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Afghanistan five years on: a neglected reality
Read more: Afghanistan five years on: a neglected realityThe fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan dominated the headlines in August 2021, then disappeared from global scrutiny. What lessons can we learn?
Who needs advice? Self-help literature’s suprisingly ancient Byzantine heritage

Margaret Mullett investigates advice literature from Byzantine texts to modern self-help culture.
Agonistic memory in protracted conflicts

Q&A with Lisa Strömbom, author of the book Agonistic Memory and Peace. Colombia, Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine.
The politics of contemporary lynching in Mexico

Understanding lynching as political does not excuse it. On the contrary, it sharpens the urgency of addressing it.
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.
5 Surprising Facts about Greta Gerwig

Did you know these facts about the Barbie (2023) director?
Borderland horror: Q&A with Anna Marta Marini

Q&A with Anna Marta Marini, author of The US-Mexico Borderlands in Contemporary Horror. Crossing the Boundary
Q&A with the author of Artificial Fiction: Imagining Literary Possibility Beyond the Human

A Q&A with the author of Artificial Fiction on the idea of AI-created storytelling, and how nonhuman narratives reshape literary theory.
6 things worth knowing about Jews and Muslims in the Maghreb

Marta Domínguez Díaz explores the intertwined lives of Iberian Muslims and Jews exiled to the Maghrib.
5 Dimensions of Affect in Bergson’s Philosophy

Henri Bergson's philosophy reveals time as a continuous and interconnected melody.


