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Celebrating Libraries, Archives and Natural History
Read more: Celebrating Libraries, Archives and Natural HistoryDiscover a cross-journal special feature from Library & Information History and Archives of Natural History.
Chrystal Macmillan: champion for women’s equality, peace and justice
Meet a key figure of the women's movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Finding a Scottish Nun in Seventeenth-Century Canada
by Mairi Cowan You never know what you might find in an archive. I went looking for demons, and I found a Scottish nun. My research had brought me to Quebec City to investigate a case of witchcraft and demonic…
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.
Palestine, Racial Capitalism and the Weapon of Theory
Kieron Turner treats Racial Capitalism as a crucial theoretical tool for anti-colonial Palestinian resistance
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
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.
EUP 75: Our Publishing in Ancient History & Classical Studies
by Helena Heald While the Greek and Latin languages have been studied at the University of Edinburgh since its foundation in 1583, our Ancient History and Classical Studies list is a relatively modern addition to our publishing at the Press.…
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.
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?