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Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids

Tales of courtly intrigue, moral testing, romance and reversals of fortune from a rare Persian manuscript…

April 7, 2026
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Ghost Stories in the Post-Truth Age – A Dialogue

Charlie Pidcock interviews Catherine Belsey about her latest book, Tales of the Troubled Dead, which traces examples of ghost stories from Homer to present.

Carla Hepburn
January 31, 2020

Christmas hauntings

Catherine Belsey discusses our love for ghost stories. Follow her on a spine-tingling journey of our facination with Christmas hauntings.

Carla Hepburn
December 4, 2019

Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids

Ghost Stories in the Post-Truth Age – A Dialogue

Christmas hauntings

Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids

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Agonistic memory in protracted conflicts

The politics of contemporary lynching in Mexico

The Acousmatic Work Ethic and the Spirit of Sound Studies