Where were the Orcades?: Early medieval engagement with the islands at the edge of the Earth in texts and maps
Reinterpreting the history of Scotland's northern islands.
Signaling Tensions: The Politics of Telegraphic Communication in Modern Afghanistan
How does the telegraph function as both a material invention and an object of desire?
Afghanistan’s ambiguous anniversary
On the third anniversary of the seizure of Kabul, Robert D. Crews asks how we make sense of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
Eve Lacey celebrates her award-winning article on Halkevi Libraries
by Eve Lacey Earlier this year, we shared the exciting news that Eve Lacey won the 2024 Donald G. Davis Article Award for her article, ‘The Role of Halkevi Libraries in the Early Turkish Republic,’ published in the journal, Library &…
Relationality in Times of War
How do British and German cultural works establish relationality between Israel and Palestine?
A Nation Built on Books: The Role of Libraries in Modern Scotland
Scotland's National Librarian discusses the place of libraries in our cultural landscape.
Should we compare the violence of rape, war, racism, and ecocide?
…pacifist feminists have long argued we must by Selina Gallo-Cruz Content warning: mentions of rape and sexual harassment Rape, war, racism, ecocide: a litany of violence. Are they comparable—and, if so, should they be compared? Across generations, feminist pacifists have…
As Mīr Ways Khān slept: miraculous possibilities in Afghan history
What happens when we view supernatural happenings as a wellspring of historical possibilities, rather than as excess to be cut away?
Q&A with the author of The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures
C. Ceyhun Arslan discusses the inspiration behind his new book, and the surprises he encountered along the way.