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Resurrecting the Bog Queen: Exploring the Gender Politics of Ireland's Bogs in Postcolonial and Nationalist Literature (10/26/20)
Bogs are one of Ireland’s most notable and mysterious landscapes. As explored in the work of Seamus Heaney, the bog’s... Go to Article »
Exploring Virgilian Structures in Book III of Spenser's Faerie Queene (04/13/14)
Contrary to the scintillating promise of its title, Spenser’s Faerie Queene is a far cry from the insubstantial delights of... Go to Article »
Against Eco-Camp: Analyzing the Flaws of the Modern Climate Movement (09/19/22)
This interdisciplinary paper investigates the shortfalls and obstacles to success currently facing the climate movement, examining... Go to Article »
Imperial Mughal Literature: A Rich Source of Scientific Information (02/25/22)
India was ruled by the Timurid-Mughal dynasty from 1526 to 1857. This period is mainly recognised for its art and architecture. The... Go to Article »
The Politics of Nation-Building, Ethnicity, and Democratization in Ethiopia (01/17/22)
This article explores the political relationship between nation-building, ethnicity, and democracy in the context of Ethiopia. It... Go to Article »
Performance of Class in the Socioeconomic Institutions of Early Medieval Ireland (10/08/21)
Early medieval Irish society operated on an elaborate power structure formalized by law, practiced through social interaction, and... Go to Article »
Foreignness and Freedom in the Plays of Christopher Marlowe (03/16/21)
In recent years, questions of racial, religious, and sexual inequalities across classic literature have left many educators and students... Go to Article »
Penelope, Helen, and the Ancient Greek Spectrum of Femininity: Observations of Womanhood in the Homeric Epics (02/26/21)
Although most Ancient Greek literature focused on male characters, a literary analysis of Homeric poetry reveals an inquisition of... Go to Article »
A Critical Analysis of the Biopsychosocial Risks Associated with Postpartum Depression in Indian Mothers (02/22/21)
Motherhood is an essential yet challenging feat that requires constant emotional, social, and physical support. Postpartum depression... Go to Article »
Stereotypes in Bollywood Cinema: Does Article 15 Reinforce the Dalit Narrative? (01/26/21)
‘Article 15’, released in 2019 is the first mainstream Bollywood film to focus on caste based atrocities. It depicts several... Go to Article »
The Development of the Modern Author in Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto and Strawberry Hill (01/15/21)
Much contemporary literary criticism has been devoted to Horace Walpole’s novel, The Castle of Otranto; so, too, has much... Go to Article »
Pain and Power: BDSM as Spiritual Expression (11/28/20)
Western society is becoming increasingly secular as religion disappears from the public sphere. This developing identification has... Go to Article »
The Illusion of Empowerment: A Feminist Analysis of Disney's Hercules (11/24/20)
Disney’s Hercules, which features both a strong male lead and a strong female lead, has the potential to appeal to, and therefore... Go to Article »
Deconstructing and Renouncing the Conditioned Identities of Gender and Nationality in Modern Society (11/09/20)
This paper investigates the convoluted societal processes to which the individual is exposed from an early age in order to form and... Go to Article »
Hume's Law and Genetic Engineering: Considering the Possible Implications of Positive Eugenics in Light of Our Horrific Past (10/28/20)
The eugenics movement of the 20th century epitomizes the danger that is possible when religion and science coalesce. Grounded in the... Go to Article »
Resurrecting the Bog Queen: Exploring the Gender Politics of Ireland's Bogs in Postcolonial and Nationalist Literature (10/26/20)
Bogs are one of Ireland’s most notable and mysterious landscapes. As explored in the work of Seamus Heaney, the bog’s... Go to Article »
Racialized Discourse and Economies of Female Saracen Bodies in The Sultan of Babylon (10/12/20)
The fifteenth-century Middle English romance "The Sultan of Babylon" partakes in the Orientalist literary tradition through the poet... Go to Article »
The Politics of the Spectacular and the Poetics of the Specular in William Shakespeare's Richard II (09/28/20)
In his 1957 The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology, Kantorowicz reads Richard’s coup de thé... Go to Article »
Chaos and Dissimulation in Ian McEwan's Modern Retelling of Hamlet (09/10/20)
This paper analyses Ian McEwan’s reuse of Shakespeare’s material in his retelling of Hamlet from the unusual point of... Go to Article »
A Historical Perspective on the Cultural Connotations Surrounding Eating Disorders (09/08/20)
Over 30 million people in the US are plagued by eating disorders (EDs), with at least one ED-related death occurring every 62 minutes... Go to Article »
Toxic Royalty: Feminism and the Rhetoric of Beauty in Disney Princess Films (07/23/20)
