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Shakespeare’s First Folio: the most-studied book in the world

The most-studied book in the world must be Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, a collection of thirty-six plays first published in London in 1623 and now known as the First Folio....

Emma Smith | 4 Aug 2016

What Can Medieval History Tell Us About Environmental Change?

Does research into medieval history serve any useful purpose other than the pursuit of scholarship for its own sake? Labour Education Minister Charles Clarke thought not when in 2003 he declared that the...

Bruce M.S. Campbell | 3 Aug 2016

The Invisible Wall : Language

Cambridge author Douglas A. Kibbee explores the language of democracy in relation to his new book Language and the Law: Linguistic Inequality in America .

Douglas A. Kibbee | 2 Aug 2016

Author Maxim Bolt discusses his BBC award-winning study of life on the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa

Zimbabwe’s Migrants and South Africa’s Border Farms: The Roots of Impermanence began with my interest in people’s experiences of uprootedness and settlement. At the time, the Zimbabwean-South African...

Maxim Bolt | 31 Jul 2016

Why You Should Care About R

Data science is on the rise and infiltrating almost every field. Properly educated researchers and professionals with an extensive knowledge of how data analysis and statistics are married together will...

John Braun | 28 Jul 2016

How is climate change affecting Polar Regions? Part 3 – Professor Grant Bigg

Professor Grant R. Bigg, author of Icebergs has worked with industry on iceberg and sea-ice related topics since 2007, here he talks about climate change in the polar regions and discusses how the the differences in Arctic/Antarctic geography leads to varied responses in the arctic regions.

Grant R. Bigg | 25 Jul 2016

How Are Elections Run?

Ever since the meltdown in Florida starting on election day 2000, there has been a spotlight on how elections are run.  Since that time, the states have been the venue for many election reforms, lawsuits,...

Barry C. Burden, Charles Stewart III | 20 Jul 2016

How is climate change affecting Polar Regions? Part 2 – Professor Roger Barry

What is the most exciting research going on at each of the Poles currently? In the Arctic there are major efforts to understand the drivers of the irregular decline in sea ice extent and thickness since...

Roger Barry | 18 Jul 2016

Speaking Shakespeare Today

You can’t speak English without speaking Shakespeare. Not only did he introduce several hundred words still used today (assassination, beguiling, contaminated, domineering, excitement, fixture, go-between,...

David Crystal | 15 Jul 2016

Pokémon GO, GOING, GONE

If your mind hasn’t already been totally numbed by tech news, consider pointing it towards the newest phenomenon that everyone is talking about: Pokémon GO.  I won’t bother taking the time...

John Suler | 15 Jul 2016

Is Donald Trump a Fascist?

Waller R. Newell compares and contrasts Donald Trump with the infamous fascists discussed in his book TYRANTS.

Waller Newell | 5 Jul 2016

Who Were the People Who Shaped Friedrich Nietzsche?

Daniel Blue’s The Making of Friedrich Nietzsche: The Quest for Identity 1844-1869  explores the famed German philosopher’s first formative 24 years of life. Browse through this interactive...

Daniel Blue | 5 Jul 2016