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Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids
Read more: Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the BarmakidsTales of courtly intrigue, moral testing, romance and reversals of fortune from a rare Persian manuscript…
Who needs advice?
Margaret Mullett investigates advice literature from Byzantine texts to modern self-help culture.
Agonistic memory in protracted conflicts
Q&A with Lisa Strömbom, author of the book Agonistic Memory and Peace. Colombia, Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine.
The politics of contemporary lynching in Mexico
Understanding lynching as political does not excuse it. On the contrary, it sharpens the urgency of addressing it.
The Acousmatic Work Ethic and the Spirit of Sound Studies
Patrick Valiquet asks why contemporary sound studies forgets the troubling moral and political aspects of Pierre Schaeffer’s experimental music research.
5 Surprising Facts about Greta Gerwig
Did you know these facts about the Barbie (2023) director?
Borderland horror: Q&A with Anna Marta Marini
Q&A with Anna Marta Marini, author of The US-Mexico Borderlands in Contemporary Horror. Crossing the Boundary
Q&A with the author of Artificial Fiction: Imagining Literary Possibility Beyond the Human
A Q&A with the author of Artificial Fiction on the idea of AI-created storytelling, and how nonhuman narratives reshape literary theory.
6 things worth knowing about Jews and Muslims in the Maghreb
Marta Domínguez Díaz explores the intertwined lives of Iberian Muslims and Jews exiled to the Maghrib.
5 Dimensions of Affect in Bergson’s Philosophy
Henri Bergson's philosophy reveals time as a continuous and interconnected melody.