At Disneyland’s Magic Kingdom, light cascades across the night sky before spiraling down through the stars. The castle that... Go to Article »
Why are Women More Religious than Men? (10/04/19)
Scholars have since the 1980s tried to explain why women are more religious than men, but contradictory evidence complicates a precise... Go to Article »
The Military Masculine: Storytelling and Role-playing in Phil Klay's Stories of War (04/03/19)
This paper explores the conflict between hegemonic and new masculinity in Phil Klay’s Redeployment, illustrating the changing... Go to Article »
Fringe Religion & the Far-Right: Dangerous Behavior Patterns Among Christian Millennialists (03/01/19)
Radical thinking among the far-right is a growing security problem for modern western society. Over the past several decades anti-... Go to Article »
Class, Gender and the Anxieties of Meritocracy in Jacobean England (01/08/19)
The staged plays of the early Jacobean period are valuable textual products for the literary critic, the cultural researcher and the... Go to Article »
The Poetics of Witnessing in the Works of Seamus Heaney (03/22/18)
In his poem ‘Punishment’ from the poetry collection North (1975), Seamus Heaney picks up the voice of a witness who is... Go to Article »
Come, Sir Boy: Subverting Masculinity Through Cross-Gender Performance (11/30/17)
I was the wounded soldier in the opening scene of Macbeth, lying spread-eagled on the stage, flaunting my unsightly gashes. I closed... Go to Article »
MNC Decision Making under Sanctions: South Africa and Rhodesia (11/30/17)
By using an incentives/disincentives model to map the divergent behaviors of multinational corporations (MNCs) confronted by a sanctioned... Go to Article »
The Feminine Threat: Reconsidering the Damsel in Distress in Early Disney Films (11/06/17)
“Disney perpetuated a male myth through his fairy-tale films,” argues Jack Zipes (1995, p. 37). He writes that Walt Disney... Go to Article »
The Evolution and Devolution of Mental Health Services in Australia (10/17/17)
This article provides a brief historical overview of the development of mental health services in Australia. It commences with the... Go to Article »
Mary Magdalene as a Renewed Feminist Icon: Representations in the Christian Tradition as a Resource for Contemporary Liberation Theology (05/02/17)
Mary Magdalene remains prevalent within Christianity and popular culture. A mysterious and enigmatic figure, she continues to capture... Go to Article »
Literary Repetition and Revision as Healing: Harryette Mullen and Suzan-Lori Parks's Collective Solution to Historical Trauma (04/11/17)
Music functions as a source of healing in Toni Morrison’s Jazz, both to the bird who is inexplicably sad and for the broken... Go to Article »
Ghosts of Romanticism in Neil Gaiman's Children's Fiction (03/21/17)
From the point of view of childhood, modern Western society shows many parallels to the Romantic Age. While the industrial economy... Go to Article »
The Power of Symbols: The Ideological Representations of a French Revolution Playing Card Deck, the Revolutionnaires (03/01/17)
In 1793-1794, during the height of the French Revolution, a deck of playing cards was introduced that radically changed the future... Go to Article »
A 16th Century Ovid: The Influence of Classical Mythology on the Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays (02/27/17)
Commonly believed to be the single greatest writer and poet of the English language, as well as one of the most distinguished and... Go to Article »
The Role of Deception in Love as Portrayed in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night (01/18/17)
Although he is arguably best known for his tragedies exploring emotions associated with familial obligations, the need for revenge... Go to Article »
The Rise of Gay Liberation in Toronto: From Vilification to Validation (01/03/17)
When it comes to social perceptions of sexuality, media portrayals cannot be ignored, and in most cases provide important insights... Go to Article »
OMEGA: Playing for Change (10/30/16)
Despite all the information we have regarding climate change and the potential perils of continuing on our path of consumption, people... Go to Article »
Intersections of Gender, Race and Nation in Cloud Nine and M. Butterfly (10/25/16)
This article contributes to the debate as to whether Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill and M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang are ultimately... Go to Article »
Women's Struggles in Industrialized Victorian London as Depicted in Charles Dickens's Hard Times and Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market (09/23/16)
The Victorian Age was a time of rapid economic, social, and cultural change throughout England. Beginning in the late 1700s and early... Go to Article »
Comparing Godly and Satanic Happiness in John Milton's Paradise Lost (08/21/16)
Two conflicting modes of living—happiness pursued obediently (Godly) versus happiness pursued disobediently (Satanic)—... Go to Article »
