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Designing Affordable Multi-Generational Housing

27 April 2026 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Avi Friedman, author of Affordable Housing for Livable Cities While getting old alone at their own home may be preferred by most seniors, it is not always feasible. Seniors may need to find alternative accommodations for personal, medical or financial reasons. Many opt to...

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Marriage and Peace

17 April 2026 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Marielle Risse, author of Ethnographic Reflections on Marriage in Dhofar, Oman It is difficult to write about my book, Ethnographic Reflections on Marriage in Dhofar, Oman, given the current war in the Middle East. The anthropological study of people’s lives seems unimportant in the...

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How U.S. Cities Make Progress on Climate Action

2 April 2026 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Courtney Humphries, author of Climate Change and the Future of Boston As the United States formally withdrew from the Paris Agreement this January for the second time, it became abundantly clear that local climate action in the country is more important than ever. Many...

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Suffering, Antitheodicy and Meliorism

31 March 2026 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Sami Pihlström, author of Advanced Introduction to Antitheodicy The affliction we see around us merely by following daily news about wars, famines, political persecution or extreme poverty – as well as the pain we sometimes experience in our own lives – may make us...

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Featured Monthly Releases – March 2026

31 March 2026 New Release

This March, discover ideas that spark new thinking and deepen critical conversations. Explore our featured releases for the month. Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy: From Taping to Napster to TikTok This book examines how the recording industry has repeatedly framed new technologies as threats through what is termed the...

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Talk of the Town: Monthly Publishing Industry News Digest

30 March 2026 Publishing Industry News

This March, the publishing industry has continued to respond to shifting market forces, technological developments and evolving reader engagement across the global landscape. At the London Book Fair: Translations from Spain and the Balkans At the 2026 London Book Fair, discussions highlighted ongoing challenges in bringing translated works from Spain...

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Stories in Motion: How the Victorian Penny Dreadful Circulated Across Genres, Classes and Centuries

23 March 2026 Author Interviews

This is an author interview with Manon Burz-Labrande, author of Penny Dreadfuls: The Circulation Patterns of a Victorian Popular Genre Can you explain what penny dreadfuls are, for readers who might not be familiar with them? Penny dreadfuls were cheap, weekly story papers that were hugely popular in Britain during...

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Meet the Series Advisor: Tomasz Ewertowski

20 March 2026 Meet the Series Advisor

Anthem Studies in Encounters between Peripheral Regions publishes studies on encounters and interactions between peripheral regions of the world system. The editor of the series is Tomasz Ewertowski from Shanghai International Studies University, China. He graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, and moved to China in 2013. He...

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Beyond Sacred and Profane: Design, the Absolute Other and the Study of Religion

19 March 2026 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Krzysztof Nawratek, Series Editor of Anthem Studies in Religion, Space and Design When people hear ‘religion and architecture’, they usually think of churches, temples, mosques, perhaps a shrine hidden somewhere in the forest if they are feeling slightly adventurous. In other words: buildings. Objects....

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Meet the Author: Sophie Kazan Makhlouf

10 March 2026 Meet the Author, Uncategorized

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf (PhD) is an art and architectural historian. She is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Leicester and an associate adjunct professor, teaching art history at the University of Notre Dame (USA) in London. She regularly contributes to academic journals, art magazines and podcasts. What inspired you...

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