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Africa’s Image in Ghana’s Press: The influences of global news organisations

Africa’s Image in Ghana’s Press: The influences of global news organisations

Read Michael Serwornoo's reflections on his new title 'The Image of Africa in Ghana’s Press: The Influence of Global News Organisations'.

On ‘Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities around the World Make Sense of Climate Change’

On ‘Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities around the World Make Sense of Climate Change’

Read Domenic Rotundo's thoughts on our latest Open Access title 'Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities around the World Make Sense of Climate Change'

On Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'

On Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'

Read Hannah Godfrey's blog on Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin' and Maurice Wolfthal's latest translation of this title.

Vigilantes in the Digital Age

Vigilantes in the Digital Age

Read Christopher Hubbard's blog on digital vigilantism, social media and our new title 'Introducing Vigilant Audiences'.

On 'Making Up Numbers'

On 'Making Up Numbers'

Read Ekkehard Kopp's thoughts on the scholarly relevance of his latest title 'Making Up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics'.

Stephen Robertson on the Pre-history of the Digital Age

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Stephen Robertson on the Pre-history of the Digital Age

Read Stephen Robertson's, author of 'B C, Before Computers: On Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital Data', thoughts on the Pre-history of the Digital Age

An Open Essay on the Personal and Profound Relevance of Simplified Signs

An Open Essay on the Personal and Profound Relevance of Simplified Signs

Read Jessica Davis' open essay on the relevance of the Simplified Signs project and her involvement in it.

Simplified Signs and Psycholinguistics

Simplified Signs and Psycholinguistics

Read Filip T. Loncke's reflections on the Simplified Sign project and on his collaboration to the system.

Tackling Simplified Sign System Handshapes: Five Basics to Get You Started

Tackling Simplified Sign System Handshapes: Five Basics to Get You Started

Read Tracy T. Dooley's introduction to the Simplified Signs system's handshapes.

The Possibility of Signs

The Possibility of Signs

This is the first of a series of blog post on one of our latest titles 'Simplified Signs: A Manual Sign-Communication System for Special Populations'. Read William B. Bonvillian's reflections on the Simplified Signs project.

‘Thieves’ marks’ and ‘tinder-wolves’: The Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law

‘Thieves’ marks’ and ‘tinder-wolves’: The Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law

Read Adèle Kreager's take on our new title 'A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law'.

On 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

On 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

Read Domenic Rotundo's reflections on our forthcoming book 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

Margery Spring Rice: Pioneer of Women’s Health in the Early Twentieth Century

Margery Spring Rice: Pioneer of Women’s Health in the Early Twentieth Century

In this new blog Dr Lucy Pollard, author of 'Margery Spring Rice: Pioneer of Women’s Health in the Early Twentieth Century', reflects on her new title and her role as a biographer.

'Models in Microeconomic Theory'

'Models in Microeconomic Theory'

by Martin J. Osborne As an undergraduate, I was fortunate not to learn microeconomic theory from a textbook. Instead, I was privileged to have two wonderful teachers, Frank Hahn and Partha Dasgupta. Frank taught consumer, producer, and general equilibrium theory (our Chapters 4-6 and 10-12), and Partha, in small group

Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer’s 'Four Books on Human Proportion': Renaissance Proportion Theory

Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer’s 'Four Books on Human Proportion': Renaissance Proportion Theory

by James Hutson Ever since the seminal publication on human proportion by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, the relevance to such studies to other areas was rarely in question. Writers on poetry, natural philosophy, astronomy and astrology, and the visual arts all found a useful interpretative schema readymade in

Open education is key to the future of learning

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Open education is key to the future of learning

Photo by Nathan Dumlao [https://unsplash.com/@nate_dumlao?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/open-sign?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Education is the key to human development and social mobility. Education is also the engine

History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective – Erik Ringmar

International relations

History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective – Erik Ringmar

International Relations (IR) can be defined as the study of the interconnectedness of nations on a global level, merging the disciplines of economics, history, political science and law to examine such topics as human rights, globalisation, security and the environment. Primarily, IR seeks to understand the origins of war, the