With a very disconcerting question - what would happen if the Pope’s library were accidentally burnt? - an important subject is being discussed. No one wants to hypothetically contend a situation as dire as that, but it is possible. So if indeed, destruction happened, how can we reconstruct history?
The news that rocked the world this past week was not one from the Russia and Ukraine battlefields, nor was it from the promised peace agreement in the much needed Gaza occupation and conflict. It was in fact, the realization that a brand that has been around for over 40 years has been misrepresented and misunderstood by generations. The wide however one-dimensional eyed, pink bow adorned cartoon character stamped on every product from backpacks to toasters is not the feline its name led us to believe. Hello Kitty is a third grade little girl from London.
The publisher Brill has announced a new suite of open access journals covering four major disciplines - Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, and Biology. These journals will offer a pure open access environment. Each journal will be divided in sections that align with the major subject areas in the discipline.