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Misusing the Internet

Four Cambridge authors continue their roundtable discussion about cyber psychology by addressing what happens when cyber bullies and online aggressors misuse the powerful tools the web provides.

18 Nov 2015

Exotic Reflections

Ralph P. Locke, author of Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart (2015), explores how music can conjure a sense of 'exoticism'.

Ralph P. Locke | 17 Nov 2015

Round Up of the First Ever Academic Book Week

This week has seen the UK’s first ever Academic Book Week; a celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of the academic book. The week was architected by the Academic Book of the Future Project,...

13 Nov 2015

Cambridge University Press celebrates Academic Book Week

This week Cambridge University Press is celebrating both University Press Week and Academic Book week by giving away free access to 20 of our most influential books, hosting an Open Day and live streaming...

9 Nov 2015

Why the oil price rose stupendously, why it will stay low, and what this means for the world

Roberto F. Aguilera and Marian Radetzki, authors of The Price of Oil (2015) look at how low oil prices will affect economics, the environment and politics.

Roberto F. Aguilera, Marian Radetzki | 6 Nov 2015

My First Encounter with the “Absurd”

Michael Y. Bennett, the author of he Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd , recalls the first time he encountered Beckett's classic of absurd drama.

Michael Y. Bennett | 5 Nov 2015

Cyber Psychology

Participants:  Patricia Wallace, the author of The Psychology of The Internet John Suler, the author of The Psychology of the Digital Age Kent Norman, the author of Cyberpsychology Raphael Cohen-Almagor,...

4 Nov 2015

Cosmic Encounters with Alien Life

Steven J. Dick, the editor of The Impact of Discovering Life Beyond Earth, contemplates how finding intelligent life and other worlds would irrevocably change our own.

Steven J. Dick | 3 Nov 2015

Happy Halloween!

First, you’ll want to brush up on the history of Halloween. Then check out all of the great new posts this week if you haven’t already! The gothic and the occult have a deep history in our...

31 Oct 2015

Becoming a Witch

In this excerpt, Virginia Krause, author of Witchcraft, Demonology, and Confession in Early Modern France (2015), explores how to become a witch.

30 Oct 2015

A Warning to Witches

With three villagers hanged on charges of witchcraft, nearby churches were set on a mission to discourage their parishioners from falling into the darker arts of witchcraft via annual sermons during the superstitious age of 16th Century England.

Andrew Martin | 29 Oct 2015