July 11, 2013
In Washington D.C. top officials from the U.S. and Chinese governments are meeting for the fifth round of the U.S.—China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Barry Naughton, author of The Chinese Economy and the forthcoming Wu Jinglian discusses the importance of these meetings.
June 26, 2013
Here’s a birthday post for Semiotext(e) author and philosophical giant, Peter Sloterdijk, written by our own Marc Lowenthal:
June 17, 2013
For Public Safety Month, Ian Brown and Christopher Marsden the authors of Regulating Code write about the recent scandal involving the collection of Verizon user’s metadata, and how it relates to Public Safety. The authors are giving talks at MIT and Harvard today, June 17th.
June 16, 2013
Today is Bloomsday. It is celebrated every June 16th in conjunction with Leopold Bloom’s metaphysical and gastronomical (and maybe pataphysical) journey through Dublin on June 16th, 1904. For our post, we have Andrew Hugill author of ‘Pataphysics: A Useless Guide discussing the influence of pataphysics on James Joyce. The post is best read with a gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of burgundy!
June 13, 2013
The United Nations’ most recent report on Syria, published earlier this morning, indicated that the Civil War in Syria has claimed nearly 93,000 lives, including over 20,000 since the beginning of the year, while also producing 1.5 million refugees. Moreover, the recent confirmation by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah (the Lebanese-based Shia group) that his forces will be fighting alongside Syrian soldiers still loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime only portends further violence for Syria and the Middle East. Ever since Al-Assad took over the presidency from his father in 2000, Syria’s bond with Hezbollah has steadily grown, and this burgeoning relationship throughout the past decade is detailed extensively in The Epicenter of Crisis: The New Middle East. The book stands as a thorough history of Middle Eastern relations over the past few decades, which culminates with insights on the region’s present state and how it will impact future international relations. Beyond four chapters on Syria, the book also includes commentary on Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan from a large group of impressive contributors.
June 10, 2013
For Crowdsourcing week, Daren Brabham writes about his recently released book, Crowdsourcing. The book is the latest in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series.
June 5, 2013
For World Environment Day, we’ve asked William P. Kabasenche, editor of The Environment: Philosophy, Science, and Ethics to answer some questions about the role of philosophers in environmental issues.
June 2, 2013
June 2nd is Cancer Survivor Day. Cancer affects millions of Americans in every demographical category. We’ve asked Shobita Parthasarathy, author of Building Genetic Medicine to take part in an Q & A to commemorate this special day.
May 22, 2013
For National Maritime Day we are featuring a guest blog post from Larrie Ferreiro, author of Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800. Enjoy!
May 16, 2013
Katie Helke Dokshina, Associate Acquisitions Editor in Design, Game Studies, and New Media, recently traveled to Paris for the Computer Human Interaction Conference. Below are her thoughts.