The Burrito Behemoth: Chipotle Mexican Grill and Its Model for Success (05/31/16)
Chipotle Mexican Grill has revolutionized the fast food industry. In a short time, the brand has served as inspiration for the growing... Go to Article »
Defining the Legitimacy and Power of the State Through Weber and Foucault (05/24/16)
As a founder of sociology, Max Weber influenced the social sciences immensely. In his “Politics as a Vocation,” Weber... Go to Article »
The Ferris Wheel, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and the Display of American Superiority (04/17/16)
In May 1893, the gates to the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago officially opened to visitors. The event was a grand celebration... Go to Article »
Revisiting Crime Rates as a Measure of Crime Prevention Effectiveness: Does the "Crime Drop" Reveal a Policy Effectiveness 'Outcomes' Gap? (02/04/16)
A companion article (Has New Zealand Identified the Causes of Crime?) explored the development of five factors described as "the underlying... Go to Article »
Has New Zealand Identified the Causes of Crime? (02/04/16)
This article explores the genesis and development of The 5 Drivers of Crime (described as "the underlying causes of offending and... Go to Article »
Clear-Cutting of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest: A Brief Analysis of Clayoquot Sound (01/31/16)
Using Clayoquot Sound as a reference, the consequences clear-cut logging has on the coastal temperate rainforest ecosystems was examined... Go to Article »
Sexual Behavior in Prison Populations Understood Through the Framework of Rational Choice and Exchange Theory (01/17/16)
Rational choice and exchange theories have been used to explain many phenomena in the field of sociological research. Although some... Go to Article »
Divided Society, Divided Schools, Divided Lives: The Role of Education in Creating Social Cohesion in Northern Ireland (12/31/15)
The Troubles, a period of conflict between mostly Protestant Unionists and mostly Catholic Nationalists in Northern Ireland, ended... Go to Article »
Economic Impacts of the Conservation of the Mojave Shoulderband Snail (Helminthoglypta 'Coyote' Greggi) (12/20/15)
The terrestrial Mojave Shoulderband Snail (Helminthoglypta (Coyote) greggi) is being considered for status and protection as an endangered... Go to Article »
Do African-American Female Stereotypes Still Exist in Television? A Descriptive Character Analysis of Olivia Pope (11/18/15)
Scandal, the first network drama in decades to star an African-American woman, reaches millions of viewers on a weekly basis. This... Go to Article »
Why are Gender Relations Important to Include in the Study of Politics and Society? (10/19/15)
Politics has been given many different definitions, ranging from something as solid as “the activities associated with the governance... Go to Article »
The Kakawin Sutasoma: A Look at Bhinneka Tunggal Ika and Perceptions of the Text's Religious Implications (09/16/15)
This study is an analysis of the religious aspects of the epic Sutasoma. Written in the 14th century CE during the height of the Majapahit... Go to Article »
The Development of the Printing Press and the Decline of the Chronicle as Historical Method (06/04/15)
In his work The Idea of History, philosopher and historian Robin Collingwood outlines the development of historiography by leading... Go to Article »
Value-Added Real Effective Exchange Rates: Testing for Countries with High and Low Vertical Specialization in Trade (04/15/15)
I test a modified value-added real effective exchange rate based on the construction by Bems and Johnson (2012) for suitability as... Go to Article »
Statutory Rape and Teen "Sexting" Laws: The Consequences of Poorly Crafted Legislation (04/13/15)
Child pornography laws are primarily drawn from the "Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act" of 1977. This act targets... Go to Article »
Feminist and New Historicist Readings of Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" (03/25/15)
“The Man Who Would Be King” (1888)[1] is one of Rudyard Kipling’s most well known and highly acclaimed short stories... Go to Article »
Mob Violence Against Women in Algeria: A Historical Case Analysis (03/20/15)
Violence against women has recently become well recognized as a violation of human rights that holds worldwide significance. Unfortunately... Go to Article »
The Many Faces of Odysseus in Classical Literature (03/18/15)
The defining characteristics of Odysseus in classical literature are interpreted in wildly different ways by different authors: he... Go to Article »
Apocalyptic Imagery in Aurora Leigh (03/09/15)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh (1856) is an apocalyptic work, as seen in Aurora and Romney’s vision of the... Go to Article »
How Eric Holder's Role as Attorney General Impacted the Obama Presidency (02/09/15)
