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Adam Smith and Scotland in the Age of Enlightenment
Read moreby Craig Smith 2023 is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith. Smith is one of the very…
Three Ways to Counter a Propaganda Narrative (and How Iraqi Writers under Saddam Hussein Did it)

When I first started my research on propaganda and culture in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the study of propaganda was…
Confusion and disorientation in Edward Yang’s Terrorizers

Confusing films Watching narrative films can be one of the most engrossing aesthetic experiences possible. It can also be completely…
Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Five)

In the final part of this five-part series on African American film, Geetha Ramanathan discusses 2017 hit “Get Out” alongside…
Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Four)

In part four of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan uses two examples to consider how African American films of the…
Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Three)

In part three of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan explores the use of American mythology and folklore in two African…
Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Two)

In part two of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan considers the use of the “ancestral archive” to discuss gender models…
Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part One)

In this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan, author of Kathleen Collins: The Black Essai Film (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), explores over…
Five Essentials of Muslim Preaching

To celebrate the release of Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond: Historical and Contemporary Case Studies, editors Simon…
Why has the EU been so obsessed with the Israeli–Arab conflict?

The past years have seen many commemorations in the Israeli–Arab conflict: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration (2017), seventy years…
Five Vampire Movies You Might Not Have Seen

A staple in cinema for decades, the vampire movie is a genre that is constantly being rejuvenated with fresh blood.…