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Sudden Changes in Global Order — From Ancient to Early Modern Iran and Beyond
Read more: Sudden Changes in Global Order — From Ancient to Early Modern Iran and BeyondDr M.A.H. Parsa explores Iran’s journey from Sasanian stability to Nader Shah’s empire.
Q&A with Belal Abu-Alabbas, author of Al-Bukhārī
Belal Abu-Alabbas explores the making of the first comprehensive critical biography of Muhammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī.
Q&A on French Horror
Q&A with Reece Goodall, author of French Horror
Five of the most unusual Sunday Opening conditions
Peter looks at how wartime Britain reshaped cinema-going on Sundays
Interview with Maggie Humm
Maggie Humm reflects on feminist criticism, life-writing, and Virginia Woolf’s influence.
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: From William Still’s Underground Railroad Records to Digital Analysis
Jeremy Mennis and Nilgun Anadolu-Okur trace the journey of William Still’s 19th century Underground Railroad records into their 21st century digital forms.
Beyond ‘girlboss feminism’: queering Irish women’s writing
Naoise Murphy re-examines Irish women’s writing through queer and feminist perspectives, exposing how literary narratives can obscure violence and postcolonial complexity.
Q&A: ‘Wladzio D´Attainville and the House of Balenciaga (1924–1948)’
Ana Balda uncovers Wladzio D’Attainville's crucial impact on Cristóbal Balenciaga's fashion empire.
Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids
Tales of courtly intrigue, moral testing, romance and reversals of fortune from a rare Persian manuscript…
Who needs advice?
Margaret Mullett investigates advice literature from Byzantine texts to modern self-help culture.