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Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

Robin Jackson explores the life and extraordinary range of work of 20th century German artist Hermann Gross

November 11, 2024
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British Isles, visible colour image. Multi-spectral image created by Dr Christina Duffy.

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.

Edinburgh University Press
August 28, 2024

Black and white photograph of the Office of the Quarter-Master-General in India, 1879

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?

Edinburgh University Press
August 20, 2024

Panorama photograph showing a densely built, colourful city set against a mountain backdrop

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.

Edinburgh University Press
August 15, 2024

Librarian Eve Lacey sits at a desk with an open book, there are shelves of books in the background

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 &…

Edinburgh University Press
August 6, 2024

A wall is covered in a graffiti mural of two young girls laughing together, one wears the colours of the Palestinian flag, the other wears the colours of the Israeli flag

Relationality in Times of War

How do British and German cultural works establish relationality between Israel and Palestine?

Edinburgh University Press
July 9, 2024

The facade of the National Library of Scotland.

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.

Edinburgh University Press
June 18, 2024

A portion of an aged magazine clipping shows a woman pointing two guns towards the viewer, with the words 'neither victim nor assassin' above

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…

Edinburgh University Press
June 13, 2024

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?

Edinburgh University Press
May 17, 2024

EUP 75: Our Publishing in Film Studies

Discover the story of Film Studies at Edinburgh University Press – the first publications, the books that changed the field and what you can expect to see in future

Edinburgh University Press
May 13, 2024

Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland