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  • Celebrating Libraries, Archives and Natural History

    Discover a cross-journal special feature from Library & Information History and Archives of Natural History.

    January 29, 2026
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Lupita Nyong'o standing on the red carpet at the Oscars in a powder blue dress

Planning the perfect Oscars look with the Red Carpet Doctor

by Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén The Oscars are awards season’s final show and the mothership that paved the way for all other awards ceremonies. Therefore, one must reserve the best look to capitalize on the build-up. But what makes an Oscars…

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • February 21, 2024
Napoleon holds a crown and stands above a kneeling Josephine in Notre Dame Cathedral. They are surrounded by a large crowd of people and all are dressed similarly in bright colors.

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: From Uniformed Soldier to Costumed Emperor

by Brontë Hebdon Early in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon (2023), Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais see each other for the first time. Their eyes meet across the room at one of the infamous post-terror bals des victims, and both are immediately…

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • December 6, 2023
A native man and woman sit on a rock in the middle of a body of water surrounded by trees

A Q&A with Daniela Berghahn on Exotic Cinema

by Daniela Berghahn Exotic Cinema author Daniela Berghahn chats to EUP on the inspiration behind the book and what surprised her most during the writing process. Tell us a bit about your book With my latest book Exotic Cinema, I…

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  • November 21, 2023

Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt

A Q&A with Heba Arafa Abdelfattah In this author Q&A, Heba Arafa Abdelfattah introduces her latest book, Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt, which explores the formative years of Egyptian film (1919–52) to contest the contradiction between Islam and…

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  • November 10, 2023
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A Q&A with the authors of Liminal Noir in Classical World Cinema

by Lis Sodl, Elyce Rae Helford and Christopher Weedman Lis Sodl (M.A. Student, English Department, Middle Tennessee State University) interviews Elyce Rae Helford and Christopher Weedman on their new book, Liminal Noir in Classical World Cinema. Could you please briefly…

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • October 31, 2023
A black and white image of two women leaning against a brick wall that has the words Keep Looking written in chalk on it

A Q&A with Susan Kerns on ReFocus: The Films of Susan Seidelman

by Susan Kerns ReFocus: The Films of Susan Seidelman editor, Susan Kerns, discusses researching the book, what surprised her during the process, the most exciting part of the project and whether her research changed her worldview in this fascinating Q&A.…

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  • October 25, 2023
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A Q&A with the editors of Refocus: The Films of Jane Campion

by Alexia L. Bowler and Adele Jones Refocus: The Films of Jane Campion (2023) is the first collection of scholarly essays on Oscar winning film director Jane Campion, director of The Piano (1993) and more recently The Power of the…

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  • September 13, 2023
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Sticky Screen Media in the Age of Personal Devices

by Nick Jones Screens are sticky. When we look at our phone, open our laptop, boot up our PC, turn on our games console, or sit in front of the television, we often get glued to the content, and end…

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  • July 26, 2023
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Q&A with the editors of The Figure of the Terrorist in Literature and Visual Culture

by Maria Flood and Michael C. Frank The Figure of the Terrorist in Literature and Visual Culture editors Maria Flood and Michael C. Frank discuss what inspired their research for their new book and how the discourse around terrorism has…

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • July 3, 2023
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