Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) gives some key pointers to young translators.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, argues that scholars who look down upon reading literature in translation are really trying to protect their own academic turf.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, describes false stereotypes, and challenges, associated with translating humor.

Historian David Hollinger (UC Berkeley) relates his frustration of having religious beliefs being simultaneously private and independent of the American political culture.

Primatologist Frans de Waal (Emory) relates his frustration with both fundamentalists and so-called neo-atheists, both of whom he believes inhibit an open discussion on morality.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes how different cultural reference points sometimes make it particularly difficult for us to learn foreign languages.

What Is Trade? defines the term trade and explains some advantages and disadvantages of trading.

Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) gives us some recommendations for stimulating contemporary Chinese literature.

Primatologist and bestselling author Frans de Waal (Emory) distinguishes between the community concern of humans and of animals.

Historian David Hollinger (UC Berkeley) describes how the American Civil Rights movement provides a clear example of different reactions by Ecumenical and Evangelical Protestants.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, a "non-Chomskyan", pays allegiance to Noam Chomsky’s profound contributions to linguistics.

Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes how historical circumstances have affected different Chinese-speaking regions.

Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) discusses censorship and self-censorship in the contemporary Chinese cultural industry.

Andrew Hoffman, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, discusses how to get people to start being more environmentally sensitive.

Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts University) describes how we can use philosophical understanding to help build better, more rigorous models in social science.

Nita Farahany, Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke University, discusses the future of criminality in light of the evolving science of human behaviour.

Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts University) discusses how many sociologists and anthropologists need to move more beyond anthropocentrism to make better models of the social world.

University of Michigan business school professor Andrew Hoffman describes the approaches we need to take - and not take - in order to generally increase awareness of the environment throughout society.

Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) describes how, in politics, the explanation of a crisis often points to a solution.

Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes the standard Aristotelian argument of capacities and flourishing.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, urges us to recognize the enormous societal value that translators provide in our daily lives.

Award-winning violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin describes the anti-scientific attitude that some music experts hold.

Intellectual historian Stefan Collini, University of Cambridge, describes how, to a certain extent, one can say that the famous literary critic F.R. Leavis wrote in a deliberately difficult way, in an effort to make his readers think and...

Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) details how his life was profoundly affected by Mr. Jensen, his high school English teacher.