The First Page: Culture and Science Education
WILTON LODGE, JUSTIN DILLON
What would make science education more inclusive and equitable? Leading figures in education world wide share their visions in this edited volume.
The First Page: Multisensory Experiences
MARIANNA OBRIST, CARLOS VELASCO
In recent years, multisensory experiences have been increasingly transformed by technology. So what is their future?
The First Page: Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice
NATASHA TANNA, ABEYAMÍ ORTEGA DOMÍNGUEZ, HAKAN SANDAL-WILSON
This edited volume examines knowledge that is often excluded from conventional academic production and its potential to advance social justice.
Seeds of Exchange at the Garden Museum
HELENE SCHULZE
The exhibition presents the outcomes of an intercultural botanical collaboration in eighteenth century Canton, focusing especially on the native artists and mediators, Mak Sau 麥秀 and Whang At Tong 黃遏東.
The First Page: The Lives of Children Who Have Experienced Domestic Abuse
BRENDA HERBERT
The author broadens the discussion on children who have experienced domestic abuse, a discussion that is very often focused on trauma and risks, and little on the children’s lives beyond abuse.
The First Page: Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel
NIALL SREENAN
The author revisits the legacy of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution in the literary works of Thomas Hardy, Emile Zola, Aldous Huxley and others.
Afterword
ZOLTÁN KÉKESI
After one year of writing about London and Memory, the series ‘Other Cities: London Memoryscape’ is coming to end with a look back by the series’s editor.
The First Page: Out of Gaza
KATHARINA GALOR
The story of a friendship between the author, an Israeli Jewish scholar, and Dima Mansour, a young Palestinian held in a Belgian detention centre.
The First Page: Critical Games
TIM BEASLEY-MURRAY
An exploration of the games we play (whether we know it or not), the ways we play them (for fun, but also to win, and to gain approval from others), and what happens when they get out of hand.
The First Page: Pioneering Women Archivists
ELIZABETH SHEPHERD
The story of four remarkable women who laid the foundations of English local archives in the early twentieth century: Ethel Stokes, Lilian Redstone, Catherine Jamison and Joan Wake.
The First Pages: Galaxies
RICHARD ELLIS, OR GRAUR
Two first pages by two renowned astrophysicists. The one, a semi-autobiographical account of a career studying distant galaxies. The other, an overview of the history and physics of galaxies.
The Languages of the Future Conference
FLORA SAGERS & JOSH WEEKS
The guest-editors of this journal issue look back on the conference they organised at the IAS in June 2025 which formed the foundation for this issue.
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NELLI SHKARUPINA, RENATE LURDESA BAUMANE
What constitutes an archive?
This piece examines architecture as a political medium, a form of geopolitical memory and propaganda, and an alternative form of archive.
Reclaiming Chersonese
NELLI SHKARUPINA, RENATE LURDESA BAUMANE
What constitutes an archive?
This piece examines architecture as a political medium, a form of geopolitical memory and propaganda, and an alternative form of archive.
EDITORIAL
FLORA SAGERS & JOSH WEEKS
The guest-editors of this Think Pieces journal issue introduce the theme, Languages of the Future, and provide an overview of the wide-ranging contributions.
Blood Cells in Crosstalk
MALLIKA SEKHAR
What language do the red and white blood cells in our bodies speak? The manga turned anime, Cells at Work! and Cells at Work! Code Black, features anthropomorphised cells of the human body and might give us a clue.