The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Q&A with Arezou Azad
Arezou Azad rediscovers Bamiyan’s medieval archives, revealing a diverse, literate and interconnected Islamicate society in Afghanistan.
Social Change in Scotland: A Quiet Revolution
Fifty years ago, Scots were a different people, with different institutions. Explore the changes with David McCrone.
The Complete Scottish Sketches of R. B. Cunninghame Graham
Cunninghame Graham's great-grandnephew reveals his favourite sketch of the celebrated Scottish writer
Alexander the Great and Persian Kingship
Stephen Harrison explores how Alexander the Great inherited and adapted Persian imperial traditions.
Q&A with Aliya A Ali, author of Family Ties and Political Power: Governing Kūfa under ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān
Aliya A Ali provides insights into their research on family networks and governance in early Islam.
Langwell, Caithness: an exemplar of the Highland economy
William Parente explores the challenges faced by Highland communities in the time of the Clearances
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.
Wicked Wild Wastes?: challenging contemporary ideas of wildness in Scottish Highland landscapes
Dr Edward Stewart looks to the past to suggest an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places.
‘A Place in the Homeland? Turkish-German Return Migration’: Q&A with the authors
Nilay Kılınç and Russell King discuss the making of their book on second-generation Turkish-German return migration