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  • Will Housing Crisis Kill the Irish Art Scene?

    How is Ireland’s housing crisis shaping Irish art today? Sarah Churchill asks contemporary Irish artists Aideen Barry and Spicebag for their thoughts.

    July 31, 2025
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Line drawn map of Shetland with sketches of hills, fish, boats, beaches and anchors marking ports. Text over the landmass reads 'Schetlandt'.

Trade Tariffs, Compass Petroglyphs and Early Modern Maritime Trade in Shetland

Douglas Cawthorne on the mystery of the maritime petroglyph and its possible use in North Sea trade networks

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 20, 2025
Black and white sketch of Marischal College as it appeared in 1593, depicting a cobbled courtyard with figures walking in the foreground

An Aberdonian Enlightenment: Reid, Campbell, Gerard and Beattie on David Hume

Gordon Graham re-assesses neglected critics of David Hume, four of whom formed the vanguard of Enlightenment thinking in Aberdeen.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 15, 2025
Close up image of a large blueish buoy, engraved with images of people preparing fish.

The lost story of the Shetland Female Emigration Fund

Véronique Molinari explores how four people united forces to help young Shetlanders emigrate to Australia

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 14, 2025
Black and white illustration of a woman in a dress, with long hair and a feather fascinator. She is looking out from behind a curtain and holding a theatre mask.

Five Reasons to Discover George Anne Bellamy

Caroline Breashears introduces the theatre star and political insider who may have influenced one of the greatest 18th century philosophers

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 13, 2025
A woodcut image of a dog and a 'witch' taken from an early modern play.

Man’s best friend? Sniffing out dogs in the records of early modern Scotland

From royal gifts to diabolic manifestations, Nicole Maceira Cumming explores the varied ways dogs appear in the historical record

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 12, 2025
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Burying the Millet System: A New Understanding of the Ottoman Arrangements with Non-Muslims

Masayuki Ueno re-evaluates how the Ottoman Empire managed religious minorities from the early days of the empire to the nineteenth century.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 8, 2025

The Pharmakon of Shame

Séan Kennedy and Joseph Valente, editors of Irish Shame, explore the intricate relationship between empathy and shame in this blog.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 7, 2025
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Charities and Politics in Bashar al-Asad’s Syria: Q&A with Laura Ruiz de Elvira

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

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
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