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Yearly Archives: 2016

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  • 5 Dec 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    Race Matters

    “The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line,” W.E.B. DuBois famously observed of the United States.  Despite the occasional proclamations of a post-racial society in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s 2008 election, race has continued to dominate American life well into the next century, a fact startlingly brought home in […]

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  • 5 Dec 2016
    R. Keith Sawyer, Michael A. Evans, Martin J. Packer

    Learning Sciences: A Virtual Round-table (Week Six)

    Last week, we asked the editors of Reflections on the Learning Sciences about potential barriers to innovation in the realm of learning sciences This week, we ask: What does the future have in store for learning sciences?  Participants:  Michael A. Evans, North Carolina State University Martin J. Packer, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia R. Keith Sawyer, University of North Carolina, […]

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  • 2 Dec 2016
    Alexander Hill

    Writing The Red Army and the Second World War

    Alexander Hill shares his journey of writing The Red Army and the Second World War

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  • 30 Nov 2016
    Curbing Catastrophe by Tim Dixon
    Timothy H. Dixon

    Curbing Catastrophe: Foreign Aid to Haiti: Unintended Consequences and World GIS Day

    Foreign Aid to Haiti:  Unintended Consequences and World GIS Day Hurricane Mathew struck Haiti on October 4, 2016, killing hundreds of people and devastating this impoverished nation, the poorest in the western hemisphere. As with the aftermath of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, which destroyed the capitol of Port au Prince, charitable organizations, NGOs, faith-based groups and […]

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  • 30 Nov 2016
    Campbell McLachlan

    Brexit and the Foreign Affairs Prerogative

    On Monday 5 December 2016, the UK Supreme Court will hear the Government’s appeal from the judgment of the Divisional Court in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. It is the case of the century on the scope of the foreign affairs treaty prerogative. A unanimous Divisional Court held that […]

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  • 29 Nov 2016
    R. Keith Sawyer, Michael A. Evans, Martin J. Packer

    Learning Sciences: A Virtual Round-table (Week Five)

    Three experts discuss learning sciences in week five of a seven week long virtual round-table discussion.

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  • 19 Nov 2016
    Susan Wolfson

    Keats Wrought up to Writing

    Keats' sonnet ''Great Spirits'' was written 200 years ago in 1816. We're celebrating this 200th anniversary with a blog post written by Susan Wolfson, author of Reading John Keats.

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  • 18 Nov 2016

    Enter our ‘Shoot the Moon’ photo competition

    The Moon boasts an unexpected variety of landscapes - including volcanic features, sinuous valleys and ghost craters - which are readily visible from Earth. Now, a new practical guide called, Shoot the Moon, explains and demonstrates how you can capture impressive images of our nearest neighbour in space using a variety of different techniques.

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