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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…
Downton Abbey, Britishness and Class
by John White In the second of a short series of extracts from British Cinema and a Divided Nation (EUP,…
100 Years of The Scottish Historical Review
The Scottish Historical Review (SHR) is the premier journal in the field of Scottish historical studies, covering all periods of Scottish history…
Stands Scottish Literature Where It Did? Revisiting Devolution
It’s been fifteen years since the last fat volume of essays on contemporary Scottish writing. Only a blink of historical time, but it’s been quite an eventful period. When the chapters of Berthold Schoene’s brilliant Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature were being written, both the country and its debates looked rather different.
Mary Queen of Scots in British Cinema & Society
by John White In the first of a short series of extracts from British Cinema and a Divided Nation (EUP,…
Surveying the Anthropocene: Destruction of natural systems: forests
by Patricia Macdonald This is the first of a series of blogs featuring themes and participants from the book Surveying…
Q & A with the author of ‘Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and photography now’
by Patricia Macdonald Tell us a bit about your book… The purpose of the book is to explore the range…
Why Focus on Director Robert Altman’s Last Quarter Century?
by Lisa Dombrowski and Justin Wyatt Film director Robert Altman was one of the leading creative forces of the last…
Q+A with the Author of The Revival of Evangelicalism
by Andrew M. Jones Tell us a bit about your book The Revival of Evangelicalism: Mission and Piety in the…
How ISIS Fights: New Books in National Security
In this great interview from New Books in National Security, Omar Ashour, author of How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in…