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  • Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

    Aliya A Ali explores how kinship and marriage alliances shaped political power and governance in the early Islamic city of Kūfa.

    September 25, 2025
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James Macpherson, the man behind the myth: Highland clan champion and nouveau riche

Thomas Archambaud explores the life and reputation of writer, politician, clan champion and colonial agent James Macpherson.

  • Edinburgh University Press
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Palestine, Racial Capitalism and the Weapon of Theory

Kieron Turner treats Racial Capitalism as a crucial theoretical tool for anti-colonial Palestinian resistance

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • October 23, 2024
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A group of Muslim women stand amongst the rubble of destroyed buildings

Demystifying the role of Ottoman bureaucrats in occupied Western Anatolia at the dawn of ethnic violence and destruction

Umit Eser explores authoritarianism in post-Ottoman geographies by investigating the origins of organised violence and ethnic cleansings at the beginning of the twentieth century

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • October 15, 2024
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Originality and Artistic Impulse: From a Medieval Scottish Friar to Malevich’s Black Square

Is there any such thing as a new idea? Bryony Coombs discusses similarities in artistic expression, centuries apart.

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  • September 30, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Relationality in Times of War

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

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • July 9, 2024
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