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Scholars of the ancient world are, I think, often satisfied with their antique interests. They study texts and inscriptions, languages, peoples, and entire civilizations, many of which are otherwise extinct...
Tinkler Ducket was expelled from the University of Cambridge in March 1739, being found guilty of ‘the very serious crime of atheism’. The young don’s case had been the subject of a hearing before...
The cover of Hegel and the Representative Constitution features Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s 1813 painting The Morning because it reflects the mood in contemporary ‘Germany’, symbolising the kind of...
1. Challenges ahead Human rights are contested. This comes as no surprise because they always have been. In recent years, however, new forms of criticism have emerged that merit close attention...
In March and April 2023, Al Jazeera’s investigative unit released a documentary series on gold smuggling, money laundering, corruption, and organised crime in Zimbabwe. The documentary implicated...
In a Word Association Test, someone is given a series of words as prompts and asked to reply with any word that pops into their head at the mention of each prompt. So here is a one-item Word Association...
The Conference of Lausanne in 1922-23 offers invaluable insights into the state of the world, Europe, and the Middle East at a crossroads after World War I. This Near East Peace Conference resulted in...
Undocumented migrants die in deserts, in winter snowdrifts and in turbulent seas. Authoritarian populist leaders jail political opponents, attack the judicial branch of government, and silence independent...
Get your hands on the latest gibbon book! “Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene“. All about the smallest apes: gibbons and siamang representing 20 species across 11 countries in Asia. Hylobatids...
Educating for Democracy provides a vision for preparing students to become active, competent citizens able to assume the responsibilities of democratic participation. This vision is guided by the...
Food shortages were a fact of life throughout Europe during the Second World War, and a daily struggle for most consumers. In France a children’s board game, the “Jeu de rutabaga” (Rutabaga Game,...
‘Schubert didn’t write many quartets, did he?’ was a question I faced with surprising regularity through the writing of this book. Beyond such Schubertian staples as the ‘Death and the Maiden’,...
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