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On Freud on Us

A good deal of attention has focused on the psychological makeup of the man who sought and won the Presidency in 2016, including the provocative “Is Donald Trump a Psychopath” by fellow Cambridge author,...

Bert A. Spector | 13 Feb 2017

Remembering Justice Scalia

David M. Dorsen, author of The Unexpected Scalia: A Conservative Justice's Liberal Opinions (2017), remembers the late Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016).

David M. Dorsen | 10 Feb 2017

Luring Your Child into this Life of Troubled Times

Babies everywhere are delivered, usually welcomed, and often celebrated . . . but in the Beng community of Côte d’Ivoire, they are also lured back into this life from wrugbe, the afterlife, where Beng...

Alma Gottlieb | 10 Feb 2017

Deep Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Waste: Inaction is a Recipe for a Crisis

A Third Cambridge University Press title by A.P.S. Selvadurai A schematic view of a deep geologic disposal concept and the components of the multi-barrier scheme Trained as both a civil engineer and an...

A.P.S. Selvadurai | 6 Feb 2017

#MuslimBan The Importance of Diversity

Timothy H. Dixon author of Curbing Catastrophe is a Professor of Geosciences at the University of South Florida, in his newest article he discusses the need for diversity in the natural world as well as human society.

Timothy H. Dixon | 1 Feb 2017

Curbing Catastrophe: Sugar is the New Lead

Timothy H. Dixon author of Curbing Catastrophe is a Professor of Geosciences at the University of South Florida, in this article he discusses how the effect of disasters of global importance could have been reduced if more people considered the geologist’s mantra “Think long-term”

Timothy H. Dixon | 31 Jan 2017

An Interview with Whoop ‘n’ Wail Theatre Company

In 2016, as part of our Shakespeare 400 commemorations, we invited the public to submit short play skits inspired by the works of the Bard. In this interview we talk to Ali Kemp and Deborah Klayman, the...

Ali Kemp, Deborah Klayman | 30 Jan 2017

America’s Forgotten Colony

Michael E. Neagle discusses how American influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba.

Michael E. Neagle | 27 Jan 2017

The Cyberpsychology of Commanders in Tweet

Now that the new American president has expressed his preference for Twitter as a means to bypass traditional media and express his ideas directly to the people of his nation and the world, it’s...

John Suler | 26 Jan 2017

Why Read Saul Bellow Now?

In this blog post Victoria Aarons, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Saul Bellow, details some of the key themes and concepts explored in Bellow's work.

Victoria Aarons | 24 Jan 2017

Emma Darwin and women’s higher education

In this blog post Samantha Evans, editor of Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters, looks at the life of Emma Darwin and her relationship with women's higher education.

Samantha Evans | 24 Jan 2017

Darwin and Women: the story of Amy and Elizabeth

In this blog post Samantha Evans, editor of Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters, looks at the lives of some of the women surrounding Darwin.

Samantha Evans | 24 Jan 2017