Cambridge Core BlogMeet the Editors: Q&A with Professor Stephen Phillips MBE, Editor-in-Chief of Parasitology
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal.…
Archive for October 2019
New journal to explore the “mysterious ecosystem” in our guts
A new open access journal from Cambridge University Press, published in partnership with The Nutrition Society, will explore the vital interaction between people and the complex community of microorganisms that live in our digestive systems The journal, Gut Microbiome, will look at the factors that influence this gut microbiota and how they in turn affect our health and development.…
How do China-US rivalry and de-globalization affect Chinese business?
The international context of business has shifted markedly in recent years, with globalization under US hegemony giving way to the twin forces of de-globalization and a growing Sino-American rivalry.…
Islam and the Middle East – an article collection from Renaissance Quarterly
The editors of Renaissance Quarterly are pleased to provide free access to the following selection of articles relating to Islam and the Middle East during the Early Modern period.
Low intelligence linked to suicide risk later in life
People with low emotional control and low scores on intelligence tests in adolescence run a higher risk of suicide later in life.…
Ognjen awarded MRS Bulletin Postdoctoral Publication Prize
MRS Bulletin is pleased to announce that Ognjen Ilic has been selected to receive the 2019 MRS Bulletin Postdoctoral Publication Prize.
Quarterly Highlight: The Lengthy Journey towards a Treaty on Business & Human Rights
This post is part of the symposium that the BHRJ Blog is running on the revised binding treaty on business and human rights, which was released in July 2019.…
The Meaning and Telos of Israel’s Election: An Interfaith Response to N.T. Wright’s Reading of Paul
Until 5th November 2019, get free access to Joel Kaminsky and Mark Reasoner’s full article ‘The Meaning and Telos of Israel’s Election: An Interfaith Response to N.T.…
Bank Identity: Banks, ID Cards, and the Emergence of a Financial Identification Society in Sweden
Today almost every adult in Sweden has a digital BankID, issued by banks for the purpose of ensuring safe payments. However, a BankID is also a pre¬requisite for contacts with for example municipal schools, and the public healthcare system.…
The deeper meaning of the Ukrainian scandal
Before we know if the impeachment attempt of President Trump will go anywhere, the American voters seem to face the choice of two presidential hopefuls, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, both accused of exercising undue influence over the judiciary in another country, Ukraine.…
‘Great things are done when (Wo)Men & Mountains meet’. Cécile Morette and the Les Houches Summer School for Theoretical Physics (1951-1972)
This article explores the history of what was surely one of the strongest elements of that social apparatus, and one of the most innovative: the first and most effective ‘crash course’ in theoretical physics, the Les Houches School of Theoretical Physics, a summer school founded in 1951 by the young Cécile Morette (1922-1971), in a small alpine village.
Tyrolean stigmata in England: the voyage of the supernatural in the nineteenth century
Two young women in villages less than ten miles apart drew international attention from devout Catholics and sensation seekers.