The twenty-first century has been hailed as the century of China. This project explores the role of cinema as a form of ‘soft power’ capable of shaping both the region’s self-image and others’ perception of Chinese culture. The phenomenal success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) is a...

Lessons from the physical and the life sciences of the eighteenth century What is the origin and nature of laws in physics and biology? In the eighteenth century, the philosopher Immanuel Kant gave remarkable answers to this question by drawing on the physical and life sciences of his time. Kant...

The scientific study of natural history began in the mid 1600s with the work of John Ray and his student Francis Willughby. Together they set a new standard in zoological studies. Their encyclopaedia of ornithology published in 1678 marked the beginning of a new era of natural history research. Willughby...