By Anna Hickey-Moody When I was eight years old I accidentally found a vibrator in St Anne’s park, Dublin while visiting the rose garden with my grandmother, Ma. The poor woman nearly had a heart... READ MORE
Faith stories
By Anna Hickey-Moody When I was eight years old I accidentally found a vibrator in St Anne’s park, Dublin while visiting the rose garden with my grandmother, Ma. The poor woman nearly had a heart... READ MORE
World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is a recognised United Nations (UN)... READ MORE
This is a book about whiteness and masculinity and about private property as a way of seeing, ordering and restructuring the world, from the seventeenth century onwards in the anglophone Atlantic. The... READ MORE
The last few months have seen a huge level of attention on inequality in the arts and media industries. Much of the discussions have been focused on a new term, the ‘nepo baby’. This describes a... READ MORE
The words borders, migrants and asylum seekers are rarely out of the headlines. Nationalism is on the rise, encouraged by political rhetoric and dehumanising practices. We’ve created this... READ MORE
To mark the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) 2022 conference, taking place this month, we have compiled this reading list of our titles which encourage and promote interest and... READ MORE
India and South Africa, while radically different in so many ways, share the dubious distinction of being described as the ‘rape capitals’ of the world. It is true that both countries feature... READ MORE
This April, Manchester University Press is running a series of blog posts to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as... READ MORE
The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, taking place on Thursday 5th May is expected to see 90 members elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. This will be the seventh assembly election since... READ MORE
Manchester University Press and the Series Editors invite proposals for their new transdisciplinary book series Women on the Move. The series focuses on unveiling the presence and multiplicity of... READ MORE