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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

Shakespeare’s Everyday Legacy

Michelle M. Dowd looks at how Shakespeare tackled the everyday issue at the time, and how that adds to his legacy today.

Michelle M. Dowd | 24 Apr 2016

The book as performance: Shakespeare and the book arts today

Shakespeare’s works have provided fertile ground for reimagining the nature of the book, from illustration, to typography, to format, to binding, to other aspects of physical form. The various forms...

Alan Galey | 23 Apr 2016

National Security and the 2016 Election

Ronald R. Krebs explores if Donald Trump is the exception or the rule in the election’s national security discussion

Ronald R. Krebs | 21 Apr 2016

Shakespeare in 2416

Why has Shakespeare remained relevant over the past 400 years? And is his popularity dwindling? Will Cambridge University Press be acknowledging the 800th anniversary of his death as we have Some scholars...

21 Apr 2016