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How is China getting innovative? A perspective of political economy

China has become not only the second largest economy in the world but also a juggernaut in science, technology, and innovation (STI). The publication of our book, The Political Economy of Science, Technology,...

Cong Cao, Yutao Sun | 30 Jun 2023

Chaucer’s Early Modern Readers

We tend to think of the physical printed book as a traditional format. In our own cultural moment, people often draw a contrast between printed books you can leaf through, dog-ear, or scrawl in, and their...

Devani Singh | 30 Jun 2023

The tone that makes the music: Psychodynamics of Listening with Intent

When a therapist listens to a patient in psychotherapy, this is a bit like listening to music. With music, we listen to musical notes but also to the tone, rhythm, the themes that emerge, the changes...

Adam Polnay | 30 Jun 2023

So you think you knew comics…

Comics are immensely volatile, existing in numerous forms, acquiring different degrees of acclaim (and disdain or indifference): they have designated sections in newspapers, they have leant characters...

Maaheen Ahmed | 30 Jun 2023

Johann Strauss’s Emperor Waltz. A Cover Story

One of the most pleasant tasks facing the author of a published book is choosing an appropriate image for the cover. For a biography of one person the choice is obvious, an image of the subject. In my...

David Wyn Jones | 29 Jun 2023

We Need to Change the God Debate

Towards A New Understanding Of Atheism No worldview has grown faster since the early 20th century than atheism. Exact numbers are hard to give, but probably some 5-10% of the world’s population...

Rik Peels | 27 Jun 2023

Enigmatic science played out in the fault lines of settler-colonial power

In recent years, the pandemic brought into relief the tensions that arise from the many and varied ways that people make sense of the natural world and its relationship to bodies. Masking. Vaccination....

Alexandra Roginski | 27 Jun 2023

Byron’s Don Juan

A friend told me recently that a young lecturer had agreed to teach the Romantics paper at her university on one condition. She asked to be excused from teaching Byron. It was chastening news for someone...

Richard Cronin | 27 Jun 2023

Everything is Interfaith Now

When I say “interfaith,” what comes to mind? People generally think of dialogue projects, with people of diverse religions talking about their beliefs and practices. Or an interfaith service like...

Rachel Mikva | 23 Jun 2023

New book ‘Presenting the First Test-Tube Baby’ provides the lost paper 45 years later

When Steptoe, Edwards and Purdy announced the birth of the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, 45 years ago it was an international sensation. But there was also disbelief from some colleagues...

Simon Burton | 22 Jun 2023

Language and Anxiety

Anxiety disorders cause people to experience a range of mental and physical problems but can be difficult for health professionals to diagnose. Understanding the language that people experience to describe...

Luke Collins, Paul Baker | 21 Jun 2023

What Historicity tells us about international politics and its imperial underpinnings – and what IR can learn

What does it mean to say that international politics has a history? To us, this seems to be one of the most fundamental questions that can be asked in the discipline of International Relations (IR). In...

Klaus Schlichte, Stephan Stetter | 20 Jun 2023