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Jacobites, Logwood and Enslavement

Rethinking Scots' activities in the Early Modern Caribbean

January 13, 2026
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Watercolour landscape showing a coastline with building and mine shafts dotted along the shore. In the background there are fields leading to hills.

‘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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The Middle East is drowning in oppressive utopias

Simon Wolfgang Fuchs and Thomas Pierret explore the gap between oppressive and emancipatory utopias in the Middle East and North Africa

Edinburgh University Press
April 4, 2025

Landscape view looking out across a large body of water. Land is just visible on the horizon, there is a line of trees on the shore, and in the immediate foreground there is a rough stone wall.

New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland: A Q&A with Stuart Dunmore

Stuart Dunmore discusses his motivations for researching new Gaelic speakers, and the incredible places and experiences this led to.

Black and white line drawing showing a chaotic scene with several horses, riders and a carriage on grass. The riders are fighting with each other, some holding guns or swords.

Echoes of Infamy: Four Notorious Crimes of Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland

Allan Kennedy gives an introduction to criminality in 17th-century Scotland with four infamous crimes.

Edinburgh University Press
March 20, 2025

Red and green shopping bags full of groceries.

Food insecurity in Scotland

David Watts discusses the challenges of reducing food insecurity in Scotland, and the Scottish Government's 'Cash-First' initiative.

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5 Women from History Who Dared to be Dangerous

For this International Women’s Day, editor Ben Fletcher-Watson celebrates five trailblazing women who dared to make history

Certificate with text contained within two pillars, and a ceiling showing Union Jack flags and a man on horseback. The text reads 'Loyal Orange Institution of New Zealand. District of Christchurch. By virtue of this Warrant our well-beloved brother of the Purple Order Robert Roberts and each Successor duly elected is Authorised to hold a Lodge, number 32A, of the Loyal Orange Institution of New Zealand, to consist of True Orangement and to act as Master in conformity with the Constitution and Rules.

The Orange Order: A Global History

A Q&A with author Patrick Coleman on researching the Orange Order across 230 years and multiple continents.

Edinburgh University Press
February 25, 2025

Abel Ferrara, a man with grey hair and dressed in a light grey suit, stands with his arms crossed in front of a red circle.

Abel Ferrara – A New Perspective on a Cult Auteur

by Florian Zappe Abel Ferrara is one of the most uncompromising and provocative filmmakers of his generation. From his early exploitation roots to his philosophical and deeply personal later works, Ferrara has carved out a unique space in cinema—blurring the…