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s recent resignation is not the first controversial issue to arise out of his nearly six... Go to Article »
Important Distinctions Between Labels and Certifications and Why They Matter (12/10/14)
When browsing the grocery aisle, consumers are bombarded with and confused by a myriad of special labels. “Organic,” &... Go to Article »
From "Pockets of Poverty" to Potential Prosperity in Appalachia: Examining Mass Media Narratives of Poverty Stereotypes in Appalachia (11/30/14)
This research examined poverty stereotypes in Appalachia that were portrayed in a national newspaper, The New York Times, and a local... Go to Article »
A Beautiful Mess: The Evolution of Political Graffiti in the Contemporary City (11/01/14)
In the late 1990's the spray-painted name "Banksy" began accompanying stenciled images throughout the cities of London and Bristol... Go to Article »
A Beautiful Mess: The Evolution of Political Graffiti in the Contemporary City (11/01/14)
In the late 1990's the spray-painted name "Banksy" began accompanying stenciled images throughout the cities of London and Bristol... Go to Article »
Comparing Israel's 2009 and 2013 Elections: Impacts of the "Spiral of Silence" (06/13/14)
Israeli election campaigns, and especially Likud campaigning under Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, are known for their emphasis... Go to Article »
Infanticide as Slave Resistance: Evidence from Barbados, Jamaica, and Saint-Domingue (04/29/14)
Colonial-era fictional and non-fictional descriptions of slave motherhood offer conflicting accounts of the attitudes of slave mothers... Go to Article »
Exploring Virgilian Structures in Book III of Spenser's Faerie Queene (04/13/14)
Contrary to the scintillating promise of its title, Spenser’s Faerie Queene is a far cry from the insubstantial delights of... Go to Article »
Mythology and Astronomy as Manifestations of Ancient Greek Culture (12/19/13)
It is common to think of mythical heroes as being "larger than life." The stories of their legendary pursuits put these warriors on... Go to Article »
Four Lines to Immortality: Dido's Renaissance Through Josquin des Prez (11/22/13)
Dulces exuuiae, dum fata deusque sinebat, accipite hanc animam meque his exsoluite curis. uixi et quem dederat cursum Fortuna peregi... Go to Article »
Propaganda, Public Opinion, and the Second South African Boer War (10/28/13)
The Second Boer War (1899‑1902) was costly for Great Britain and the semi‑independent South African Republic (Transvaal... Go to Article »
Barriers for Women to Positions of Power: How Societal and Corporate Structures, Perceptions of Leadership and Discrimination Restrict Women's Advancement to Authority (09/30/13)
Women’s advancement in the corporate workplace has taken significant strides over the last century. Research demonstrates, however... Go to Article »
The End of Multiculturalism? Immigration and Integration in Germany and the United Kingdom (06/05/13)
Within a short span of time, immigration has become one of the major issues in the field of European politics and social discourse... Go to Article »
Corruption Driven Reform: China's Economic Reforms in the Post-Mao Period (04/09/13)
Corruption is damaging in almost every economic aspect, but it can play a crucial role in the dynamics of political changes and reforms... Go to Article »
Planetary Survival in the 21st Century: Confronting Land Degradation, Biodiversity Loss, and Climate Change (01/15/13)
Everywhere, everyday we are reminded of the planetary crisis. Ice caps melt, forests are decimated, species go extinct and extreme... Go to Article »
Reevaluating the Role of Women in Beowulf (09/30/12)
This essay explores the roles of women in Beowulf in a contextual assessment. It is often an incorrect assumption that women within... Go to Article »
Reevaluating the Role of Women in Beowulf (09/30/12)
This essay explores the roles of women in Beowulf in a contextual assessment. It is often an incorrect assumption that women within... Go to Article »
Good Girls Gone Bad: Race and Gender in Oxygen's The Bad Girls Club (07/30/12)
“Reality television” programs attempt to portray normal people in everyday situations. In recent years, the genre has... Go to Article »
William Tyndale: Contribution to the English Language and Father of the English Bible (02/23/12)
The English language is constantly changing. More and more editions of the Webster’s Dictionary are being published every decade... Go to Article »
What Riot? Punk Rock Politics, Fascism, and Rock Against Racism (01/30/12)
The punk-rock movement or youth subculture of late seventies Britain was and is, even today, the cause of much controversy. It has... Go to Article »
UK Membership in the European Union: Undermining Parliamentary Sovereignty? (09/27/11)
Of the European Union’s twenty-seven member states, no country is more sceptical of political and economic integration than... Go to Article »
The Macdonald Sisters: How They Visually Created Equality Between Men and Women (09/13/11)
