Edinburgh University Press

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Articles: 246

The Complete Scottish Sketches of R. B. Cunninghame Graham

Cunninghame Graham's great-grandnephew reveals his favourite sketch of the celebrated Scottish writer

October 28, 2025
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Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Politics

Charities and Politics in Bashar al-Asad’s Syria: Q&A with Laura Ruiz de Elvira

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Laura Ruiz de Elvira explores the role of charities in Bashar al-Asad’s Syria and, by extension, the eventual downfall of the regime.

Edinburgh University Press
April 23, 2025

Christianity, Publishing, Religion

A decade in the making: Completing the Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity

Packshot of the entire ECGC series: the Compact Atlas of Global Christianity sits at the front, with the other volumes stretching out behind

Kenneth Ross and Todd Johnson reflect on the process of conceptualising and editing the Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity.

Edinburgh University Press
April 22, 2025

Deleuzian Philosophy, Philosophy

A Deleuzian Conversion

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Claire Colebrook was dragged to Deleuze kicking and screaming, but she came to appreciate his difficult and disruptive work. Discover how.

Edinburgh University Press
April 17, 2025

Scottish History, Scottish Studies

‘The Cradle of Scottish Industry’?: exploring Culross’s unique legacy of industrial advancement

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Donald Adamson and Robert Yates on the revolutionary 'Moat Pit' of Sir George Bruce, and the global significance it brought to industry in Culross

Edinburgh University Press
April 16, 2025

Language and Literature, Literary Studies, Literary Theory, Post 19th Century Literary Studies

Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories

Richard Barlow and Paul Fagan discuss their exciting new essay collection on the work of Irish author James Joyce.

Edinburgh University Press
April 11, 2025

Language and Literature, Literary Studies

5 reasons why Dickens wasn’t a bad playwright

The editors of The Plays of Charles Dickens discuss five arguments in defense of Dickens's dramatic works.

Edinburgh University Press
April 10, 2025

Language and Literature, Literary Studies, Literary Theory

Is There Such a Thing as an Irish Female Child?

Jane Elizabeth Dougherty discusses the Irish female developmental story.

Edinburgh University Press
April 9, 2025

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Politics

The Middle East is drowning in oppressive utopias

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Simon Wolfgang Fuchs and Thomas Pierret explore the gap between oppressive and emancipatory utopias in the Middle East and North Africa

Edinburgh University Press
April 4, 2025

Classics and Ancient History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Religious History

Towards a Promethean European Cosmo-politeia

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Michail Theodosiadis explores what the European Union can learn from the transcendent values of the Byzantine Empire.

Edinburgh University Press
March 28, 2025

Cultural Studies, Language and Literature, Linguistics, Scottish Studies

New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland: A Q&A with Stuart Dunmore

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Stuart Dunmore discusses his motivations for researching new Gaelic speakers, and the incredible places and experiences this led to.