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A Lifetime Exploring the Achaemenid Empire
Read more: A Lifetime Exploring the Achaemenid EmpireA tribute to a lifelong scholar, this blog explores the travels and research behind Coinages in the Achaemenid Empire.
A perfect epitome: David Randall pens a sonnet for each of his new books
By David Randall The Concept of Conversation In Roman days the leisured noble’s speech Was conversation, sermo, where all spoke…
Gilles Deleuze versus Process Philosophy
Arjen Kleinherenbrink argues that Deleuzian metaphysics is actually two, very separate, metaphysics.
Doing History in the Age of Downton Abbey
Julie Anne Taddeo As the most watched period drama in television history, Downton Abbey has met with popular success but…
The happiness of being sad
J.F. Bernard discusses melancholy - the happiness of being sad - through Grock the clown and Shakespeare's tragic comedies.
7 things you may not know about the history of Muslims in Central Asia
By Galina M. Yemelianova 1) There are both narrow and broad notions of Central Asia. The narrow one relates to…
Blogging From Egypt: Digital Literature, 2005-2016
Since 2005, blogging has become a significant trend amid Egyptian young people. Among the many blog entries published online every…
What We Were Left: Re-tracing the Political Aftermath of the First World War for Britain and Ireland
Mark Quigley,University of Oregon With commemorations of the 1918 Armistice this past November, four years of centennial reckonings with the…
In Conversation with Susanne Bier
Missy Molloy, Mimi Nielsen and Meryl Shriver-Rice caught-up with Academy Award®, Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award winning writer and…
Afghanistan – Themes and Variations
As it enters its second year of publication, Warwick Ball reflects on the emerging themes and (accidental) article pairings in…