Note: Numbers in bold are those of the eleven essays. “Bloomsbury” in the title denotes the influential circle of writers, artists, critics, and economists known as the Bloomsbury Group or Set –... READ MORE
Series Spotlight with Series Editors: Des Fitzgerald and Amy Hinterberger Over the last decade, the social studies of science, including the study of biomedicine, has become one of the most... READ MORE
Cinemas are opening again, and the film industry is hoping audiences want to go back to ‘business as usual’. This seems evident through the most recent high-profile cinema releases, including... READ MORE
By Christopher Snedden A ‘Kashmirologist’ by inclination, this is my third book about the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).1 A number of reasons stimulated me to write my... READ MORE
Dr. Lauren Mancia A typical later medieval image aiming to encourage affective piety in its viewers, filled with the emotional intensity... READ MORE
By Beatriz Pichel This book originated many years ago, in 2008, when my supervisor suggested I could look at photographs for my study on First World War experiences in France. At the time I... READ MORE
By Paul Fouracre Christianity was a religion that had its cultural origins in the Eastern Mediterranean. Its material basis reflected the ecology of that region, and when it spread westwards its... READ MORE
by Vittorio Bufacchi, author of: Everything Must Change: Philosophical Lessons from Lockdown (Manchester University Press, 2021) A good place to start is in Ancient Rome with Cicero (106-43 BC).... READ MORE
By Jonathan Blaney A friend of mine is the most analogue person I know. We keep in touch by letter and arranging to meet requires a flurry of postcards confirming time and place. If one of us were... READ MORE
On May 25th 2020, Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, an act that precipitated a powerful wave of Black Lives Matter protests across the world. May 25th 2020 was also the day... READ MORE