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At the end of March, the last book of the famous British Marxist historian Eric J. Hobsbawm (1917-2012), Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the 21st Century was fi…
- Kenneth N. Waltz, 1924-2013
I learned this morning that Kenneth N. Waltz, who was arguably the preeminent theorist of international relations of the postwar period, had passed away at the age of 8…
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As the 44th World Earth Day was approaching this year, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was one of many to propound the need for humankind to take positive action in ad…
- UNESCO Congress says culture key to sustainable development
UNESCO’s International Congress “Culture: Key to sustainable development” convened in Hangzhou from May 15th to 17th. The congress marked the first UNESCO internatio…
- Universities join hands with business to boost UK's economy
Sixteen UK universities will benefit from a £50 million investment in cutting-edged areas, UK Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts announced at the Hig…
- Scholars propose new impact metrics
In a paper in the most recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Jonathan Stallings et al. argue that the current metrics to determine…
- ‘Cooperate with business’ say university leaders at summit
On May 28th to 30th, the 2013 Global University Summit was held at the University of Warwick in London. Universities from over thirty countries were represented. During…
- Bring Tibet to the world through academic promotion
On June 29th and 30th, the First Advanced International Communication Forum on Tibetan Culture was held at Tibet University for Nationalities. Experts from Renmin Unive…
- Big data poses challenges for cognition
In the course of daily life, big data seems omnipresent. It has overturned many traditional modes of thinking, posing new challenges to communication styles and even to…
Time:08/29/2013 Hits:24At the end of March, the last book of the famous British Marxist historian Eric J. Hobsbawm (1917-2012), Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the 21st Century was fi…