What the Scottish Enlightenment Can Teach Us about Science and Religion
Lewis Ashman explores how 18th century Scottish Enlightenment philosophers reconciled science with religious belief.
Edinburgh University Press
Is world citizenship the solution to statelessness?
What does it mean to be state-less?
How food shapes peace, conflict, and human connection in everyday life
A Conversation with Dr. Elaine Pratley, author of Hungry for Peace
The Revolving Door at 10 Downing Street
Is the role of prime minister too difficult to perform successfully?
5 things the Piper Alpha disaster tells us about how the media covers anniversaries
Richard Jones on how journalism can reinterpret the meaning of historic events, helping them to retain a place in society’s shared consciousness.
How did the revenue men once invest in slavery?
John Parnell introduces his new research article.
Sudden Changes in Global Order — From Ancient to Early Modern Iran and Beyond
Dr M.A.H. Parsa explores Iran’s journey from Sasanian stability to Nader Shah’s empire.
Structural Bias, Education Reform, and Victorian Women’s Poetry
How did nineteenth-century British school textbooks help to institutionalise gender bias and erase women poets from literary history?
Henry Somers-Hall interviewed by Brent Adkins: Reading A Thousand Plateaus
Henry Somers-Hall talks to Brent Adkins (author of the bestselling critical introduction and guide to A Thousand Plateaus) about his new book, Reading A Thousand Plateaus, which takes us even deeper into Deleuze and Guattari's masterwork.
From Multiple Possible Worlds to Fission-Fusion Experience
From quantum theory to literary immersion, this blog examines how fission-fusion connects language, consciousness, and human experience.