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  • 21 May 2020
    Lockdown Lectures History

    Lockdown Lectures: Q&A With History Authors

    We hope everyone enjoyed our Facebook Live Q&A yesterday with Kris Lane, Matthew Restall and Merry Wiesner-Hanks! Thank you to everyone who submitted questions. It was great to hear about the authors’ teaching experiences and what motivated them to write their textbooks. They shared some useful advice on restructuring courses to teach online. They also […]

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  • 8 Feb 2016
    Female marine. Photo: Expert Infantry via Creative Commons.

    The gender politics of military service

    Author Dorit Geva discusses her novel approach to studying the gender politics of military service in France and the United States.

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  • 26 Nov 2015
    Merry Wiesner-Hanks on The Cambridge World History series

    Merry Wiesner-Hanks on writing The Cambridge World History

    Editor-in-Chief Merry Wiesner-Hanks introduces The Cambridge World History and gives an insight into how the World's history was mapped across its 7 volumes.

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  • 6 Oct 2014

    An Interview with Gael McDonald

    Gael McDonald, the author of Business Ethics: A Contemporary Approach, discusses the issues raised in her textbook, as well as the plethora of accompanying resources that have been developed to support students and teachers alike.

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  • 13 Dec 2013
    Professor Paul Cartledge

    Paul Cartledge on the legacy of Ancient Greek Theatre

    In this video interview, Professor Paul Cartledge, author of Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice, talks to us about the legacy of Greek Theatre.

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  • 14 Nov 2013

    Who’s Bigger?: The Math Behind Ranking Historical Figures

    In this interview with Steven Skiena, the author of Who's Bigger?: Where Historical Figures Really Rank takes readers behind the scenes of his latest study in historical significance. Who belongs in the annals of history...and what kind of algorithms can computer scientists use to figure it out?

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  • 7 Nov 2013

    Hollywood’s Forgotten Right

    Donald Critchlow discusses the surprising inspiration for his recently released book, WHEN HOLLYWOOD WAS RIGHT. Video courtesy of Arizona State University.

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  • 27 Sep 2013

    Outsourcing Economics

    William Milberg and Deborah Winkler, the authors of Outsourcing Economics: Global Value Chains in Capitalist Developments stopped by Cambridge's Manhattan office and answered our questions about their latest book.

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