Helena Heald

Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution in Five Questions

By Laetitia Nanquette Laetitia Nanquette, author of Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution: Production and Circulation in Iran and the…

by Alberto Zambenedetti Sophia Loren relaxing by the side of the road, next to her broken-down Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing.…

Niamh Thornton, co-editor of Legacies of the Past explores the changing role of the victim in discussions of violence. A…

by Erica Tortolani and Martin Norden Silent-era film director Paul Leni was at the forefront of German filmmakers whose stylistically…

by Nadje Al-Ali & Kathryn Spellman Poots It has been over 10 years that we have seen uprisings in the…

By Sharon Jane Mee and Bill Hunt [Content Note: This post contains shots from films depicting blood and gore] One…

By Simone Pfeifer and Christoph Günther Recent violent attacks in Kabul, Dresden, Paris, or Vienna, legitimized as Jihad, urge our…

by Ahmet Erdi Öztürk Religion and belief are two of humanity’s oldest identity codes. Identity is intertwined with religion and,…

by Patricia Pisters Watching horror movies Previously, I truly disliked horror films. In the late 1980s Brian de Palma’s Carrie…

by Deanna Ferree Womack and Philip Michael Forness Series editors Deanna Ferree Womack and Philip Michael Forness introduce our latest…