Reinventing the Wheel: The cost of neglecting international history There is an ever increasing tendency to imagine ourselves living...
The Londonderry Plantation from 1641 until the Disengagement at the end of the Nineteenth Century The events that led to the Londonderry Plantation had momentous...
Banned Books and Freedom of Expression The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...
Plato's Cave: Thinking about Climate Change In The Republic, Plato explores the predicament of the Cave...
Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions How have lawgivers featured in modern revolutions? This lecture considers...
Democracy: Ancient Models, Modern Challenges Demokratia is the power (kratos) of the people (demos). But...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
The Presidential Election of 1968 - and Implications for 2024 The 1968 Presidential Election remains the most divisive in modern...
Britain in the 20th Century: A new consensus? 1990-2001 The fall of Margaret Thatcher left a legacy that was...