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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.
Edinburgh University Press
Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt
A Q&A with Heba Arafa Abdelfattah In this author Q&A, Heba Arafa Abdelfattah introduces her latest book, Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt, which explores the formative years of Egyptian film (1919–52) to contest the contradiction between Islam and…
The Edinburgh Companion to Don DeLillo and the Arts: Q&A with the author
by Catherine Gander Tell us a bit about your book. The Edinburgh Companion to Don DeLillo and the Arts brings together 31 excellent international scholars. It’s the first book to comprehensively explore DeLillo’s life-long engagement with the arts – visual,…
Lady Justice as an Allegory in Motion
by Valérie Hayaert Animated by signs that are in essence mutable, Justitia (Lady Justice) may be perceived as an allegory in motion. Scholars who pretend to master the intricacies of this “science of images” (iconology) forget an important fact: allegories…
A Q&A with the authors of Liminal Noir in Classical World Cinema
by Lis Sodl, Elyce Rae Helford and Christopher Weedman Lis Sodl (M.A. Student, English Department, Middle Tennessee State University) interviews Elyce Rae Helford and Christopher Weedman on their new book, Liminal Noir in Classical World Cinema. Could you please briefly…
Cross-border Hydrogen Valleys – A step towards a hydrogen economy
by Marco Conte and Katharina Bouchaar, Enercy1 In recent years, the increasing interest in the clean Hydrogen sector has led key stakeholders across Europe to develop ambitious projects, with green hydrogen as the main protagonist: the so-called “Hydrogen Valleys.” The…
A Q&A with Susan Kerns on ReFocus: The Films of Susan Seidelman
by Susan Kerns ReFocus: The Films of Susan Seidelman editor, Susan Kerns, discusses researching the book, what surprised her during the process, the most exciting part of the project and whether her research changed her worldview in this fascinating Q&A.…
5 Reasons Why All Graduate Education Should Include the Digital Humanities
by Bailey Betik and Alexander Cors Graduate education has traditionally been the final stage of academic apprenticeship, where individuals delve deep into their chosen fields of study. It’s a time for specialization and expertise, where students engage in critical thinking…
The Evolution of AI
by Jon Chun and Katherine Elkins Generative AI is a transformative force, reshaping both arts and humanities computing. Its recent evolution retraces our own human evolution, only on a vastly accelerated scale. In the Beginning Was the Word Working with…
5 Things Theocritus Can Teach Us About Things
by Lilah Grace Canevaro 1. Stone can sing You don’t notice your windows when they’re clean. You might enjoy the sun streaming through them, or – more often in my experience – listen to the rain as it patters against…
Five Types of Mysticism: Religious Culture in the Age of Modernism
by Jamie Callison Ask for a description of a mystic or a follower of mysticism, and you might be greeted with a portrait of an otherworldly recluse speaking in riddles and perhaps evincing some unusual physical symptoms like those found…