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  • The Acousmatic Work Ethic and the Spirit of Sound Studies

    Patrick Valiquet asks why contemporary sound studies forgets the troubling moral and political aspects of Pierre Schaeffer’s experimental music research.

    March 25, 2026
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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

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The lost story of the Shetland Female Emigration Fund

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

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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

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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

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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.

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  • May 8, 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

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Towards a Promethean European Cosmo-politeia

Michail Theodosiadis explores what the European Union can learn from the transcendent values of the Byzantine Empire.

  • Edinburgh University Press
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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.

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  • March 20, 2025
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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

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • March 7, 2025
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