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Relativity applications in radiation and plasma physics

Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity using “thought experiments’’ to illustrate the consequences of a constant speed of light.  Many measurements have validated Einstein’s...

Greg Tallents | 2 Nov 2022

Disciplining China’s State Capitalism through International Trade Rules: Regaining the Missed Opportunity

China’s state capitalism is one of the most controversial issues in today’s international trade governance. While China has undergone unprecedented market liberalization and economic reforms in past...

Henry Gao, Weihuan Zhou | 2 Nov 2022

Dynamic companies, the governance paradox and the board of directors of the future

Innovative companies are a critical pillar of dynamic societies. The modern firm is a formidable institution that offers valuable solutions to citizens’ problems, creates jobs, fosters scientific discovery,...

Jordi Canals | 2 Nov 2022

Reconstruction, Retrogression, Retrenchment, and the Roberts Court

Every moment of transformative racial progress in American history has been met with violence to preserve white supremacy and the subordination of BIPOC. Scholars and authors have detailed how the Court...

Cedric Merlin Powell | 1 Nov 2022

A New Enlightenment: Reclassifying the Death Penalty as Torture

In 1764, the Italian philosopher Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) published a book, Dei delitti e delle pene, that remains one of the seminal works of the Enlightenment. A law graduate of the University...

John Bessler | 1 Nov 2022

Small Things in the Eighteenth Century

When we first started to think about small things, we found we couldn’t stop. Small things had always been there of course, but it was hard to stop thinking about them once we got started. It was, to...

Chloe Wigston Smith, Beth Fowkes Tobin | 1 Nov 2022

Discourse Syntax

Why a textbook? For both of us, Discourse Syntax is our first textbook. We have both published critical monographs, research articles, and chapters for edited volumes, but, after two decades in...

Heidrun Dorgeloh, Anja Wanner | 31 Oct 2022

Ruminating on Ruin: The Renaissance Kinship between Memory and Mortality

It seems to be a contemporary truism that remembrance provides a comforting analgesic, if not a restorative, for the pain of loss. We seek refuge in the playground of memories to escape death’s increasing...

Grant Williams | 31 Oct 2022

A Practical Guide for Professionals

Our new publication with CUP, ‘Seeking Asylum and Mental Health is a practical guide to working with people seeking asylum.  It is aimed at professionals and services in a range of statutory and...

Chris Maloney, Julia Nelki, Alison Summers | 26 Oct 2022

Sovereign defaults during and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Sovereign states usually go into default when they are unable to repay their debts owed to creditors as a result of a balance-of-payment crisis. Both Argentina, amidst the historical financial crisis...

Kei Nakajima | 25 Oct 2022

UNDERSTANDING NATURAL SELECTION

Thomas Hardy, author of Tess of the d’Urbervilles and other great novels, was also a poet.  Born and raised a member of the Church of England, his faith was shattered on reading Charles Darwin’s...

Michael Ruse | 25 Oct 2022

Iran Then and Now: What Similarities in Protests in 2009 and 2022 Demonstrate

There is much speculation about what will be the outcome of the current protests underway in Iran. While it is impossible to predict the future, Iran’s recent history of social movement activity and...

Pouya Alimagham | 21 Oct 2022