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Rethinking the ‘English’ Short Story in Global and Publishing Terms

Ann-Marie Einhaus explores the question, "What IS the English short story?"

Ann-Marie Einhaus | 17 May 2016

A poem a day by George Herbert: ‘Prayer (I)’

To celebrate the publication of George Herbert: 100 Poems, we ask volume editor Helen Wilcox to pick her favourite George Herbert poems and explain why she chose them.

Helen Wilcox | 16 May 2016

How Does Schumann’s Kreisleriana Work?

Over the next four weeks, author John MacAuslan, author of Schumann’s Music and E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Fiction, will explore why music is important.   One after another, Schumann wrote great...

John MacAuslan | 16 May 2016

Fighting institutionalized corruption through sophisticated political-economic reform

With all eyes on the Anti-Corruption Summit in London this week, Susan Rose-Ackerman and Bonnie J. Palifka, the authors of Corruption and Government, Second Edition, highlight the relevance of their work to two recent scandals: Petrobras and the Panama Papers.

Susan Rose-Ackerman, Bonnie J. Palifka | 12 May 2016

The Online Disinhibition Effect, 20 Years Later

As researchers like Norman Holland, Adam Joinson, and myself noted twenty years ago, people tend to say and do things online that they would not typically say and do in the in-person world. In an article...

John Suler | 10 May 2016

Crisis and Adjusting to European Diversity

If European integration is to endure successfully, there will have to be a number of changes. Damian Chalmers explores these.

Damian Chalmers | 10 May 2016

An Editor’s View: Ecology in Action

Senior Commissioning Editor of Life Sciences Dominic Lewis tells us about an exciting new textbook that is scientific, timeless and witty.

6 May 2016

Why the Internet is such a breakthrough for collaborative education

Michael Glassman author of the recently published Educational Psychology and the Internet discusses why the Internet is such a breakthrough for collaborative education.

Michael Glassman | 3 May 2016

Shakespeare’s Legacy – 400 Years On

As Shakespeare's birth month comes to a close, we reflect on what he will always mean to so many of us.

30 Apr 2016

Celebrating Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon

Last weekend Shakespeare was certainly the most famous person on the planet, even more so than the Queen, Prince and President Obama.   If you got as far as 23rd April without realising it was the...

27 Apr 2016

What does Shakespeare mean to you?

This weekend, 400 years after his death, Shakespeare was commemorated all over the world. This in itself is a testament to the legacy left by the playwrite, who is recognised and loved by all. Our Shakespeare...

26 Apr 2016

Surveying the Land of Shakespeare

In their own idiosyncratic ways, academic Shakespeare journals are a way of charting the history of the analysis of Shakespeare’s legacy. Shakespeare Survey, the journal I edit for Cambridge University...

Peter Holland | 25 Apr 2016