The prevailing issue of fin-de-siècle France was the increasing autonomy of women. Independence for women threatened traditional... Go to Article »
Political and Social Change and its Depictions in 19th Century French and English Caricature: Decapitation, Dismemberment, and Defecation (08/15/11)
The function of caricature within the public sphere can be described as a subversive weapon.[1] It can be said that caricature as... Go to Article »
Bonne de Luxembourg's Three Living and Three Dead: Abnormal Decomposition (07/27/11)
In fourteenth century Medieval Europe the theme of the macabre was commonplace as seen by an overwhelming obsession of cadaverous... Go to Article »
Appropriation in Contemporary Art (06/22/11)
Appropriation refers to the act of borrowing or reusing existing elements within a new work. Post-modern appropriation artists, including... Go to Article »
Appropriation in Contemporary Art (06/22/11)
Appropriation refers to the act of borrowing or reusing existing elements within a new work. Post-modern appropriation artists, including... Go to Article »
An Ethnography of Water Birth and its Representations on YouTube (06/16/11)
The purpose of this qualitative research study is to report semi-structured interview narratives from sixteen parents who had given... Go to Article »
Nigromancy in the Later Middle Ages (06/09/11)
The struggle of the early modern church against witchcraft is rightly famous. However, before they were hunting woman flying on broomsticks... Go to Article »
The Role of Obedience in Society (05/06/11)
Obedience is a part of the foundation of society. Without obedience, naught would exist but chaos and anarchy. Without stability,... Go to Article »
Is Paul a Liar? The Pauline Corinthian Conflict and the Need for Reform in the American Church (05/02/11)
The corpus of literature regarding Pauline Criticism is largely qualitative and polarized. Close examination of the Pauline-Corinthian... Go to Article »
Governmentality and the Deportation of Eastern European Roma in Italy and France (04/15/11)
This case study asks the following question: given the symbol of the European Union as the ultimate supranational, rights-based, compliance... Go to Article »
Using Online Forums in Language Learning and Education (03/23/11)
Online forums are also known as discussion boards or message boards. They enable users of a website to interact with each other by... Go to Article »
C'est Moi: Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" (03/10/11)
Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary is an intricate and compelling tale of a young woman caught in the throes of romanticism, a... Go to Article »
Contemporary Poetry's Influence on Cross-Cultural Perceptions (02/23/11)
Despite the fact that human nature has evolved little since the dawn of humankind, our most basal emotions remaining largely unchanged... Go to Article »
Gender-Specific Language of the Major Prophets in The Hebrew Bible: The Case of the First and Second Isaiah (02/04/11)
Prophecy is one of the most important institutions in the Hebrew Bible. The prophet is regarded as the voice of the Lord, bringing... Go to Article »
Superheroes, Superpowers, and Sexuality (10/29/10)
Superheroes have a strong influence in our society, and as such we should look at the messages that they  represent. To this... Go to Article »
Women in Ancient Japan: From Matriarchal Antiquity to Acquiescent Confinement (09/15/10)
The role of women in ancient Japan elicits inconsistencies due to different influences that were integrated at various time periods... Go to Article »
Property Dualism & Physicalism: Unclenching the Soldier's Fist (08/31/10)
From the time of the ancient Greek philosophers to modern contemporaries, the mind-body problem has been perpetually debated. With... Go to Article »
"And I of Ladies Most Deject and Wretched:" Diagnosing Shakespeare's Ophelia with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (07/28/10)
If William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is “the most famous play in English literature,” his Ophelia is arguably the field... Go to Article »
Vampires: The Ever-Changing Face of Fear (05/07/10)
In the past two-hundred or so years, vampires have transformed from a sort of worst nightmare into the charming hero of our dreams... Go to Article »
Torturing America: Securing the American Interest (04/15/10)
Even before his inauguration, President Barack Obama made it clear that he believed torture was morally reprehensible and promised... Go to Article »
A Generation of Men Raised by Women: Gender Constructs in 'Fight Club' (04/09/10)
Throughout history has existed a prevalent theme of men and women being reliant on one another, despite the significant—though... Go to Article »
The Uncommon Commonality of Eleanor of Aquitaine (03/01/10)
"Western civilization was feeling the need for a reassessment, a redefinition of some of its basic principles regarding the nature... Go to Article »
From Bullies to Heroes: Homophobia in Video Games (02/08/10)
