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  • Shame in Contemporary You-Narration: Q&A with the author

    Denise Wong discusses Shame in Contemporary You-Narration, exploring second-person storytelling, shame, temporality, and narrative experimentation across literature and media.

    February 11, 2026
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The curious case of Scottish inns, or what travellers sought and found when they encountered them

The editor of the International Review of Scottish Studies introduces the new special issue.

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Afghanistan’s ambiguous anniversary

On the third anniversary of the seizure of Kabul, Robert D. Crews asks how we make sense of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • August 15, 2024

A Celebratory Issue of ‘The New Americanist’

by Matthew Chambers The text for this blog is taken from the Editor’s Introduction of The New Americanist Vol 2.2. The New Americanist continues a tradition of research publication at the American Studies Center (University of Warsaw)—some iteration of the…

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • January 31, 2024

Roland Barthes’ Fragments of a Lover’s Discourse: Translating Again, Writing Again

Patrick ffrench and Timothy Mathews discuss the special issue of CounterText they've recently edited.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • July 19, 2023

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