Can Americans break the cycle of polarisation? History may offer some hope

24 October 2024 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Donald G. Nieman, author of The Path to Paralysis: How American Politics Became Nasty, Dysfunctional, and a Threat to the Republic. Most Americans say they’re disgusted with a political system that’s polarised, nasty and incapable of resolving the nation’s most pressing problems. Asked to...

Setting the record straight

24 October 2024 Author Interviews

Dubai-based Art Historian Maie El-Hage speaks to Sophie Kazan Makhlouf about her forthcoming book, The Development of An Art History in the UAE: An Art Not Made To Be Understood. ME-H: Though I know you have been writing articles and papers for a while, this is your first book, which...

Café reflections: gothic and the Nordic countries

24 October 2024 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Robert William, author of Nordic Terrors: Scandinavian Superstition in British Gothic Literature Sipping coffee in a street café in Copenhagen on a radiant August day, I found myself surrounded by laughter, the hum of people enjoying the city and tourists buzzing with joy. The...

Representing Appalachia

24 October 2024 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Sarah Robertson, author of Gothic Appalachian Literature ‘Backwards’. ‘Hillbillies’. ‘Trash’. You’ve heard them all before: the derogatory labels commonly bandied about when discussing Appalachia. In 2016, Appalachia became the nation’s boogey monster once again, an othering spearheaded by two figures on the political right....

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Can Americans break the cycle of polarisation? History may offer some hope

Setting the record straight

Café reflections: gothic and the Nordic countries

Representing Appalachia

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