Historian Nile Green, UCLA, describes why the notion of a “Clash of Civilizations” between the West and the Islamic world is inappropriate, while describing how the model of “religious economy” can help us improve both understanding and...

Alexa teaches you how to conjugate the French verb RÉFLÉCHIR (to think/reflect) in 5 main French tenses.

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The 2019 Super Bowl featured some AI-focused ads! But how accurate were they?

Philosopher of science James Robert Brown, University of Toronto, describes how the common view that we have of Galileo ushering in the Scientific Revolution by dropping balls from the leaning tower of Pisa is profoundly incorrect, and...

Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes how his own upbringing in India is marked by a sense of crisis that he shares with other figures in other places and times.

In this thought-provoking video, Quentin Skinner advocates for revisiting and reviving past ideas on freedom and citizenship that were unjustly discarded. He argues that by exploring historical texts and extracting valuable insights, we...

In this thought-provoking video, Quentin Skinner challenges us to question conventional interpretations of moral and political concepts, urging us to explore alternative perspectives that have been overlooked. He advocates for revisiting...

Princeton University historian David Cannadine describes his belief that the standard historical categorisations of religion, nation, class, gender, race or civilisation that have been often used to understand history might not actually...

This video discusses contrasting viewpoints presented by CP Snow and Leavis regarding the relationship between science, technology, prosperity, and societal values. Snow emphasizes the positive impact of science and technology on...

Harvard University historian David Armitage discusses the question of how the past can be used to shape today’s policy, describing how policymakers should not only try to avoid making the same mistakes, but also consider worthy roads not...

David Armitage, a historian at Harvard University, challenges traditional narratives by exploring the intertwined relationship between state formation and empire-building. Through his work, he examines how the concept of the state was...

Historian David Armitage (Harvard) uses the example of international intervention to show how history can help us guide today's decisions.

Historian David Cannadine, University of Princeton, describes how he believes the time is ripe for historians to increasingly interact with geneticists and neuroscientists in an attempt to better address the fundamental question of what...

Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) describes his initial confusion when trying to understand Machiavelli and other Renaissance philosophers when they spoke of what it means to be a free citizen.

Here's a video in a series of quick tips to help you while learning ANY foreign language.



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Social psychologist Roy Baumeister (Queensland) describes aspects of his current research of how people think about the future.

Although originating in the dramatic theatre or narrative theatre, dramaturgy is an increasingly useful notion for describing the affective journey an audience goes on while watching a play or performance.



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Renowned particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study, describes how he believes that the surprisingly simple final form of a large class of complex calculations is a clue to how we can move forwards towards...

Quantum physicist Artur Ekert describes how his formative work in quantum cryptography was motivated by a desire to concretely probe philosophical ideas first formulated by Albert Einstein and later refined by John Bell.

Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) describes how popular science writing often communicates already outdated ideas to the public.

Northeastern University social psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett relates how modern neuroscience has moved from focusing on the behaviour of individual neurons to examining neural networks - vast numbers of neurons linked together.