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  • The Acousmatic Work Ethic and the Spirit of Sound Studies

    Patrick Valiquet asks why contemporary sound studies forgets the troubling moral and political aspects of Pierre Schaeffer’s experimental music research.

    March 25, 2026
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An extract from “Wasted Innocence: Children and Childhood in Cao Xueqin’s Dream of the Red Chamber”

A painting depicting a scene from Dream of the Red Chamber
  • Language and Literature / Literary Studies

by Xiaofei Shi and Labao Wang Does Chinese children’s literature have a prehistory? While it is presumptuous to date the…

  • ByKevin Worrall
  • OnSeptember 6, 2021

Scythian Gold: An Extract from The Eurasian Steppe by Warwick Ball

  • Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies / World History

In this exclusive extract from chapter 6 of The Eurasian Steppe, author and archaeologist Warwick Ball explores the material culture…

  • ByHelena Heald
  • OnSeptember 3, 2021

Author interview: Christian Long talks Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty in Lost in America (1985, dir. Albert Brooks, The Geffen Company)
  • Film and TV

In this interview, Christian Long, editor of ReFocus: The Films of Albert Brooks (out now in our series ReFocus: The…

  • ByHelena Heald
  • OnAugust 27, 2021
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Rumi – A Life in Pictures

Mawlawi complex, tomb of Rumi, Konya, Turkey, photo John Renard
  • Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

In this interview, John Renard, author of Rumi: A Life in Pictures (out now from the Edinburgh Studies in Islamic…

  • ByHelena Heald
  • OnAugust 18, 2021

The dignity of pointing

A fur rug is draped over a globe
  • Philosophy / Politics, Philosophy and Religion

by Hilan Bensusan Pointing is a thoroughly situated activity. One points at what is somehow around – even when one…

  • ByKevin Worrall
  • OnAugust 13, 2021

What embroidery can tell us about sustainable fashion

  • Cultural History / Cultural Studies / History / World History

By Marta Kargól Some years ago, I discovered an extraordinary collection of embroidery samples preserved in The Museum Rotterdam. The…

  • ByTeri Williams
  • OnAugust 4, 2021

Six Romantic Objects: Occasional Poems and Everyday Things

  • History / Language and Literature / Pre 19th Century Literary Studies

By Christopher Stokes Skylarks, clouds, roses, rivers.  What one of my undergraduate students once memorably termed the ‘flowers and s**t’…

  • ByTeri Williams
  • OnAugust 2, 2021

The Politics of ‘Acting’: Why Cast Comedians?

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By Neil Archer What makes a performance ‘truthful’? In one of my previous professional lives, as an actor, this question…

  • ByTeri Williams
  • OnJuly 28, 2021

Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies Turns 20

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By Professor Tayseer Abu Odeh Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Journal…

  • ByTeri Williams
  • OnJuly 26, 2021
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