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Month: January 2022

Month: January 2022

‘A Sensitive, Avid and Silent Political Subject’: Roland Barthes, Politics-Polemics-Pandemics

‘A Sensitive, Avid and Silent Political Subject’: Roland Barthes, Politics-Polemics-Pandemics

27 January 2022 Guest Post
by Andy Stafford, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Leeds; author of the forthcoming book Roland Barthes Writing the Political: History, Dialectics, Self. As we emerge now (hopefully!) from two years of the pandemic and regular lock-down, isolation and confinement, the world suddenly can be apprehended, in some sense,...
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May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate: Travel Writing and Transformation in the Late Nineteenth Century

May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate: Travel Writing and Transformation in the Late Nineteenth Century

27 January 2022 Author Interviews
Q&A for Anthem Author Blog Post — Julia Dabbs, May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate How did you become interested in this subject?  I teach a course on “Women & Art” and in a textbook came across a brief discussion of May’s outspoken comments on women’s art studio experiences, which...
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University Press Roundup: Ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, Why Food Matters Apart from Biological Survival, Surviving Climate Chaos

University Press Roundup: Ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, Why Food Matters Apart from Biological Survival, Surviving Climate Chaos

20 January 2022 University Press Blog Roundup
Check out our collection of eight of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. Gilgamesh Dream Tablet—Iraq puts looted artifacts on display  A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a...
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Featured releases: September 2025

September marks the gentle shift from summer’s warmth to autumn’s calm, a month of balance and reflection. We are celebrating this month with an exciting line-up of new releases. From...