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Month: January 2020

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Cultural History

Ghost Stories in the Post-Truth Age – A Dialogue

posted by Carla Hepburn January 31, 20206 min read541 Views

Charlie Pidcock interviews Catherine Belsey about her latest book, Tales of the Troubled Dead, which traces examples of ghost stories from Homer to present.

Language and Literature

Arabic and Hebrew in one Text

posted by Kirsty Crosbie January 29, 20206 min read396 Views

Dr Mohamed A. H. Ahmed discusses authors who started their literary careers writing in Arabic before switching to write in Hebrew due to social surroundings

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Cultural Studies

Diversity in British Film and Television

posted by Teri Williams January 27, 20203 min read448 Views

The controversy over ‘all-white’ 2020 BAFTAs once again shows the importance of understanding that issues of diversity are at the…

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Ancient History

Aristotle and gender: form vs matter?

posted by Naomi Farmer January 23, 202011 min read777 Views

Even as strides toward gender equality have been made in the last century, the notion that gender is a binary…

Cultural Studies

Scottish Muslims: Unity and Belonging

posted by Naomi Farmer January 21, 20204 min read370 Views

Scottish Muslims’ lives are dressed up in tartan and play the music of Islam. The Scottish ‘Muslim community’ is made…

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Cultural History

Scottish Fashion Influencers and Contemporary Illustrations of Scottish Identity

posted by Teri Williams January 15, 20206 min read621 Views

When considering the definition of Scottish fashion and what constitutes the Scottish fashion industry, most of us probably think immediately…

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Philosophy

God in Aristotle’s Ethics

posted by Teri Williams January 13, 20202 min read631 Views

By Tom Angier Does ethics need religion? Do we need to believe in God to be good? These are standard…

Cultural Studies

Edward Lamberti on his new book ‘Performing Ethics through Film Style: Levinas with the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader’

posted by Zuzana IHNATOVA January 9, 20206 min read451 Views

Read on and explore the ideas behind writing Performing Ethics through Film Style book by Edward Lamberti. Levinas’s ethics in…

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