The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women contains the life stories of more than 1,000 women who shaped Scotland’s history….
Year: 2019
When I first proposed to write about the Persians in Egypt, in a seminar at the University of Michigan, my…
Once known primarily as the author of ‘twee’ children’s books about fastidious mice and naughty rabbits, Beatrix Potter has gained…
From recycling to creating huge anthologies, Konrad HIrschler looks at some innovative ways that book lovers created their medieval Arabic manuscripts.
Audrey Murfin explores Robert Louis Stevenson and his methods of Character Creation
John J. Joseph, editor of Last Lectures, talks about the process of bringing Émile Benveniste to an English-speaking audience. ‘It’s…
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’.
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.
Catherine Belsey discusses our love for ghost stories. Follow her on a spine-tingling journey of our facination with Christmas hauntings.
International Relations
A forgotten rivalry in the Caucasus: 30 years of Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict
Laurence Broers writes on the 30-year Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict: one of the most embittered territorial disputes in the world.