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Lessons from Scottish Schools
Read more: Lessons from Scottish SchoolsLindsay Paterson discusses Scotland’s educational decline and the social inequality of attainment.
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Interview with Maggie Humm
Maggie Humm reflects on feminist criticism, life-writing, and Virginia Woolf’s influence.
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: From William Still’s Underground Railroad Records to Digital Analysis
Jeremy Mennis and Nilgun Anadolu-Okur trace the journey of William Still’s 19th century Underground Railroad records into their 21st century digital forms.
Beyond ‘girlboss feminism’: queering Irish women’s writing
Naoise Murphy re-examines Irish women’s writing through queer and feminist perspectives, exposing how literary narratives can obscure violence and postcolonial complexity.
Q&A: ‘Wladzio D´Attainville and the House of Balenciaga (1924–1948)’
Ana Balda uncovers Wladzio D’Attainville's crucial impact on Cristóbal Balenciaga's fashion empire.
Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids
Tales 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?