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International Theatre Festivals and 21st-Century Interculturalism

By the end of the 20th Century festivals were springing up all over the world like mushrooms. Events that used merely to be events had become, in current jargon, “festivalized” as the world experienced...

Ric Knowles | 5 Nov 2021

Anesthesia for Maternal-Fetal Surgery: Clinical Concepts and Practice

Have you ever wondered how some babies develop congenital anomalies? Or more so, how some of these anomalies are repaired during pregnancy? How does that happen- particularly with the pregnancy continuing...

Olutoyin A. Olutoye | 4 Nov 2021

New Perspectives on the Haitian Revolution

How and why did the Haitian Revolution happen? How did enslaved people from varying backgrounds come together to orchestrate the most radical political event of the modern era – the only revolt of enslaved...

Crystal Nicole Eddins | 4 Nov 2021

The French Inception of the American Democratic Party

The U.S. Constitution of 1787 made no provisions for political parties. Only amidst the rivalries of the Washington administration, pitting Thomas Jefferson’s faction against Alexander Hamilton’s,...

Micah Alpaugh | 4 Nov 2021

What Inspired me to Write a Book on Dyslexia and Anxiety?

Diagnosed later in life with dyslexia, I have first-hand experience of the interrelatedness between dyslexia, anxiety, and negative emotion. After completing a master’s degree, I undertook an education...

Amanda T. Abbott-Jones | 4 Nov 2021

Performance and Modernity: Enacting Change on the Globalizing Stage

How do ideas take shape? How do concepts emerge into form? This book argues that they take shape quite literally in the human body, often appearing on stage in new styles of performance.Performance, in...

Julia A. Walker | 3 Nov 2021

Surviving Climate Chaos: Leaving no one behind

The most reliable way to ensure than no one is left behind is for vulnerable people to be watched over by neighbours who can alert public services and monitor the response.

Julian Caldecott | 3 Nov 2021

Author Shrawan Kumar’s Mathematical Journey

Even though I have liked mathematics ever since elementary school, I really started to enjoy mathematics in middle school, when I learned proofs in Plane Geometry. During my high school (up to grade 12),...

Shrawan Kumar | 29 Oct 2021

Q&A with Chris Jay Hoofnagle & Simson L. Garfinkel, authors of ‘Law and Policy for the Quantum Age’

Law and Policy for the Quantum Age (out now as Open Access) is for readers interested in the political and business strategies underlying quantum sensing, computing, and communication. This work explains...

Simson L. Garfinkel, Chris Jay Hoofnagle | 29 Oct 2021

An early manifestation of a contemporary debate: Kant’s early critics on freedom of the will

Contemporary analytic philosophy on free will deals with questions such as “How is freedom of the will possible given the causal predetermination of events in the world?” or “How can we justify...

John Walsh, Jörg Noller | 28 Oct 2021

Surviving Climate Chaos: The need for good leadership

Brave and accountable leaders who are competent on climate change are needed, but for the public to choose them reliably requires the universal early teaching and learning of ecology.

Julian Caldecott | 28 Oct 2021

Keeping expectations realistic for COP26 in Glasgow

There are great expectations by governments, businesses, and civil society for the forthcoming Glasgow Climate Conference, or COP 26, as it’s known in the jargon. US Secretary of State John Kerry has...

Joanna Depledge | 26 Oct 2021