by Shivan Mahendrarajah The Taliban are back in power, ushering in renewed fears of destruction of cultural heritages. Their first…
Category: Cultural Studies
Cultural Studies
“Potency is important for a real man”: Viagra-spam and the circulation of gendered discourse (Part 1)
by Mie Birk Jensen “Need some love pills? So, why go to your local drugstore? Why waste time and extra…
Cultural Studies
“Potency is important for a real man”: Viagra-spam and the circulation of gendered discourse (Part 2)
by Mie Birk Jensen Have you read “Potency is important for a real man”: Viagra-spam and the circulation of gendered…
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Scythian Gold: An Extract from The Eurasian Steppe by Warwick Ball
In this exclusive extract from chapter 6 of The Eurasian Steppe, author and archaeologist Warwick Ball explores the material culture…
In this interview, Christian Long, editor of ReFocus: The Films of Albert Brooks (out now in our series ReFocus: The…
In this interview, John Renard, author of Rumi: A Life in Pictures (out now from the Edinburgh Studies in Islamic…
By Marta Kargól Some years ago, I discovered an extraordinary collection of embroidery samples preserved in The Museum Rotterdam. The…
By Neil Archer What makes a performance ‘truthful’? In one of my previous professional lives, as an actor, this question…
By Professor Tayseer Abu Odeh Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Journal…
By Li-Chuan TAI In 1869, when French Lazarist Father Armand David (1826–1900) “discovered” the giant panda in Moupin, Sichuan province…