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A conversation with Demet Çaltekin on ‘Conscientious Objection in Turkey’
Read moreby Demet Aslı Çaltekin Can you tell us a bit about Conscientious Objection in Turkey: A Socio-legal Analysis of the…
Why should we care about endangered languages?
In this extract from the introduction of his new book Linguist on the Loose, Lyle Campbell explores why and how…
Q&A with Patrick O’Connor
Q. Tell us a bit about your book A. Cormac McCarthy, Philosophy and the Physics of the Damned is really…
Poetry and the Dream of a Gift without Return
"The gift—what we call “the gift” and “giving”—appears to have at least two distinct functions, and one would be hard pressed to decide between them."
“Wonderful, Rewarding & Harrowing” – Linguistic Fieldwork & Me: An Interview with Lyle Campbell
In this exclusive interview, renowned linguist Lyle Campbell discusses his career in linguistic fieldwork, the topic of his new book,…
Folk Songs as Communication, Resistance, Lament, and Entertainment Among Women in Northeastern Afghanistan
By Wolayat Tabasum Niroo In the northeastern provinces of Afghanistan, talented women sing folk songs to entertain each other in…
Arthur Conan Doyle: Writing the Life
by Douglas Kerr There are dozens of biographies of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes and one of…
A Life in Textbooks
by Laurie Bauer An Introduction to English Lexicology is my fifth textbook published with Edinburgh University Press. The first was…
Q+A with the Author of The Secret Architecture of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
by Steven Monte Tell us a bit about your book… The book is essentially about two things: reading Shakespeare’s Sonnets…
Richly Varied Dishes: James Hogg and Scottish Periodicals
by Graham Tulloch When Judy King and I were invited to edit James Hogg’s contributions to Scottish periodicals for the…