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Character and Causation : Hume's Philosophy of Action
(Routledge, 2019-08-22)
In the first ever book-length treatment of David Hume’s philosophy of action, Constantine Sandis brings together seemingly disparate aspects of Hume’s work to present an understanding of human action that is much richer ...
Digital Archives Built by Students for Students : Inherited Learning at University of Hertfordshire
(JISC, 2018-09-01)
Inherited learning is the latest stage of a programme to develop digital history methods in the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Hertfordshire’s history department. Involving more members of staff than before ...
Masculinities, Wallpaper, and Crafting Domestic Space within the University, 1795-1914
(2018-09)
During renovations in the late 1990s, a ‘wallpaper sandwich’—made up of twelve preserved layers of wallpaper—was removed from the wall of a student room at Peterhouse College, at the University of Cambridge. This sandwich, ...
Cold War Sport, Film and Propaganda : A Comparative Analysis of the Superpowers
(2017-04-26)
Films and sports played central roles in Cold War popular culture. Each helped set ideological agendas domestically and internationally while serving as powerful substitutes for direct superpower conflict. This article ...
From Zero to Hero: : The CIA at the Movies Today
(2017-01-13)
This article examines the production, content, and public reception of Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012) and Argo (Ben Affleck, 2012). The two Oscar-winning films are set within the context of the Central Intelligence ...
Digital in the Undergraduate History Curriculum : Spotlight on the Digital Case Study
(2016-11-22)
The use of digital methods in historical research is now well established, and part of the common diet for graduate students. However ways of introducing such approaches and their benefits to undergraduates are less well ...
The juice is in the detail : An affordance-based view of talking therapies
(2015-04-22)
The burgeoning interest in enactive paradigms of perception and cognition offers an opportunity to reconsider how we conceive psychotherapy – ‘talking cures’ as functioning. In the past many therapy modes have focused on ...
Philosophy, Myth and Epic Cinema : Beyond Mere Illusions
(Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015)
Philosophy, Myth and Epic Cinema looks at the power of cinema in creating ideas that inspire our culture. Sylvie Magerstädt discusses the relationship between art, illusion and reality, a theme that has been part of ...
Body, Soul and Cyberspace in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema : Virtual Worlds and Ethical Problems
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014-09)
Body, Soul and Cyberspace explores how recent science-fiction cinema addresses questions about the connections between body and soul, virtuality, and the ways in which we engage with spirituality in the digital age. The ...