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Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids
Read more: Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the BarmakidsTales of courtly intrigue, moral testing, romance and reversals of fortune from a rare Persian manuscript…
Edinburgh University Press
Social Change in Scotland: A Quiet Revolution
Fifty years ago, Scots were a different people, with different institutions. Explore the changes with David McCrone.
By what desire do we read and reread him?
Kuniichi Uno explores Deleuze's views on thinking, desire and recurring motifs in his works.
Chinese Calcuttawallah: Articulating a Diaspora Ethnic Identity in India
Roy and Basu explore the Chinese diaspora's cultural imprint and identity evolution in Kolkata's twin Chinatowns.
Linguistic Disadvantage in Jury Trials: Q&A with the author
Eva Ng explores how Chinese jurors in Hong Kong understand English trials, uncovering language barriers and their impact on fair justice.
The Complete Scottish Sketches of R. B. Cunninghame Graham
Cunninghame Graham's great-grandnephew reveals his favourite sketch of the celebrated Scottish writer
Alexander the Great and Persian Kingship
Stephen Harrison explores how Alexander the Great inherited and adapted Persian imperial traditions.
Q&A with Aliya A Ali, author of Family Ties and Political Power: Governing Kūfa under ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān
Aliya A Ali provides insights into their research on family networks and governance in early Islam.
Libraries: Keepers of History and History Makers
Daniel Miele visits two Dutch universities, exploring the shared challenges between publishers and libraries.
Langwell, Caithness: an exemplar of the Highland economy
William Parente explores the challenges faced by Highland communities in the time of the Clearances
Dreaming and Deleuze
Totemic ancestral connections to land in Warlpiri and other Indigenous Australian cultures are lines of becomings resonating with some concepts proposed by philosophers Deleuze and Guattari.