Spotlights
- Volcanoes!
- The Right to Be Female Scientists
- Unlawful Dealing: Marriage, Sexuality and Crime in Colima at the End of the Ancien Régime (1765-1821)
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Volcanoes!
SpotlightRead MoreVolcanoes have always been essential to creating life as we know it today. When our planet was still in formation, volcanoes provided the Earth’s surface with heat, water, and a powerful mix of organic compounds which were key elements for the beginning of life; therefore, they are the most evident manifestation that planet Earth is alive.
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The Right to Be Female Scientists
SpotlightRead MoreWhat is needed to be a female scientist? What obstacles do women who want to pursue science face? How can we open paths so more girls and young women are able to achieve it? This book collects the voices of eight female scientists from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain, who share, from their personal experiences and reflections, how their interest in science originated, the challenges they have faced and the achievements they have accomplished along their professional careers. Their stories reflect not only a deep commitment to knowledge, but also their perseverance upon facing...
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Unlawful Dealing: Marriage, Sexuality and Crime in Colima at the End of the Ancien Régime (1765-1821)
SpotlightRead MoreThis book presents how the legal and judicial management of marriage and sexuality changed in the Spanish-American world toward the end of the Ancien Régime, using the jurisdiction of Colima as a vantage point between 1765 and 1821. This was a period of profound political changes that led to matters related to marriage and sexual crimes becoming exclusively secular matters rather than mixed matters—civil and ecclesiastical—as they had been previously managed. This meant that the Catholic Church lost its judicial powers, as ecclesiastical courts could no longer penalize sexual offenses,...
