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  • Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector Semantics

    Kurzynski discusses how poetry extends beyond sound and rhythm and taps into a deeper network of meanings.

    November 12, 2025
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Libraries: Keepers of History and History Makers

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Daniel Miele visits two Dutch universities, exploring the shared challenges between publishers and libraries.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnOctober 20, 2025

Langwell, Caithness: an exemplar of the Highland economy

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  • Cultural History / Natural History / Scottish History / Scottish Studies

William Parente explores the challenges faced by Highland communities in the time of the Clearances

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnOctober 8, 2025

Dreaming and Deleuze

  • Deleuzian Philosophy / Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Totemic ancestral connections to land in Warlpiri and other Indigenous Australian cultures are lines of becomings resonating with some concepts proposed by philosophers Deleuze and Guattari.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnOctober 6, 2025
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The Whitehead canon, version 2.0

  • Philosophy / Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Joseph Petek dives into the re-discovered essays and articles of Alfred North Whitehead.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnOctober 1, 2025

Q&A with Paul du Plessis on Henry Maine’s Ancient Law

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Paul du Plessis shares what inspired him to research Henry Maine

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 30, 2025

Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

  • Cultural Studies / Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Aliya A Ali explores how kinship and marriage alliances shaped political power and governance in the early Islamic city of Kūfa.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 25, 2025

Violence in Brontë Afterlives

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Explore five adaptations of Brontë novels that amplify violence, from Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre, reshaping the Brontës’ enduring cultural impact.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 22, 2025

Cinema Without Borders: The Films of Paweł Pawlikowski

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Explores the cinematic career of British-Polish director, Paweł Pawlikowski.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 19, 2025

More Than Just Shade: 3 Surprising Stories About the 19th-Century Parasol

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  • Art and Visual Culture / Cultural Studies

Elena Vanden Abeele investigates the functions, symbols and hidden meanings behind the parsol in the 19th century.

  • ByEdinburgh University Press
  • OnSeptember 16, 2025
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