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Sign up for our next seminar featuring Dr Lottie Whalen

Women's History Network

Wednesday, 10 July 2024, at 4pm BST/GMT+1 Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Postcards from the Smock Colony: Jessie Tarbox Beals’ photographs of Bohemian Greenwich Village In 1917, Vanity Fair christened New York’s vibrant bohemian Greenwich Village neighbourhood ‘the smock colony’.

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How AI Detects Student Engagement to Transform Classrooms

Digital Promise

The post How AI Detects Student Engagement to Transform Classrooms appeared first on Digital Promise.

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July 3 Update: New Program Search, Updates to Questions and Labels

TCI

Feature Spotlight: Find Content Easily Using Search Need to find something specific in your TCI program? Use the new search feature to quickly find where people, key events, and vocabulary terms are covered in your program. You can also filter results by language (English or Spanish) or by content type. Updates and Teacher Requests Editable Questions in Video Activities: You can now edit questions in Video Activities.

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The Role of Eyed Sewing Needles in the Expansion of Early Humans

Anthropology.net

A hole in a bone awl must have been one of the great drivers of human expansion in its beginnings. For hundreds of thousands of years, early hominid species did not need much shelter; the climate in most of Africa made it unnecessary. However, as they expanded further north, the fossil record shows how they became sheltered. No clothing has been preserved, but an increasing number of tools to make it have been found.

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Dr Emily Rees Koerner, ‘Transnational Collective Action by Women in Engineering and Applied Science in the 1960s and 70s’

Women's History Network

Calling all Women’s and Gender History enthusiasts. Join us for the first seminar of our Summer Seminar Series THIS AFTERNOON AT 4PM BST. Dr Emily Rees Koerner will be delivering her paper, ‘Transnational Collective Action by Women in Engineering and Applied Science in the 1960s and 70s’ Don’t miss out!

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Other People’s Terrorism: Ideology and the Perceived Legitimacy of Political Violence

Political Science Now

Other People’s Terrorism: Ideology and the Perceived Legitimacy of Political Violence By Julie M. Norman , London’s Global University When do Americans view political violence as legitimate? In this article, I use experimental methods to examine public perceptions of domestic political violence perpetrated to advance right-wing or left-wing agendas.

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How Ancient Neanderthal Genes May Influence Autism

Anthropology.net

Modern humans carry a surprising legacy from our ancient cousins, the extinct Neanderthals. A new study 1 suggests that archaic genes, inherited through interbreeding tens of thousands of years ago, may influence our susceptibility to autism. The Genetic Legacy of Interbreeding Neanderthals, a distinct species from modern humans, interbred with early Homo sapiens after they left Africa and before spreading across Europe and Asia.

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Curating the Female Self: 32nd WHN Annual Conference

Women's History Network

32nd Women’s History Network Annual Conference Hosted with the Bedford Centre for the History of Women and Gender at Royal Holloway University, 5-6 September 2024 Women’s History Network and the Bedford Centre for the History of Women and Gender look forward to welcoming you to Royal Holloway, University of London, which will be celebrating 175 […]

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Call for Applications: 2024-2025 Public Scholarship Program

Political Science Now

The APSA Public Scholarship Program is a remote fellowship that introduces political science graduate students to the intellectual and practical aspects of presenting academic scholarship to the public. During the fellowship period, fellows focus on producing public-facing summaries of political science research. This involves communicating with journal editors and authors under the supervision of APSA staff.