Long Commerce: Transactions across time Taking off from a 2007 Gresham lecture "Stealing the Silver...
Portugal and England, 1386-2010 Portugal and England, 1386-2010: A complex web of political, economic...
Brazilian Perceptions of Brazil, Past and Present The symposium will look at the country's rapidly developing economy...
The Question of Beauty in Architecture Alain de Botton, writer, broadcaster and producer, ponders the question...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
Enemies at home: from class war to the war on crime Hostility and demonisation in party political rhetoric in Britain. The...
Burma and North Korea - Avoid the Law unless Convenient Conflicts in both these countries show the real limits of...