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Where were the Orcades?: Early medieval engagement with the islands at the edge of the Earth in texts and maps

Reinterpreting the history of Scotland's northern islands.

August 28, 2024
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Panorama photograph showing a densely built, colourful city set against a mountain backdrop

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 picture of the ceiling of dome to Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine

The destruction of ‘un- Islamic’ edifices by ISIS and the Taliban

by Shivan Mahendrarajah The Taliban are back in power, ushering in renewed fears of destruction of cultural heritages. Their first time in office (1996–2001), the Taliban destroyed edifices on the basis that they were ‘un-Islamic’ and/or ‘beacons’ for polytheists (mushrikin).…

Kevin Worrall
September 13, 2021

Where were the Orcades?: Early medieval engagement with the islands at the edge of the Earth in texts and maps

Afghanistan’s ambiguous anniversary

The destruction of ‘un- Islamic’ edifices by ISIS and the Taliban

Where were the Orcades?: Early medieval engagement with the islands at the edge of the Earth in texts and maps

EUP 75: Our Publishing in Philosophy

Haraway against Deleuze, or, Must We Like Pets?

Signaling Tensions: The Politics of Telegraphic Communication in Modern Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s ambiguous anniversary