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FIFA World Cup 2026: Extract from The Beautiful Game on a Muslim Pitch
Read more: FIFA World Cup 2026: Extract from The Beautiful Game on a Muslim PitchAs the FIFA World Cup 2026 unfolds, read an extract exploring the relationship between football, religion and identity in Muslim contexts.
Secularisation and religious decline in 21st-century Scotland
By Ben Clements. My Scottish Affairs research looks in detail at recent survey data on religious decline and secularisation in…
Appropriating Christian History in Fujian: Red Tourism Meets the Cross
In the early years of China’s Civil War, the Communist army and leadership sought refuge from Nationalist troops in the…
OLR 40th Anniversary – Gilles Deleuze
Last month we celebrated the writing of Hélène Cixous, both as part of Women’s History Month and of OLR’s…
Richard Owen: an overlooked parasitologist
Who was Richard Owen? Richard Owen (1804–1892) is one of the most important British biologists of the nineteenth century. He…
The Woman on Westminster Bridge
A woman walks across a bridge. She is looking at her mobile. She seems to be in a hurry. Close…
Anthony Burgess, Translation and Literary Forgery
By Martin Kratz In 1978, Anthony Burgess published several translations of work by the nineteenth-century Roman poet G.G. Belli. Burgess’s…
Costume – Celebrating 50 Years of Publication
By Valerie Cumming and Alexandra Kim The year 2017 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Costume as a journal and we…
Studies in Social Interaction with Steve and Olcay
Series Editor Steve Walsh interviews Olcay Sert about his book Social Interaction and L2 Classroom Discourse – a finalist for…
Women’s History Month
We’re mid-way through March and here at Edinburgh University Press we are still celebrating Women’s History Month (see Stefanie Van…