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‘Beware of the ninnies!’ – Thoughts on ballet history

Sebastian Cody explores the challenges of ballet historiography, emphasising the need for rigorous scholarship amidst widespread inaccuracies

November 14, 2024
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EUP 75: Our Literature Publishing at Edinburgh University Press

Language and Literature / Publishing

Discover our Literature list, the heart of publishing at Edinburgh University Press, celebrating 75 years of excellence. Explore foundational works like the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels and innovative publications in Scottish literature, Modernism, Gothic Studies, Shakespeare and more, highlighting both renowned and underrepresented authors.

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnJune 5, 2024

Q&A with the author of Reading Portrait Photographs in Proust, Kafka and Woolf: Modernism, Media and Emotion

Language and Literature / Literary Studies / Literary Theory / Modernism / Post 19th Century Literary Studies

Reading Portrait Photographs in Proust, Kafka and Woolf studies a specific motif in modernist literature: the act of looking at portrait photographs.

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnMay 17, 2024

As Mīr Ways Khān slept: miraculous possibilities in Afghan history

History / Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

What happens when we view supernatural happenings as a wellspring of historical possibilities, rather than as excess to be cut away?

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnMay 17, 2024

EUP 75: Our Publishing in Film Studies

Cultural Studies / Film and TV / Publishing

Discover the story of Film Studies at Edinburgh University Press – the first publications, the books that changed the field and what you can expect to see in future

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnMay 13, 2024

From the Book Corner: The Journal of British Cinema and Television

Cultural Studies / Film and TV

by Misha Nguyen, Book Reviews Editorial Assistant (De Montfort University) The upcoming Spring and Summer editions of the Journal of…

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnMay 9, 2024

Q&A with the author of The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies / Literary Studies

C. Ceyhun Arslan discusses the inspiration behind his new book, and the surprises he encountered along the way.

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnMay 2, 2024

A Q&A with Robert Singer of Beyond Realism

Cultural Studies / Film and TV

by Robert Singer Robert Singer, the author of Beyond Realism: Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice, discusses the inspiration behind…

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnApril 30, 2024

EUP 75: Our Publishing in Scottish Studies

Cultural Studies / Publishing / Scottish Studies

Discover the story of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University Press – the first publications, the books that changed the field and what you can expect to see in future

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnApril 25, 2024

Performing for Napoleon: Production Quarrels at the Paris Opéra

A photograph of a drawing of a crowd watching a theatrical performance inside a nineteenth-century style theatre hall

Cultural Studies / Theatre and Dance

by Elisa Cazzato Those who have familiarity with the work backstage in a theatre or dance production will know that…

ByEdinburgh University Press
OnApril 22, 2024

‘Beware of the ninnies!’ – Thoughts on ballet history