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Year: 2019

cover New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
Cultural Studies

5 Great Scottish Women You Might Not Have Heard Of…

posted by Anna Glazier December 27, 20195 min read706 Views

The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women contains the life stories of more than 1,000 women who shaped Scotland’s history….

Hibis Temple, Kharga Oasis, Egypt
Cultural Studies

How to Find Persians in Egypt: The Archaeology of Achaemenid Egypt

posted by Zuzana IHNATOVA December 16, 20195 min read671 Views

When I first proposed to write about the Persians in Egypt, in a seminar at the University of Michigan, my…

Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds
Language and Literature

Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds

posted by Teri Williams December 12, 20196 min read786 Views

Once known primarily as the author of ‘twee’ children’s books about fastidious mice and naughty rabbits, Beatrix Potter has gained…

This medieval Arabic manuscript features a title page recycled from a Latin homiliary.
Cultural History

Three fun ways to create a medieval Arabic manuscript

posted by Naomi Farmer December 11, 20196 min read542 Views

From recycling to creating huge anthologies, Konrad HIrschler looks at some innovative ways that book lovers created their medieval Arabic manuscripts.

Post 19th Century Literary Studies

Robert Louis Stevenson and Character Creation

posted by Kirsty Crosbie December 10, 20195 min read502 Views

Audrey Murfin explores Robert Louis Stevenson and his methods of Character Creation

cover of Last Lectures
Language and Literature

Émile Benveniste and the Last Lectures

posted by Anna Glazier December 9, 20195 min read413 Views

John J. Joseph, editor of Last Lectures, talks about the process of bringing Émile Benveniste to an English-speaking audience. ‘It’s…

Photo of Lionel Messi kicking a football at the World Cup
Cultural Studies

Sublime goals? Sport and the egalitarian sublime

posted by Naomi Farmer December 6, 20198 min read458 Views

James Williams argues that one of the main lessons of the search for an egalitarian sublime is that exceptional achievements in sports should not be called ‘sublime’.

Law

Obscure no more: Brexit and the Nobile Officium

posted by Kirsty Crosbie December 5, 201910 min read569 Views

What is The nobile Officium? It had previously been regarded as obscure, and few people had even heard of it, but that was all set to change with Brexit.

Marley's-ghost
Cultural Studies

Christmas hauntings

posted by Carla Hepburn December 4, 20193 min read643 Views

Catherine Belsey discusses our love for ghost stories. Follow her on a spine-tingling journey of our facination with Christmas hauntings.

Photograph of ruins in the Nagorno-Karabakh region as a result of the Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict
International Relations

A forgotten rivalry in the Caucasus: 30 years of Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict

posted by Zuzana IHNATOVA December 4, 20198 min read596 Views

Laurence Broers writes on the 30-year Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict: one of the most embittered territorial disputes in the world.

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