabed exploitation, the development of critical infrastructure and criminal activities. Above all, submarines hold military and strategic significance for States and their navies. Yet the regulation of submarines under international […]
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