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Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

Aliya A Ali explores how kinship and marriage alliances shaped political power and governance in the early Islamic city of Kūfa.

September 25, 2025
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Will Housing Crisis Kill the Irish Art Scene?

How is Ireland’s housing crisis shaping Irish art today? Sarah Churchill asks contemporary Irish artists Aideen Barry and Spicebag for their thoughts.

Edinburgh University Press
July 31, 2025

Placemaking in a pandemic

How we make place and have a sense of belonging in a pandemic is such a very different experience than many of us have usually experienced.

Naomi Farmer
September 4, 2020

Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

Will Housing Crisis Kill the Irish Art Scene?

Placemaking in a pandemic

Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

The Whitehead canon, version 2.0

Q&A with Paul du Plessis on Henry Maine’s Ancient Law

Violence in Brontë Afterlives

Cinema Without Borders: The Films of Paweł Pawlikowski