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Global Political Economy 101: Why Few Have Much, and Many Have Little - Inequality

Inequality is one of the main features of contemporary society. What is its history? How is it conceptualised by scholars?

Witchcraft in Literature 101: Social Commentary in "The Witches of Eastwick"

"The Witches of Eastwick" (1984) by John Updike is set in a small town in New England, with a Puritan heritage, at the end of the 1960s.

Physics of the Senses 101: Gustatory Perception or Taste

Gustation is a complex sense relying on a variety of stimuli. Links with genetics and memory are explored, as well as supertaste in animals.

The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: The Culture of Late Antiquity

The art and philosophy of the period inspired the confidence that there is something larger and more powerful above an individual.

Postmodern Retellings 102: Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose

Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose (1992) explores the ability of fiction to mask repressed traumas or experiences.