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Platforms for Knowledge: Architectural Images and the Rise of Empirical Science
What modes of scientific knowledge can images of architecture embody? An etching that Strasbourg artist Wendel Dietterlin the Elder released in the second, 1594 instalment of his serially published Architectura treatise [Fig. 1] suggests some answers to t…
A radically different method for solving problems
The animation running below shows a new kind of algorithm solving a nonogram puzzle. The task is to arrange purple squares in a grid according to some constraints listed on the sides. For example, the “3 5 5” next to the top row mean…
Singing in the Reign: Lyric Poetry and Greek Culture under Rome
When we think about lyric poetry and song traditions in the Roman Empire, the association is hardly new. Horace’s refined lyric experiments are well known, and Nero’s dramatic (and infamous) performance during the Great Fire of Rome in 64 CE&m…
Many Homers, One Epic Tradition: Rethinking the Origins of the Iliad and the Odyssey
For over two millennia, readers of the Iliad and the Odyssey have imagined a single, blind poet called Homer singing the deeds of the great heroes of the Trojan War. Captivating as this image may be, it owes more to romantic imagination than to historical…
The Voice of Neil MacCormick
Writing the life of a thinker is a long and difficult process. As an author, one often needs sources to which one can return and which never fail to refresh one’s original interests and revive the spirits, reanimating one’s pen. For me, writin…
What constitutional protections should be afforded to speech authored by artificial intelligence?
Exposure to the current media culture in almost any sphere – news, entertainment, business, politics, or technology – involves near constant contact with reporting on, and often barely concealed promotion of, artificial intelligence (AI) as a …
The Contexts of Sean O’Casey
At the time of writing, I am lucky enough to be working as a visiting fellow at the Arts and Humanities Institute of Maynooth University in Kildare. The university houses the archives of Teresa Deevy, a remarkable Irish playwright whose work had bee…
LATIN ACROSS CULTURES: THE LANGUAGE OF ROME IN A CONNECTED MEDITERRANEAN
‘The boundaries of the city of Rome are the same as those of the world’ (Fast. 2.684): Ovid’s striking claim about Rome’s global reach evokes the image of Rome as Cosmopolis—a centre of power whose influence radiated across t…
Contemplating Multilingual Education: A Global Journey into Language Learning and Teaching
In today’s rapidly globalizing world, multilingual education is no longer a niche interest—it is an essential approach to preparing learners for the linguistic realities they will face locally and globally. But what exactly is multilingual edu…
What can we learn about Globalization from Latin America? The view from Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs).
The international economic order is in a state of flux. Major political and economic developments are reconfiguring globalization as we know it: The World Trade Organization (WTO) is on life-support, a new era of economic statecraft has sparked confrontat…
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Pensar los 30.000 Que sabíamos sobre los desaparecidos durante la dictadura y lo que ignoramos todavía
The 1970s remain a minefield in Argentina. Nothing underscores this more than the discussion about who is responsible for the cycle of political violence and the number of missing persons, a topic that recurs time and again, dividing those who openly hold…
Muses at Three: Reflections by Dami Ajayi
It has been three years since Muses, the art blog of BJPsych International, was launched. Although time travels fast, reflection is an active process of slowing time down to take stock of what time has bequeathed us.
Akritas Cape: a recently discovered raptor migration hotspot in the Balkans
Several new hotspots have been identified in the past three decades, particularly in Italy, but none have approached the numbers observed at those three traditional sites. Up to now, the flyway connecting Greece with North Africa during post-breeding migr…
Reflections on constitutional transformations and more in the GLJ
The newest issue of the German Law Journal brings together critical reflections on constitutional transformations, contestations of citizenship, and evolving roles of public institutions in times of crisis.…
Magnetic fields and imaging technologies
Magnetic fields are at the core of many imaging technologies. A widely known modality is MRI, a standard procedure in medical imaging, which is however limited by a long scanning time and the ability to only image anatomical regions containing sufficient …
Interview with the editor of Comparative Studies in Society and History
Please introduce yourself. I’m Jatin Dua, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan and the incoming editor of Comparative Studies in Society and History.…
Cover Artwork: Sally Osborn
Sally Osborn is a ceramic artist who lives and works in Berlin and Glasgow. Her art is compelling in its abstract structure and which requires great skill to create. The roughness of the unglazed ceramic adds beauty to its sensuous shape.
Cambridge University Press to partner with the Linguistic Society of America
Cambridge University Press and the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) are excited to announce that Cambridge University Press will publish the Society’s journals Language and Phonological Data and Analysis fr…
Are you fooling yourself? Uncovering self-deception in betting and finance
The blog is written by authors Glenn Shafer and Valentin Dimitrov, both at Rutgers Business School, Newark, NJ, USA and is published in the journal, Judgment and Decision Making.…
Uncovering Hidden Diversity: A New Look at Parasitic Copepods in a Brazilian River
This study not only adds valuable information about Brazil’s overlooked parasite diversity but also challenges how we classify one of the most important groups of fish parasites. It’s a reminder that even in familiar waters, there's still a lo…
