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Cultural Studies

How do women and men swear on Twitter, and why does it matter?

posted by Teri Williams April 19, 20216 min read6 Views

By Michael Gauthier For decades now, sociolinguistic studies have showed that social parameters have an influence on the way we…

Cultural Studies

Burns Chronicle: The Oldest Scottish Literature Journal in the World?

posted by Teri Williams April 15, 20215 min read8 Views

By the Editors & Reviews Editor, the Burns Chronicle Almost 130 years ago, in 1892, enthusiasts started publishing the Burns…

Cultural Studies

Reading the War on Terror in Moroccan Picture Books

posted by Teri Williams April 12, 20218 min read8 Views

By Sara Austin and Ann Wainscott We met at New Faculty Orientation in 2018. Sara was seated across a large…

Cultural History

Cultural Cooperation and Intellectual Freedom in “These Anxious and Baffling Times”

posted by Teri Williams April 8, 20218 min read7 Views

By Marek Sroka   Seventy-five years ago, Winston Churchill, in what was to become one of the most famous orations…

Language and Literature

‘Everything that wriggles’: The Muriel Spark Archives

posted by Kirsty Crosbie April 1, 20217 min read7 Views

By James Bailey ‘I am a hoarder of two things: documents and trusted friends’, wrote Spark in her 1992 autobiography,…

Classics and Ancient History

Four Irish Persephones

posted by Teri Williams March 31, 202110 min read44 Views

By Virginie Trachsler The young Persephone is gathering flowers in a meadow when her uncle Hades, god of the underworld,…

Cultural Studies

Remembering Sarah Kofman in the 2020s?

posted by Teri Williams March 29, 202111 min read13 Views

By Jacob Bates-Firth Sarah Kofman and the Relief of Philosophy (ed. Bates-Firth and McKeane) is out now as a special…

Language and Literature

Flawed Crystals: Muriel Spark’s Ways of Seeing

posted by Kirsty Crosbie March 8, 20218 min read36 Views

‘How do you do it? I am dazzled’, enthused Evelyn Waugh in a letter to Muriel Spark in 1960. Spark’s…

Language and Literature

Young people and activism

posted by Teri Williams March 1, 20216 min read58 Views

By Niall Nance-Carroll Young people are a coveted demographic in politics, and they are increasingly shaping both the message and…

Atlantic Literature

Q&A with Mark Sandy, author of ‘Transatlantic Transformations of Romanticism’

posted by Kirsty Crosbie February 25, 20217 min read82 Views

Tell us a bit about Transatlantic Transformations of Romanticism Well, my book takes a fresh look at the literature of…

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