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Q&A with the author of Performing Worlds at the Baroque Court of Christine of France
Read more: Q&A with the author of Performing Worlds at the Baroque Court of Christine of FranceThis interview explores how Christine of France used Baroque court spectacles to shape political authority, global imagination, and cultures of consumption.
Human Rights Language in the 1890s
By Anna Clark It is widely assumed that the concept of human rights only emerged after 1945. However, I have…
Behind Red Doors – Signs, Process and the Political
In January 2016, a scandal broke out in the UK when the Times reported that asylum seekers’ homes could be identified by distinctive red doors, making them vulnerable to attacks. Coincidentally – but not where signs and the political are concerned – A Process Philosophy of Signs opens with an account of threatening identification on doors.
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Which book brings a smile to your face?
Here at Edinburgh University Press it’s safe to say that we love books. And we love books that make us…
Work, but At Your Own Risk … We Warned You
By Audrey Evrard Despite of the loud chorus of political and business leaders extolling the virtues of hard work, a…
Five Unmissable Performances from Penny Dreadful
By Benjamin Poore For the uninitiated, Penny Dreadful is a genre-busting neo-Victorian fantasy horror show, set in the 1890s, in…
A Study in Four Colours: The Case of the Chameleon Detective
By Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko Sherlock Holmes, “the most portrayed literary human character in film and TV” (Guinness World Records News), is…
What is non-cinema?
By William Brown I was delighted that Film-Philosophy recently published my essay: ‘Non-Cinema: Digital, Ethics, Multitude’. The essay is a…
Nineteen things you never knew about nineteenth century American letters
Thomas Jefferson maintained a flock of geese to supply him with quills for his pens. The fastest speed for a…