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Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence
History & The Arts

Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence

...world, and what struck me was how familiar their concerns felt. They were debating issues we still face: who benefits from global trade, whether commerce promotes peace or rivalry, and how governments should respond to economic upheaval. 2. What is your specialist area and how did you end up focusing on this? I gravitated toward the Scottish Enlightenment because...
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How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...world history textbook for New York public high schools, for example, the “Muslim World,” appears in the 10th chapter. In condensing a thousand years of history – from the seventh to the 17th century – it focuses only on “Arab armies” and the rise of early modern Muslim empires. Such narrow focus misses out on the cultural exchanges during this period. For...
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What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...world lessons? Lots of people have tried, most famously with the virtual world of Second Life, but most attempts have relied on novelty value and not on the other possibilities that these technologies can offer. Augmented reality can use electronic devices to extend users’ perception of their current environment to include and bring to life different times, spaces,...
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The impact of Brexit on British wages
Money & Business

The impact of Brexit on British wages

...world to industrialise beginning in the early 19th century. Although first considered illegal, unions were officially legalised in 1857. Over the next century, they would be influential in representing worker’s rights both in terms of collective bargaining with employers, helping to build a strong “Labour” political party and winning a number of generalised employee...
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Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist

...world and the annihilation [of its value] results from our need to oppose Being to Non-being [the Nothing], and that the concept of ‘Becoming’ is denied. (Friedrich Nietzsche, Unpublished Notebooks, 1887–88) It requires a lot of analysis and contextual knowledge to make explicit the argument that Nietzsche makes in this aphorism. However, in short, he draws our...
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Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

...World Health Organization has warned that we need to tackle rising obesity rates worldwide as a matter of urgency. It concluded that marketing for unhealthy food affects children’s preferences and we should reduce their exposure to it. In contrast, food companies use psychological research to argue that teens - unlike younger children - are competent decision-makers....
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How does nature tell the time?
Nature & Environment

How does nature tell the time?

...World Wars and the 1987 hurricane! So much history is lost in the mists of time, but not for trees. Everything that has happened has actually been recorded inside. Trees are the ultimate precise annual calendar. By opening up a tree we can learn about the environment it grew in and conditions that may have affected the human population at the time. But how is it possible...
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Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options
Money & Business

Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options

...world, Emmanuel Yujuico suggests that there might not be a single replacement hub in the future...[Lloyds Banking Group headquarters, London] Would Lloyds Banking Group abandon its London HQ for pastures new? The UK's self-inflicted wound called "Brexit" has not gone unnoticed by other European financial centers keen on picking up some banking-related employment and...
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