Due to the lack of homosexual characters in mainstream video games, there are very few positive references to homosexuality. If a... Go to Article »
Comparing Female Characters in "Christabel" and "The Eve of St. Agnes" (02/05/10)
Despite both being the leading female characters in their respective pieces, Christabel from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Christabel... Go to Article »
The Manipulative Nature of Claudius in Shakespeare's Hamlet (02/01/10)
King Claudius, as seen in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is both intelligent and well-spoken, two traits that, put together,... Go to Article »
The "Vast Wasteland" Gets Vaster: The Future of Television in the Online Revolution (01/26/10)
In 1961, nearly a decade after the “Golden Age” of television had passed, commercial television was still changing the... Go to Article »
Filling in the Holes in the Biography of William Shakespeare (01/25/10)
Shakespeare was a man surrounded by controversy.  He, himself, has a biography filled with holes and question marks. Some have... Go to Article »
Sylvia Plath's "Bee Sequence": A Microcosm of Poetic Development (01/21/10)
The poems which Sylvia Plath composed in the weeks and days immediately preceding her death contain some of the most disturbing themes... Go to Article »
Exclusion, Misrepresentation and Discrimination: Still Prevalent for Women in American Media and Politics (01/20/10)
Mass media is perhaps the most powerful tool in the world for creating, changing or perpetuating society’s ideas about an issue... Go to Article »
William Shakespeare's Richard III: Brilliant Schemer, Entertaining Villain (01/11/10)
William Shakespeare’s Richard III is no doubt a fascinating character and an entertaining villain. It is Shakespeare’s... Go to Article »
Examining U.S. Foreign Policy, Refuting American Isolationism (01/06/10)
From before its birth to the present, the expansion of US power has been analogous to an ever-expanding hand upon the globe. Despite... Go to Article »
Still the Good Fight? The Commonwealth of Nations Turn 60 (01/01/10)
Such was the BBC’s indictment of the Commonwealth after its 1950 Foreign Minister’s conference in Colombo.1 Yet despite... Go to Article »
Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Plays of Shakespeare (12/31/09)
The number of ancient sources available to the readers and playwrights of Elizabethan times was truly immeasurable. These sources... Go to Article »
Hell Hath No Fury: The Relationship Between Greece's Medusa and Egypt's Wadjet (12/29/09)
Two seemingly unconnected goddesses have more in common than most know. The earth is a small place and  mythologies from one... Go to Article »
Jean De Joinville and his Biography of Saint Louis on the Seventh Crusade (12/18/09)
The French historian Jean de Joinville was born into a noble and influential family in Champagne in 1224.[1] He took the cross in... Go to Article »
How Now, Hecate? The Supernatural in Shakespeare's Tragedies (12/17/09)
I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the... Go to Article »
Examining Mythology in "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis (11/27/09)
The wonder of opening a book feels very similar to the experience of opening a wardrobe door and finding oneself in another world.&... Go to Article »
Female Norms and the Patriarchal Power Structure in Shakespeare's Hamlet (11/17/09)
Socialization is the process by which individuals internalize the mores and norms of the society they live in. It is through this... Go to Article »
Child Sex Tourism: "Us" and "Them" in a Globalized World (11/04/09)
“In London, Hamburg or San Francisco … we rarely see ordinary, middle-aged men and women flirting with homeless teenagers... Go to Article »
Essential Modernisation or Excessive Meddling? Labour, Wakeham and the Lords Reforms (01/01/00)
Tony Blair has long been committed to the abolition of hereditary peers; the 1997 Labour Party Manifesto promised that this would... Go to Article »
Rugby: Who's Game is it Anyway? (01/01/00)
Rugby is an extraordinary game for a number of reasons. In the five nations of the Five Nations Championship, it excites great enthusiasm... Go to Article »
The Future Of The British Monarchy (01/01/99)
In this article I intend to examine the question of whether the Monarchy has a role in Britain’s future. In order to answer... Go to Article »
The Irish Presidential System (01/01/99)
The role of President was laid out in the Irish Constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann) of 1937 with the first elections to the... Go to Article »
Re-stating the Case for Monarchy (01/01/97)
Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Aberystwyth, to open the new extension of the National Library of Wales, has predictably... Go to Article »
A Question of Identity (01/01/97)
Pauline Hanson is the most controversial politician in Australia. Since early September, the Queensland MP has divided Australian... Go to Article »